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English Language Arts Level 7 #28 Ms. Walker. Today’s Objectives Latin Root Words Types of Plays Setting the Stage Types of Stages Play Essentials Idiom.

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1 English Language Arts Level 7 #28 Ms. Walker

2 Today’s Objectives Latin Root Words Types of Plays Setting the Stage Types of Stages Play Essentials Idiom of the Day

3 Latin Root Words dic – speak (dictate) dom – rule (dominate) don – give (donate) dorm – sleep (dormitory) dur – hard (durable) dynam – power (dynamite)

4 Latin Root Words fer – bring, carry (ferry) fin – end (finish) flam – fire (flammable) form – shape (formation) fort – strong (fortified) frac – break (fracture)

5 Drama

6 A drama is a story enacted onstage for a live audience. What Is Drama?

7 A modern play usually is about ordinary people may be tragedy, comedy, or a mixture of the two usually focuses on personal issues Modern Drama

8 A tragedy is a play that ends unhappily. Tragedy

9 Tragedies pit human limitations against the larger forces of destiny. Most classic Greek tragedies deal with serious, universal themes such as right and wrong justice and injustice life and death

10 The protagonist of most classical tragedies is a tragic hero. This hero: is noble and in many ways admirable. has a tragic flaw, a personal failing that leads to a tragic end. rebelliousness jealousy pride Tragedy

11 A comedy is a play that ends happily. The plot usually centers on a romantic conflict. boy meets girl boy loses girl boy gets girl Comedy

12 The main characters in a comedy could be anyone: nobility servants townspeople Comedy

13 Modern Comedy Modern Comedies In modern comedies, the genders in the romantic plot pattern sometimes are reversed.

14 Performance of a Play  Theater artists include: Actors Directors Lighting technicians Stage crew

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16 Stages can have many different sizes and layouts. “ Thrust” stage Setting the Stage The stage extends into the viewing area. The audience surrounds the stage on three sides.

17 Setting the Stage Stages in Shakespeare’s time were thrust stages.

18 Setting the Stage “In the round” stage, the stage is surrounded by an audience on all sides.

19 Proscenium stage Setting the Stage The playing area extends behind an opening called a “ proscenium arch.” The audience sits on one side looking into the action. upstage downstage stage leftstage right

20 Scene design transforms a bare stage into the world of the play. Scene design consists of props sets costumes lighting Setting the Stage

21 A stage’s set might be… realistic and detailed Setting the Stage abstract and minimal

22 A lighting director skillfully uses light to change the mood and appearance of the set. Setting the Stage

23 The costume director works with the director to design the actors ’ costumes. Like sets, costumes can be detailed minimal Setting the Stage

24 Props ( short for properties) are items that the characters carry or handle onstage. The person in charge of props must make sure that the right props are available to the actors at the right moments. Setting the Stage

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26 The characters’ speech may take any of the following forms. Types of Dramatic Speech Dialogue: conversations of characters onstage Monologue: long speech given by one character to others

27 Types of Dramatic Speech Soliloquy: speech by a character alone onstage to himself or herself or to the audience Asides: remarks made to the audience or to one character; the other characters onstage do not hear an aside

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29 Finally, a play needs an audience to: experience the performance understand the story respond to the characters The Audience

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31 The Little Mermaid http://youtu.be/zOYUmfGatAQ

32 The Little Mermaid http://youtu.be/yGo46bbqPuQ

33 The Little Mermaid http://youtu.be/VtLgcoBB2RI

34 Little Mermaid Animation http://youtu.be/lQUtGDisbw4

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36 Part 3 - The Idiom Idioms are spoken phrases that cannot be found in the dictionary. An idiom is an expression that means something other than the literal meanings of its individual words.

37 pain in the neck Di a difficult or annoying thing or person. My little brother is a pain in the neck.

38 pain in the neck Learning English can be a pain in the neck. The grammar rules are difficult to learn.

39 Lesson Review In this lesson we discussed the types of plays and the ingredients needed to “stage” a play. We viewed two versions (stage and animation) of The Little Mermaid. Finally we had our Idiom of the Day.

40 Next Lesson In our next lesson, we will discuss dialog and how it is used in the radio play “Sorry Wrong Number.” In addition we will discuss the playwright and his craft.

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