September 23,2008

Aim: What are some of the major elements of drama?

Do Now: What comes to mind when you hear the word drama?
love
Costume
Play
Life
Tragedy
Death
School
Bengali people

Let’s Brainstorm.

What is a play?
A play is a kind literature written to be performed on stage mostly.

What is involved in a play?
Actors, Actresses, Costume, Theather, and many more.

Where was Shakespeare’s plays staged?
The globe theater in London

Who did he write his plays for?
Queen Elizebeth the first.

Who was his audience?
Rich people, poor people and nobles. For anyone and everone that love plays.

Who were the actors/resses?
The actors were mostly men since women back then werent allowed to go stage.

How were the characters dressed?
They were dressed like men and women of that time era.

How did they speak?
The Elizabrthian age english.

Can we plot a play? Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution.
Yes thats possible.

What do you think was the cultural background of the actors/resses? Any people of color?
There weren't any colored actor or actresses they were mostly white.

How many of Shakespeare’s plays have you read or know about?
3-4

Have you ever seen an On/Off Broadway play?
Yes. I have watched Sleeping Beauty and The Wizard of Oz.

Do you like plays? Why or Why not?
Yes I do because some I love loves watching play.

Cooperative Learning:
Okay from what you already know, and learned now tell me if you had to put on a play what kind of play would it be, and what would be involved in putting on your play?
It would be a love story. It will be about two people who falls in love and they cant be together because of the situation they are in. I would definitley incluse death and a renewnian at the end.

Here is a topic: that you can work on “if you see something say something” Now if this was the name of your play what monologue/dialogue would you expect or write for this play?

“if you see something say something”

Marya: "Hey guys take a look at the creepy man in the train."
Stephanie: "Oh my gosh, that's a huge coat he's wearing on a hot summer day."
Juanita: "Ha Ha Ha Ha"
Nahida: "Hey guys why is he looking at us.''
Stephanie: " Maybe we should go before something happens."
Marya: " Yea maybe we should."
Juanita: " I think he's following us, maybe we should run."
Nahida: "No because then we are going to look like crazy people. Let's juts tell someone because we saw something."