Flip Slips Practice STEPS TO Skill or Problem How is dialogue used in a drama? STEP PREP Procedures Skill Language & Vocab Breakdown Prior Knowledge Textual Evidence Anticipation (1 Practice Problem Before Procedures )

Skill Focus The skill for this week is By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, in the grades K-5 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.

Skill Focus In other words, you will understand the different types of text that are appropriate for your grade level. You will be able to read these types of texts well, with support for the higher levels that will be given.

Copy the following words: Drama Dialogue Act Scene Performance Staged Proficient Vocabulary

Vocabulary Strategy: Word Analysis Under “My Definition,” write the definition for each word. Next, use the word in a sentence. Below “My Definition” under “Synonym” write two words that are similar to the vocabulary word. Finally, under “Antonym” write two words that are opposite.

Vocabulary Drama: a written work that tells a story through action and speech and is meant to be acted on a stage Dialogue: conversation given in a written story or play Act: one of the main divisions of a play or opera

Vocabulary Scene: a division of an act during which there is no change of scene or break in time Performance: the action of representing a character in a play Staged: to produce or show publicly on or as if on the stage Proficient: very good at doing something especially through practice

Step 1: Read the first drama text selection. Step 2: What scene number is provided here? Steps

Step 3: Why would the drama need to be broken into scenes? Step 4: What is the staging of the scene you were given? Steps

Step 5: Read the second drama text selection. Step 6: Identify two main characters. Steps

Step 7: Write down one main character’s name, then write down one line of this character’s dialogue as it is shown in the text.. Steps

Step 8: Write down the second character's name and one line of this character’s dialogue as it is shown in the text. Step 9: How do you know that these two pieces of dialogue are stated by different characters? Steps

Step 10: Write down a line from the drama excerpt that is not dialogue. Step 11: How are you able to tell dialogue from the other text present in the excerpt? Steps

Step 12: Write down an example of stage directions. Step 13:What is the purpose of stage directions? Steps

Step 14: Read the third drama text selection and write down one line that has a specific emotion with it. Step 15: What is the emotion that should be acted out with this line? Steps

Step 16: How would the performance change if the characters performed this line using the opposite emotion? Steps

Step 17: Explain how you think the character should perform this line. (give facial expression, tone of voice, body movements and actions) Steps

Step 18: How does the performance direction impact the way dialogue is delivered? Steps

Step 19: How would changes in the performance affect the way that the scene is received by an audience? Steps

Flip Slip: What do you Remember? Remember: Rewrite this week’s skill in your own words. In your own words write down and define three vocabulary words.

Flip Slip: What do you understand? Understand: Write the steps in chronological order. a. Are there any words in the text that are not dialogue? b. What is the emotion that should be acted out with this line? c. How does the performance direction impact the way dialogue is delivered? d. Identify two main characters. e. What scene number is provided here?

Apply Using the text selections given, apply steps 1-19 for homework.