Greek Theatre(2).pptx
Tuesday, 17 October 2023
Identify how we can exaggerate stereotypes.
Entrance task: Think paired-share activity
Which of the images is the odd one out? The image that is the odd one out is…
Items in this lesson
Tuesday, 17 October 2023
Identify how we can exaggerate stereotypes.
Entrance task: Think paired-share activity
Which of the images is the odd one out? The image that is the odd one out is…
Explore and demonstrate my understanding of Greek theatre.
Create still images to show the genres of tragedy, comedy and satyr .
Greek Theatre.
Theatre Satyr
Tragedy
Comedy
Where did theatre come from?
Fun fact!
Theatre comes from the word theatron meaning "seeing place"
drama comes from the word dran
meaning "to do".
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Modern theatre began with Greek theatre in the sixth century BC.
The theatre of Ancient Greece consisted of religious festivals honouring the god Dionysus.
Three dramatic genres emerged: tragedy, comedy and satyr.
Tragedy: a play with an unhappy/tragic ending.
Comedy: a light-hearted play to make people laugh.
Satyr: short plays that made fun of the characters in tragedies.
Independent task:
You will now create a still image to dramatise the following theatrical ideas:
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Still image 1: A god looking down on people
Still image 2: A crying man on his knees
Still image 3: A laughing man holding his stomach
Still image 4: A winner holding a prized trophy
Still image 5: A religious man in prayer
Group task:
We are now going to turn our still images into a whole class performance that reflects key aspects of Ancient Greek Theatre.
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Scene titles:
Dionysus – the god of wine and fertility
Tragedy
Comedy
Festivals of Dionysus – playwrights compete
Festival of Dionysus – honoring the gods
Step 1: Everyone to start off-stage, you will then walk into centre stage and face the audience directly.
Step 2: The chorus will then announce the title of the still image. Everyone will hold their still image for 5 seconds.
What does theatron mean?
What does dran mean?
What is the festival of Dionysus?
What genres emerged from Greek theatre?
Describe at least one still image you created and how that links to Greek theatre.
One of the still images that I created was…
It links to Greek theatre as…
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What does theatron mean?
Theatre comes from the word theatron meaning "seeing place"
What does dran mean?
Dran means “to do”
What is the festival of Dionysus?
It is a religious festival honouring the god.
What genres emerged from Greek theatre?
The genres that emerged were tragedy, comedy and satyr.
Describe at least one still image you created and how that links to Greek theatre.
One of the still images that I created was…
It links to Greek theatre as…
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Identify how we can exaggerate stereotypes.
Entrance task: Think paired-share activity
What are the similarities and differences between the two theatres?
How would an actor have to approach performing in each of these theatres?
Oscar’s will be awarded every lesson for the student that has gone above and beyond.
Everyone who receives and Oscar will be entered into a prize draw. There will be three prizes that you have a chance of winning. The draw will take place 14th December in the drama studio.
If you receive two Oscar awards, I will be calling home to tell your parents/guardians how well you are doing!
Be aware, you will be taken out of the prize draw if you behave poorly.
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The Oscar Awards.
Good Luck!
Explore different approaches to character through understanding the acting space and required performance style.
Introduction to Greek theatre.
skene
proskenion
parados
How did Greek actors present their characters to their audiences?
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The theatre of Dionysus was located in Athens and the theatres structure is named an amphitheatre.
Greek theatres were little more than bare hillsides. They were open air theatres without curtains, lighting or big pieces of scenery.
Scenery was painted onto a canvas that was hung on the wooden stage building also known as the skene. The action took place in the circular orchestra, or on a platform in front of the skene called the proskenion.
They would make their entrances and exits on the paths at the side of the theatron called parodos.
The audience would then sit in the theatron area.
There were no women actors; men played women’s roles. As the theatre was huge with up to 17,000 theatregoers sat in the theatron the actors would have used large, stylised movements and gestures so as to be seen.
Group task:
We are now going to turn our still images into a whole class performance that reflects key aspects of Ancient Greek Theatre.
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Stage Space Exercise:
Theatron: Stand in a semi-circle – mime binoculars.
Parodos: Walk towards Downstage Right to exit or Downstage Left to exit – mime waving.
Orchestra: Stand centre stage – mime an exaggerated emotion (comedy or tragedy).
Skene: Stand upstage centre – mime getting changed.
Proskenion: Take two steps towards Centre Stage (in front of the skene) – mime a god looking down on people (Dionysus – the god of wine and fertility).
What is the intention behind each of these lines?
A: I’m going to bury our brother.
B: Oh, poor sister, I’m so afraid for you!
C: What? Who would have dared?
