Block 4: Drama 12/8-12/19 2 weeks (10 days) 5 flex days TEKS 3.7A, 3.8A, 3.8B, 3.7/Fig19D, Fig.19A-C Week Time Frame Lessons Focus 1 1-5 3.7 Drama Immersion & Genre Noticings, Understanding Characters & Plot, Theme 3.7A, 3.8A, 3.8B, 3.5A, Fig19D 2 3.7, 3.3A (use reader’s theatres to practice fluency and understand structure using reader’s theatres of your choice) No Block Assessment 5 Flex Days Block 4: Drama & 1 19 3.7 the on me : an
Lesson TEKS & Objective/Product Procedure 6 TEKS: 3.7A Obj: Product: Focus: Text: Approach: Resources/Materials: 7 TEKS: 3.7A Obj: Product: Focus: Text: Approach: Resources/Materials: 8 TEKS: 3.7A Obj: Product: Focus: Text: Approach: Resources/Materials: 9 TEKS: 3.7A Obj: Product: Focus: Text: Approach: Resources/Materials: 10 TEKS: 3.7A Obj: Product: Focus: Text: Approach: Resources/Materials:
Acts: Scenes: Drama/Play examples for genre anchor chart Author’s Purpose: to entertain Characters: portrayed by the actors in the play; may include a narrator who provides background information and fills in details about the characters, setting, or events Stage Directions: notes from the playwright (author/writer of the play) that tell actors how to move or with what emotion certain lines should be read; give information about how to set up the stage for the play, including props to use and what the actors might wear; stage directions usually appear in parentheses and in italic type. Dialogue: the conversations between characters that are read aloud by actors; a play is made up almost entirely of dialogue. Plot: the action of the story, or what happens, as revealed through dialogue and stage directions; may be based on real events and people or made up by the writer. Setting: can be any place, real or imaginary; usually described in stage directions Acts: large sections of a play between breaks; can be further divided into scenes Scene: a part of the play in which the setting does not change; if the setting needs to change, then you move to a new scene. Book Examples- Pecos Bill and a Stampede! Author’s Purpose: to entertain the reader with a play about Pecos Bill and Jack who have to try to save Odessa from a stampede Characters: Narrator, Man 1, Woman, Man 2, Telegraph Operator, Pecos Bill, Jack, and Hank Stage Directions: (Points toward a cloud of dust) (A loud rumble is heard. Bill jumps.) (Bill hurries off stage right, leading Lightning.) (Annoyed) (Alarmed) Dialogue: Pecos Bill: Jack, look at that cloud of dust rising in the sky. Our herd must be stampeding. Plot: The herd stampedes and Odessa is in danger. Pecos Bill asks for Jack to help, but he’s too afraid. Bill stops the stampede and saves Odessa himself. Setting: 1840’s Texas Prairie and town, Odessa Acts: there is only 1 Act with 3 scenes in this play
herd.” Jack “Not me! When 5,000 head of cattle get loose, you’ve got trouble. I’m not going near that herd. Lucy “But mom….” “My mom says I should learn how to garden.” Mrs. Monroe “You watch too much TV. That’s so nice of Mrs. Lopez to offer to teach you to garden. You should go.” Mrs. Lopez “I would love to teach you, Lucy.” “That looks great!” “I’m glad you joined us, Lucy.” Characters in Drama Character Dialogue (text evidence) Reveals about Character (inference) Pecos Bill “Fear isn’t going to help them. Come Bill is not afraid to take on a challenge.
with me to stop the herd.” He’s brave, has courage, he’s fearless. He wants to protect people. Jack “Not me! When 5,000 head of cattle get loose, you’ve got trouble. I’m not going near that herd. Jack is scared. He is afraid to take a risk. He has let his fear get the best of him. Lucy “But mom….” “My mom says I should learn how to garden.” Lucy doesn’t want to go. She’s upset when her makes her go learn how to garden and goes unwillingly. Mrs. Monroe “You watch too much TV. That’s so nice of Mrs. Lopez to offer to teach you to garden. You should go.” Mrs. Monroe feels Lucy is being rude and lazy. She should be polite and accept the invitation. Mrs. Lopez “I would love to teach you, Lucy.” “That looks great!” “I’m glad you joined us, Lucy.” Mrs. Lopez is genuine and nice. She’s encouraging and is happy to teach the girls how to garden. Lesson 4 Understanding Plot in Plays Lesson Overview: 3.7A, 3.8A, Fig. 19D Text: Pecos Bill and the Stampede (Write Source pg.57-59) Approach: Minilesson