As per the core content, students learn about the Literary Elements of Drama (what is needed to write a story (play)). Script, language usage, plot, theme, empathy, suspense, monologue, dialogue, and setting are covered. Students take notes. Students are formatively assessed at the end of the lesson.

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What is needed to write a story.

I. Script Written copy of the dialogue that the actors will speak. Written copy of the dialogue that the actors will speak.

II. Language: How the script requires the characters to speak. A. Word Choice/Style: Types or styles of words that are used in the script. Example #1: Shakespeare language (Thou, hither, shalt, etc.) Elizabethan Style Example #2: The writing in modern times is very informal (not as fancy as Shakespeares) and is conversational like we talk today.

b. Dialect: the way a specific group of people speak. Examples: southern dialect, northern dialect, Hispanic, English (accent), etc.

c. Point-of-View: The perspective from which an author tells a story (first, second, or third person). First person point of view includes the thoughts and perspective of one main character, who's telling his/her own story. As I walked up the hill, I realized that the atmosphere was just too quiet. There was no sound from the cardinal who was nearly always singing from the top of the maple tree. I thought I saw a shadow move high up on the slope, but when I looked again it was gone. Still, I shuddered as I felt a silent threat pass over me like a cloud over the sun.

Second person point of view turns the reader into the character. As you walk up the hill, you realize that the atmosphere's just too quiet. There's no sound from the cardinal you know is almost always singing from the top of the maple tree. You think you see a shadow move high up on the slope, but when you look again it's gone. You shudder as you feel a silent threat pass over you. You feel cold, like a cloud just passed over the sun. Cookbooks Choose Your Own Adventure Books Self-Help Books

Third person point of view includes the thoughts and perspective of one main character. As she walked up the hill, she realized that the atmosphere was just too quiet. There was no sound from the cardinal who she so often heard singing from the top of the maple tree. She thought she saw a shadow move high up on the slope, but when she looked again it was gone. Nevertheless, she shuddered as she felt a silent threat pass over her. It felt like a cloud creeping over the sun.

III. PLOT The storyline

a. Exposition The first part of the play in which the main conflict, theme, setting and characters are exposed (revealed).

Watch the video clip and answer the following questions: 1. Who is the main character? 2. What is his goal/motivation? 3. What are his parents characteristics? 4. What are his sisters characteristics? 6. Watch him go into the Bathroom. What does he say (theme of the movie)? THEME: Life comes at you pretty fast. If you dont stop and look around once in while, you just might miss it. 5. What is the setting of this story?

Breaking the Fourth Wall Refers to a character directly addressing an audience, or actively acknowledging that the characters and actions are not real.

b. Rising Action Events leading to the climax. c. Turning Point The Climax The event that changes a character.

d. Falling Action Events after the climax. E. Resolution The story resolves.

IV. THEME The central idea of a play. What the writer of the story is trying to tell us.

V. Empathy Understanding and entering anothers feelings. (Put yourself into someone elses shoes).

VI. Suspense Anticipation of an approaching climax. It doesnt have to be a scary movie or a mystery to be suspenseful.

VII. Monologue A long speech made by one person

VIII. Dialogue Conversation between two people.

IX. Setting The location and time of the story. NEW YORK CITY Mayfield, KY Early 1900s Roman Times

Protagonist The main character in a play.

Antagonist Someone who offers opposition to the main character.