DRAMA by STAAR-light
Kaye Price-Hawkins
Priceless Literacy
www.pricelessliteracy.homestead.com
For CREST Round Table – April 2014
Understanding Drama
Conventions are specific actions or techniques an actor
or director employs to create a desired dramatic effect
and style.
• Characters the audience can relate to:
• Attitudes and emotions
• Relationships
• Dialogue (conversation)
• External & Internal conflict
• Climactic Tension
• Resolution
The Elements of Drama
• Literary elements
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Plot structure
Characters
Exposition (www@ww)
Story organization
Conflict
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• External
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Suspense
Theme
Language
Style
• Technical elements
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Scenery (set)
Costumes
Props
Lights
Sound
Makeup
• Performance elements
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Acting
Character motivation
Character analysis
Empathy
Others that are not tested
Important Terms
• Playwright
• Dialogue
• Monologues
• Soliloquy
• Aside
• Dramatic irony
(ironic)
• Setting
• Plot (summary)
• Theme
• Character
• Protagonist
• Antagonist
• Staging (stage
directions)
• Excerpt
• Scene
• Resolution of
(resolves a) conflict
• Solves a problem
PIN the TALE on the Person!
• Draw an outline of the
character(s) on the floor or
on the wall.
• Fill the outline with post-it
notes (PINs) that describe
the character
• Find text evidence to
support the descriptions.
• Students add PINs as drama
develops and character
changes.
Understanding Stage Directions:
Foldable for “hands on” manipulative…
STAGE DIRECTIONS ARE
ABOUT THE CHARACTER,
SETTING AND MOOD.
CHARACTERS:
Protagonist – main character
Antagonist – conflict
(and Supporting Characters)
 Actions
 Attitude
 Appearance
 Motivation
SETTING:
 Where
 When (Era)
 Mood/Tone
 Impact
Outside of booklet
inside left side
inside right side
Apply this information to examples
(plays that have stage directions of various kinds).
Literary Plotline
(“hands on” manipulative to include in their journals)
Outside flaps of the
Literary Plotline sentence
strip shutterfold.
Inside left flap |
Inside center section
| Inside right flap
Apply this plotline to stories and plays. Academic language may be
applied to the discussion in order to help students internalize the
vocabulary necessary for their discussions and STAAR questions.
Literary Plotline sections:
STAAR QUESTIONS
• Inferences
• Themes
• Summary
• Vocabulary
• Setting
• Conflict
• Character analysis
• Traits
• Actions
• Interactions
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Figurative language
Stage directions
Certain lines
Props
Actions
Sound effects
Others?
• Look for examples of
these kinds of
questions.
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Handout is on the same page as the power point.
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