Level 1
Saying the line with no expression.
Level 5
Saying the line with expression that can be seen by someone near you.
Level 10
Saying the line with expressions that can be seen from one side of the school to another!
Grandiose exaggerated style!
Your Task:
Select one of the lines above.
Create three different deliveries of the line using Level 1, Level 5 and Level 10. You can use your teachers example to help you or the ladder to help you.
Independent activity:
How did you present your line for your audience? Why?
I presented my line by…because…
On a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the best, what rating would you give yourself for your success with this line?
I would rate myself a…with the success of this line because…
How could you improve the way the you performed the delivery of this line?
I could improve the delivery of this line by…
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Feedback
apply vocal and physical performance skills to perform as a Greek chorus.
Greek Theatre.
Theatre Satyr
Tragedy
Comedy
Oscar’s will be awarded every lesson for the student that has gone above and beyond.
Everyone who receives and Oscar will be entered into a prize draw. There will be three prizes that you have a chance of winning. The draw will take place 14th December in the drama studio.
If you receive two Oscar awards, I will be calling home to tell your parents/guardians how well you are doing!
Be aware, you will be taken out of the prize draw if you behave poorly.
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The Oscar Awards.
Good Luck!
Group task:
Bringing a chorus to life using vocal and physical skills
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You Do Activity – As a class we will stand in a circle. One student will be cast as the detective and will be asked to leave the room. One student will lead the chorus to copy a simple set of movements.
Do NOT give away who the leader is, it is the job of the detective to guess.
Was it a challenging game? Why?
I believe this was a challenging game because…
What skills were involved?
The skills involved in this game were…
How can we apply this to using a script?
We can apply this game to Greek theatre as…
Think pair-share activity: Discuss the question with your partner
What performance techniques are used by the Greek chorus?
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What is a Greek chorus?
A Greek chorus is a group of performers in the plays of classical Greece who comment together on the dramatic action.
The chorus performs using several techniques, including singing, dancing, narrating and acting.
What is the purpose of a chorus?
To offer a variety of background and summary information to help the audience follow the performance.
To comment on themes and show how an ideal audience might react to the drama.
To express to the audience what the main characters could not say, such as their hidden fears or secrets.
To provide other characters with the insight they needed.
Group task:
What performance techniques are used by the Greek chorus?
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As a class you will become a Greek chorus. We will start by standing in the space and when you hear one of the following words you will create a freeze frame:
Farming
Eagle
Construction
Clever
The greatest!
Hunter
Group task:
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GOOD people of Ancient Greece
Humankind is the GREATEST of all creatures on earth
They have mastered PLOUGHING and FARMING
They HUNT and tame animals of the LAND and AIR
Their BRAINS are powerful and they discuss and DEBATE
They use their INTELLIGENCE to solve great problems
They have built GREAT cities
But, they MUST remember their LOWLY place in this world
They are not as important or powerful as the GODS!
We are going to read the choral ode around the whole class, one line at a time per person.
When reading aloud remember to imagine you are inside a huge amphitheatre, so you need to have a loud volume and project your voice.
Group task:
GOOD people of Ancient Greece
Humankind is the GREATEST of all creatures on earth
They have mastered PLOUGHING and FARMING
They HUNT and tame animals of the LAND and AIR
Their BRAINS are powerful and they discuss and DEBATE
They use their INTELLIGENCE to solve great problems
They have built GREAT cities
But, they MUST remember their LOWLY place in this world
They are not as important or powerful as the GODS!
As a whole class we are now going to create a Greek chorus performance using the choral ode.
The freeze frames that you have just created are going to make up some of the performance.
What performance techniques are used by the Greek chorus?
What performance techniques are used by the Greek chorus?
Key Questions
What response did you want from the audience when you delivered your line?
Briefly describe how you used your voice to bring the line to life (2 or 3 ideas).
Briefly describe how you used your physical skills to help bring the line to life (2 or 3 ideas).
On a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the best, what rating would you give yourself for your success with this line?
What ideas do you have to improve the way you performed that line to award yourself a 10 for your acting?
You Do Activity - Watch a summary of Antigone by Sophocles : sequence the plot events below in the correct order.
Lesson 4: The five key elements in a plot line and how this applies to Antigone
Creon’s son turns his sword on himself after losing Antigone and at hearing this news about her son Creon’s wife kills herself too.
Creon is alone in grief and repents for the deaths that he unknowingly caused.
Antigone disobeys the law and buries her brother Polyneices.
Creon orders that Polyneices body will be left unburied.
Antigone commits suicide by hanging before Creon can release her.
To explore the Greek tragedy Antigone gaining an understanding of the plot.
