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Subject: Intro to Playwrighting |
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1. Topic-
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6 Elements of drama
3 parts of a story |
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2. Content-
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Icebreaker: name, age, favorite play, movie, or book, have you ever
done theater before
Sacred Space Agreement- constructive critique
Warm Up:8's
zip, zap, zup
pass the sound a movement
Aristotle 6 Elements
Beginning, Middle, and End
Our voice-What do we want to talk about?
VOTE
Break
Games- Archetypes
teacher student
clown King
paparazzi movie star
news caster politician
angel devil
parent child
Groups: Beginning, Middle, End
VOTE to tie them together
Stage Directions
Improv Games: ABC's
umpire baseball player
butcher customer
police officer suspect
Dialogue
Type out dialogue during lunch
Assign Roles
Vocal Warm Ups
those boats don't float
whether the weather is fair
big black bug
purple velvet Elvis paintings
gibberish
tongue stretch
breathing exercises
Rehearse |
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3. Goals: Aims/Outcomes-
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1. Build a Sacred Space
2. Understand Stage Directions- 4 brothers
3. Understand the parts of a story and the elements of drama |
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4. Objectives-
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1. Build a script
2. Assign Roles
3. Learn how to move on stage |
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5. Materials and Aids-
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| paper, writing utensils, board, chalk or dry erase marker |
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6. Procedures/Methods-
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A. Introduction-
1. Ice Breaker
2. Sacred Space
3. Warm Up |
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B. Development-
1. Beginning, Middle, and End
2. Aristotelian Elements
3. Our Voice |
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C. Practice-
1. Vote!
2. Stage Directions
3. Improv Games |
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D. Independent Practice-
1. Vocal Warm Ups
2. Brainstorming
3. 6 Elements |
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E. Accommodations (Differentiated Instruction)-
1. Journal
2. Rose/Thorn
3. Make Music |
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8. Teacher Reflection-
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1. Thought/Theme/Ideas
What the play means as opposed to what happens (the plot). Sometimes
the theme is clearly stated in the title. It may be stated through
dialogue by a character acting as the playwright��s voice. Or it may
be the theme is less obvious and emerges only after some study or
thought. The abstract issues and feelings that grow out of the dramatic
action.
2. Action/Plot
The events of a play; the story as opposed to the theme; what happens
rather than what it means. The plot must have some sort of unity and
clarity by setting up a pattern by which each action initiating the
next rather than standing alone without connection to what came before
it or what follows. In the plot of a play, characters are involved
in conflict that has a pattern of movement. The action and movement
in the play begins from the initial entanglement, through rising action,
climax, and falling action to resolution.
3. Characters
These are the people presented in the play that are involved in the
perusing plot. Each character should have their own distinct personality,
age, appearance, beliefs, socio economic background, and language.
4. Language
The word choices made by the playwright and the enunciation of the
actors of the language. Language and dialog delivered by the characters
moves the plot and action along, provides exposition, defines the
distinct characters. Each playwright can create their own specific
style in relationship to language choices they use in establishing
character and dialogue.
5. Music
Music can encompass the rhythm of dialogue and speeches in a play
or can also mean the aspects of the melody and music compositions
as with musical theater Each theatrical presentation delivers music,
rhythm and melody in its own distinctive manner. Music is not a part
of every play. But, music can be included to mean all sounds in a
production. Music can expand to all sound effects, the actor's voices,
songs, and instrumental music played as underscore in a play. Music
creates patterns and establishes tempo in theater In the aspects of
the musical the songs are used to push the plot forward and move the
story to a higher level of intensity. Composers and lyricist work
together with playwrights to strengthen the themes and ideas of the
play. Characters's wants and desires can be strengthened for the audience
through lyrics and music.
6. Spectacle
The spectacle in the theater can involve all of the aspects of scenery,
costumes, and special effects in a production. The visual elements
of the play created for theatrical event. The qualities determined
by the playwright that create the world and atmosphere of the play
for the audience's eye.
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