SHS1 Literature In English · Semester 2 Week 4: Appreciation

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: 1.3.2.LI.4 - Appreciate dramatic texts for its empathetic effect

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Define empathy and explain how it differs from sympathy in the context of drama appreciation.
Identify moments in a dramatic text where a character’s situation invites an empathetic response from the audience.
Explain how plot events, setting, and characterisation work together to create empathetic effect in a play.
Present a personal response to a character’s speech or situation using verbal and non-verbal language, while keeping the response objective and free from personal bias.
Apply the skill of empathetic appreciation to a short scene from a level appropriate Ghanaian drama text.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Drama (Strand 3)
Sub-strand: Appreciation (3.2)
Content standard: 1.3.2.CS.1 - Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of tools of appreciation in analySing varied drama texts. 1.3.2.LO.1 Interpret how plot, setting, and character contribute to the meaning of drama texts. 1.3.2.LO.2 Make a distinction between themes and style in appreciating drama texts for effect.
Indicator: 1.3.2.LI.4 - Appreciate dramatic texts for its empathetic effect
Suggested placement: Semester 2, Week 4 (Week 24 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Curriculum reference: NaCCA curriculum document, p. 55

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Managing Talk for Learning:

- Learners think-pair-share to apply knowledge in appreciating selected interesting speeches of characters from level appropriate texts.

- Learners present their work using verbal and non-verbal language to develop their communication skills.

- Discuss the importance of Personal Responses in appreciation using context.

- Learners work in mixed-ability/gender groups to incorporate Personal Responses in appreciating drama texts to develop empathetic effect. Learners in this activity present their responses objectively without personal biases.

Century Skills and Competencies, and GESI

Assessment (1.3.2.AS.4). The document marks these depth-of-knowledge levels for this indicator: Level 3 Strategic reasoning; Level 4 Extended critical thinking and reasoning.

Teaching and Learning Resources:
- 3D Living pictures,
- Action clip
- Film and skits online/internet
- Varied level appropriate drama texts(both local and foreign)