Grade 7 - Introduction To Drama - Elements of Drama

WORKPLAN
1. Routine Activities (15 minutes)

a. Attendance Checking, Mindfulness
b. Pre-spelling
2. Presentation
a. Warm-up Activity
b. Elements of Drama
4. Processing of discussion and activity
a. Sharing and replying to answers
5. Wrap-up, Agreements, and 5S
Lesson Objectives:
At the end of the lesson, the students will be able
to:
● define the term 'drama';
● explain the history of drama; and
● identify and explain the Aristotelian
elements of drama.
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2. dejection
3. lugubrious
4. impregnable
5. rheumatism
Enduring Understanding:
Drama is a reflection of history
and culture.
Guess the
Title!
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Question: What is
your favorite story
that has been
staged already?
WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT IT?
Les Misérables
by Victor Hugo
Lea Salonga as
Fantine
The Emergence of Drama
What is a
DRAMA?
❏ Drama comes from Greek word “dran”
meaning "to do" or "to act.”
❏ Drama has one characteristic peculiar to
itself—it is written primarily to be performed.
❏ Plays show people going through some
eventful period in their lives, seriously or
humorously.
❏ The speech and action of a play recreate the
flow of human life. A play comes fully to life
only on the stage.
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❏ On the stage plays combine the talents of the
author, director, actor, designer, and many
others. Putting on a play is a team effort.
❏ Dramatic performance involves an intricate

process of rehearsal based upon imagery
inherent in the dramatic text.
❏ The dramatic text presents the drama as a range

of verbal imagery.
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- Drama began in Ancient Greece
dating back to 543 B.C.
- It started as Choral
Performances of dancing and
singing, honoring the Greek
god Dionysus, the god of wine.
- The Greeks held their dramas in outdoor theatres called
AMPHITHEATERS, the largest seating 14,000 people.
Theater - comes from the Greek word “Theatron” which
means “a place for viewing”. Theater, therefore, refers to
the space used for dramatic presentations or for other
performances.
TWO TYPES OF
DRAMA
COMEDY
(humorous with a
happy ending)
and TRAGEDY
(serious with a
sad ending)
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❏ In a strict sense, plays are classified as being
either tragedies or comedies.
❏ The broad difference between the two is in the
ending.
- Comedies end happily.
- Tragedies end on an unhappy note.
❏ Tragic or comic, the action of the play comes

from conflict of characters how the stage people
react to each other. These reactions make the
play.
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❏ A classical tragedy tells of a high and
noble person who falls because of a
"tragic flaw," a weakness in his own
character.
❏ A domestic tragedy concerns the lives of

ordinary people brought low by
circumstances beyond their control.
Domestic tragedy may be realistic
seemingly true to life or naturalistic
realistic and on the seamy side of life.
Other examples of Tragedies in Literature
❏ Comedies end happily
❏ Comedies mostly mocked men in
power for their vanity and
foolishness, but as time went by
they became more complex in
themes and included plays about
ordinary people which read more
like modern-day sitcoms.
❏ Farce is comedy at its broadest.

Much fun and horseplay enliven
the action.
Elements of
Drama
SIX ELEMENTS OF DRAMA
1. Plot
2. Theme/Premise
3. Characters
4. Dialogue/Diction
5. Rhythm (Music)
6. Spectacle
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PLOT
❖ The arrangement of event s on stage.
❖ Incidents on the plot is composed of clearly
defined problems for characters to solve.
❖ Events happening on stage are introduced
through exposition (narrative dialogue).
❖ The playwright must create a plot that is both
credible and astonishing.
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SCENES VS. ACTS
ACTS
● An act is a major section of the play.
● it is a collection of different scenes that
flow together, and it establishes a major part
of the story
● switching of setting is possible
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SCENES VS. ACTS
SCENES
● A scene refers to the actual action that
takes place in a specific and single
setting or moment.
● It is a component of an act and a
smaller portion of the whole play.
● https://www.rsc.org.uk/shakespeare-learni
ng-zone/romeo-and-juliet/story/scene-by-s
cene
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THEME/PREMISE2. THEME
The reason the playwright wrote the
play. The examination of “patterns of
life” can be didactic or just a slice of
life.
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THEME
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THEME
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3. CHARACTERS
4.
LANGUAGE/DICTION
RHYTHM (MUSIC)
5. MUSIC
● Rhythm creates mood.
● While music is often featured in
drama, in this case Aristotle was
referring to the rhythm of the actors'
voices as they speak.
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SPECTACLE 5. MUSIC
Everything that is seen or heard on
stage. This refers to the visual elements
of a play: sets, costumes, special
effects, etc. Spectacle is everything that
the audience sees as they watch the
play.
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SPECTACLE 6. Spectacle
Everything that is seen or heard on
stage. This refers to the visual elements
of a play: sets, costumes, special
effects, etc. Spectacle is everything that
the audience sees as they watch the
play.
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Let’s Wrap Up!
Drama comes from Greek word “dran” meaning "to do" or "to
act.”
A play is a story acted out.
SIX ELEMENTS OF DRAMA
Plot
Theme/Premise
Characters
Dialogue/Diction
Rhythm (Music)
Spectacle
Are you the next award-winning
SCRIPTWRITER?
Guidelines on writing the one-act script will be presented by your
English teacher soon. Stay tuned!

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WORKPLAN

1. Routine Activities (15 minutes)

❏ Dramatic performance involves an intricate

❏ The dramatic text presents the drama as a range

❏ Tragic or comic, the action of the play comes

❏ A domestic tragedy concerns the lives of

❏ Farce is comedy at its broadest.

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