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Drama Comes
Alive
Paula Willis
Reading, Language Arts, Computer/Technology
6th grade
Atlantic Elementary School
pwillis@aes.carteret.k12.nc.us
February 27, 2001
Brief Description: This
lesson will allow students to understand and appropriate drama,
recognize the elements of drama, and create their own drama on the
computer using "Opening Night".
Approximate time required: 2-3
weeks
Standard Course of Study Goals and Objectives
Theatre Arts
All of COMPETENCY GOAL 1: The learner will write based on personal
experience and heritage, imagination, literature, and history.
All of COMPETENCY GOAL 2: The learner will act by interacting in
improvisations and assuming roles.
All of COMPETENCY GOAL 3: The learner will design and produce
theatre by conceptualizing and realizing artistic interpretations
for informal or formal productions.
All of COMPETENCY GOAL 4: The learner will direct through planning
and presenting informal or formal productions.
English Language Arts
1.01 Narrate a fictional or autobiographical account which:
- includes a coherent organizing structure.
- tells a story or establishes the significance of an event or
events.
- uses remembered feelings and specific details.
- uses a range of appropriate strategies (e.g., dialogue,
suspense, movement, gestures, expressions).
1.02 Explore expressive materials that are read, heard, and viewed
by:
- generating a learning log or journal.
- creating an artistic interpretation that connects self to the
work.
- discussing books/media formally and informally.
1.03 Interact appropriately in group settings by:
- listening attentively.
- showing empathy.
- contributing relevant comments connecting personal experiences
to content.
- monitoring own understanding of the discussion and seeking
clarification as needed.
2.01 Explore informational materials that are read, heard, and/or
viewed by:
- reviewing the characteristics of informational works.
- restating and summarizing information.
- determining the importance of information.
- making connections to related topics/information.
- monitoring comprehension.
- drawing inferences.
- generating questions.
5.02 Study the characteristics of literary genres (fiction,
nonfiction, drama, and poetry) through:
- reading a variety of literature and other text (e.g., novels,
autobiographies, myths, essays, magazines, plays, pattern poems,
blank verse).
- interpreting what impact genre-specific characteristics have
on the meaning of the work.
- exploring how the author's choice and use of a genre shapes
the meaning of the literary work.
- exploring what impact literary elements have on the meaning of
the text such as the influence of setting or the problem and its
resolution.
6.01 Demonstrate an understanding of conventional written and spoken
expression by:
- using a variety of sentence types correctly, punctuating them
properly, and avoiding fragments and run-ons.
- using appropriate subject-verb agreement and verb tense that
are appropriate for the meaning of the sentence.
- demonstrating the different roles of the parts of speech
in sentence construction.
- using pronouns correctly, including clear antecedents
and correct case.
- using phrases and clauses correctly (e.g., prepositional
phrases, appositives, dependent and independent clauses).
- determining the meaning of unfamiliar vocabulary words by
using context clues, a dictionary, a glossary, a thesaurus,
and/or structural analysis (roots, prefixes, suffixes) of words.
- extending vocabulary knowledge by learning and using new
words.
- exploring the role and use of dialects and of standard English
to appreciate appropriate usage in different contexts.
- developing an awareness of language conventions and usage
during oral presentations.
6.02 Identify and edit errors in spoken and written English by:
- reviewing and using common spelling rules, applying common
spelling patterns, and developing and mastering an
individualized list of words that are commonly misspelled.
- applying proofreading symbols when editing.
- producing final drafts that demonstrate accurate spelling and
the correct use of punctuation and capitalization.
- developing an awareness of errors in everyday speech.
Computer/Technology Skills
1.1 Recognize ownership, security, and privacy issues.
1.2 Demonstrate an understanding of copyright by citing sources of
copyrighted materials in papers, projects, and multimedia
presentations.
1.3 Model ethical behavior relating to security, privacy, passwords,
and personal information.
2.1 Use keyboarding skills to increase productivity and accuracy.
3.2 Use word processing/desktop publishing applications to create
documents related to content areas.
3.6 Create nonlinear multimedia projects related to content areas.
Information Skills
1.06 Identify characteristics of various genres.
3.05 Describe how information and ideas are influenced by prior
knowledge, personal experience, and social, cultural, political,
economic and historical events.
4.06 Comply with the Copyright Law (P. L. 94-553).
4.08 Credit sources of information.
4.09 Produce and present findings in various formats (print,
graphical, audio, video, multimedia).
4.10 Evaluate the product.
5.01 Respond to reading, listening, viewing experiences orally,
artistically, dramatically, through various formats (print,
graphical, audio, video, multimedia).
5.02 Produce media in various formats (print, graphical, audio,
video, multimedia) appropriate to audience and purpose.
5.04 Collaborate with others, both in person and through
technologies, to identify information problems and to design,
develop, and evaluate information products and solutions.
5.05 Credit sources in all print, non-print, and electronic
products.
5.06 Apply fair use copyright guidelines (Copyright Law, P. L.
94-553) in all projects.
Teacher's Lesson Goals/Objectives:
The
student will: 1) develop a vocabulary to use in discussing
different types of dramas, 2) be able to compare/contrast dramas
with novels or short stories, 3) read a play and identify all items
needed to present the play, and 4) to write a short play and design
scenery, props, dialogue, etc. using "Opening Night".
Materials/Resources Needed: vocabulary
list, computer, printer, presentation system, "A Shipment of
Mute Fate", novels, plays
Pre Activities: Students have
read "The White Umbrella" prior to this activity.
Students will use the KWL chart to tell what they know about plays
and discuss strategies for reading drama.
Activities:
- Students will share names of drama they have seen, read or
acted in
- Compare/contrast dramas with novels or short stories and
create a comparison/contrast chart on overhead.
- Develop a vocabulary to use in discussing different types of
drama
- Discuss terms pantomime and improvisation
- Have class do some pantomimes
- Student read the play "A Shipment of Mute Fate . Have
students look at cast of characters and imagine rewriting "The
White Umbrella as a play.
- Students find examples of stage directions in "A Shipment
of Mute Fate".
- Students explain how plays are divided into scenes and acts as
novels are into chapters.
- Students discuss how stage plays show the end of an act
(closing) curtain, dimming lights, etc.
- Students read the play "A Shipment of Mute Fate" and
discuss what the play seems to be about. Ask the question:
What is mute fate?
- Students draw a diagram of the stage including the scenery,
props, etc.
- Have students choose music they would use for various scenes.
- Discuss how you would create certain sound effects named in
text.
- Discuss copyright, privacy issues
- With a group of classmates, student will create a suspenseful
drama for the class.
- 8th grader mentor 6th graders on how to use the software
"Opening Night"
- Students create their plays using "Opening Night"
- Student must cite sources of information used.
- Students practice their plays
- Student present with "Opening Night"
productions for the class
Independent Practice
- Students write its cast of characters.
- Students create their plays using "Opening Night"
- Students practice their plays
- Student present with "Opening Night" productions for
the class
Assessment:
- Evaluation by class of productions using a rubric
- Diagram of stage will be graded using a rubric
- Vocabulary quiz on drama terms
- Quiz on the play "A Shipment of Mute Fate".
- "Opening Night" production will be graded by using a
presentation rubric.
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