SHS3 Literature In English · Semester 1 Week 18: Appreciation

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: 3.3.2.LI.1 - Appreciate drama texts for their empathetic effects using the dramatic tools.

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify the key dramatic tools (dialogue, soliloquy, aside, monologue, stage directions, and dramatic irony) used in a given speech from a drama text.
Explain how a character’s speech reveals that character’s emotions, motivations, and inner conflicts.
Analyse a selected speech and articulate how it creates an empathetic effect (a feeling of shared emotion with the character) in an audience.
Work in pairs and groups to role-play or present a short character speech, demonstrating empathy and respect for the character’s situation.
Give constructive feedback on peers’ presentations, using the language of dramatic tools to justify their observations.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Drama (Strand 3)
Sub-strand: Appreciation (3.2)
Content standard: 3.3.2.CS.1 - Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of tools of appreciation in analysing varied dramatic texts. 3.3.2.LO.1 Use dramatic tools in appreciating varied dramatic texts
Indicator: 3.3.2.LI.1 - Appreciate drama texts for their empathetic effects using the dramatic tools.
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. 141

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Task Group

- In Task Groups review dramatic tools. The dramatic tools are creatively presented in skits/songs/poetry by the learners.

- Select important speeches of main characters to appreciate their empathetic effects. Work in pairs and discuss with another pair. Reflect and use strategy to work on other speeches individually.

- Work together to develop empathy and respect to help others feel belonged.

Assessment (3.3.2.AS.1). 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)