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Midland Independent School District
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Drama

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Ten drama lessons are the perfect addition to your language arts or theater class. With a focus on script elements, plot development, and parts of a dramatic story, the lessons guide young playwrights through the steps of telling a story on stage.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

elements of drama, genres, reading comprehension, plays, stage directions, writing dialogue

Additional Tags

visual and performing arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Use in a unit about the elements of drama
  • Bring the scripts to a drama class for young actors to perform and analyze
  • After you finish the lessons, learners can write their own plays

Classroom Considerations

  • The lessons have a lot of text, and are a little difficult to organize

Pros

  • Comes with scripts with different settings, themes, and genres
  • Encourages critical thinking and reading
  • Planner provides objectives for each lesson

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RL.5.1 RL.5.2 RL.5.3

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