SHS2 Literature In English · Semester 1 Week 18: Knowing Your Dramatic Elements

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: 2.3.1.LI.3 - Examine how the forms are developed in varied texts

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Explain at least two specific ways a drama text develops its form (e.g., how a tragedy builds tragic elements through plot or character).
Apply the 5 Whys strategy to trace how a form (comedy, tragedy, tragicomedy, farce, melodrama) emerges in a given text or short film.
Compare how two different texts develop their dramatic forms, identifying at least one similarity and one difference in technique.
Evaluate, using the diamond nine strategy, which textual elements most strongly signal a particular dramatic form in a selected skit or drama excerpt.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Drama (Strand 3)
Sub-strand: Knowing Your Dramatic Elements (3.1)
Content standard: 2.3.1.CS.1 - Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of a variety of dramatic forms in analysing varied texts. 2.3.1.LO.1 Use the knowledge in forms of drama in exploring varied drama texts.
Indicator: 2.3.1.LI.3 - Examine how the forms are developed in varied texts
Suggested placement: Semester 1, Week 18 (Week 18 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. 95

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Structuring For Learning: Use the 5 Whys strategy to discuss how the forms are developed in varied texts e.g., Text A is a tragedy. Why?

Think-Pair-Share

- Turn to a partner and share your ideas.

- Organise the ideas together and present them to the class.

Experiential Learning:

- Watch popular short films / drama."

- Use questions to guide learners in task groups/mixed ability groups to focus on important issues.

- Using the diamond nine strategy to help learners evaluate their ideas. Learners will think critically to evaluate the ideas raised.

- Learners embrace diversity and practise inclusion as they work together.

Assessment (2.3.1.AS.3). 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:
- T.V. drama series
- Varied level appropriate drama texts (mostly local)
- Films and skits online, etc