What are the five key elements of a plot line?
How does this apply to Antigone?
Key Questions
Learning Objectives
Exposition - this is where you introduce your characters, setting and introduce the conflict.
Rising Action – this is an incident that sets your story into action with multiple moments of conflict that escalate and create tension as the story moves towards the climax.
Climax - this is the peak of tension, plot, and character in your story.
Falling Action – this is the time the story moves towards its conclusion and conflicts become resolved.
Denouement – this is the resolution where your story concludes, tragically or happily.
KQ’s: What are the five key elements of a plot line?
How does this apply to Antigone?
Exposition: Creon orders that Polyneices body will be left unburied.
Rising Action: Antigone disobeys the law and buries her brother Polyneices.
Climax: Antigone commits suicide by hanging before Creon can release her.
Falling Action: Creon’s son turns his sword on himself after losing Antigone and at hearing this news about her son Creon’s wife kills herself too.
Denouement: Creon is alone in grief and repents for the deaths that he unknowingly caused.
KQ’s: What are the five key elements of a plot line?
How does this apply to Antigone?
Exposition: Creon orders that Polyneices body will be left unburied.
Rising Action: Antigone disobeys the law and buries her brother Polyneices.
Climax: Antigone commits suicide by hanging before Creon can release her.
Falling Action: Creon’s son turns his sword on himself after losing Antigone and at hearing this news about her son Creon’s wife kills herself too.
Denouement: Creon is alone in grief and repents for the deaths that he unknowingly caused.
Working in allocated groups of two create tableaux to dramatise the five key elements of the plot line for Antigone.
KQ’s: What are the five key elements of a plot line?
How does this apply to Antigone?
Continue to work in your groups refining the tableaux to dramatise the five key elements of the plot line for Antigone.
Refine your transitions.
Can you create your own titles for each tableau too?
The Plot of Antigone
KQ’s: What are the five key elements of a plot line?
How does this apply to Antigone?
What are the five key elements of a plot line?
How does this apply to Antigone?
Key Questions
Briefly describe how you presented the denouement of your performance.
On a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the best, what rating would you give yourself for your success of this tableau?
What ideas do you have to improve the way you performed that tableau to award yourself a 10 for your delivery?
You Do Activity - Tell me three: tell me three things about the plot line graph. This could include the five key elements of the plot line plus the story line of Antigone.
Lesson 5: The actors and staging a short extract.
To stage an extract of Antigone gaining an understanding of the actors involved.
How many actors performed in a Greek tragedy?
What were these actors called?
Key Questions
Learning Objectives
The Protagonist – 1st actor, the main character.
The Deuteragonist - 2nd actor, the protagonists partner or enemy.
The Tritagonist – 3rd actor, the messenger or servant.
The chorus can speak to the protagonist during a scene and afterwards they would speak to the audience about the situation.
KQ’s: How many actors performed in a Greek tragedy?
What were these actors called?
Class:
Working in allocated groups of two to five stage a short scripted extract from Antigone.
Top Tips:
Remember to enter and exit via the parados.
You could announce the title of your scene as a chorus.
The Plot of Antigone
KQ’s: How many actors performed in a Greek tragedy?
What were these actors called?
How many actors performed in a Greek tragedy?
What were these actors called?
Key Questions
Who did you perform as?
Prepare to justify who you think you performed as.
Members of the chorus sit in the theatron.
Protagonist
Deuteragonist
Tritagonist
You Do Activity - Tell me three: tell me three things that you would need to be able to know and understand to be able to answer the question below.
Lesson 6: Summative assessment quiz.
You are going to play Antigone. Explain two ways you would use performance skills to play this character in this extract.
An understanding of the extract - read it.
Lesson 6: Summative assessment quiz.
You are going to play Antigone. Explain two ways you would use performance skills to play this character in this extract.
An understanding of the term performance skills.
An understanding of how to apply performance skills.
An understanding of the character in context of the chosen extract - read it.
Lesson 6: Summative assessment quiz.
You are going to play Antigone. Explain two ways you would use performance skills to play this character in this extract.
How will this be marked?
This is a 4 mark question.
1 mark will be awarded for each performance skill identified and an additional mark for each linked explanation.
Lesson 6: Summative assessment quiz.
You are going to play Antigone. Explain two ways you would use performance skills to play this character in this extract.
This is an example of a response awarded 4 marks.
As Antigone, I will use direct, sustained eye contact with my sister Ismene to show her that I am determined to bury our brother. I will also move closer to her when I say “Are you prepared to join me?” to further highlight my determination.
What other performance skills could be offered in this example to show determination and how would they be used?
To demonstrate your understanding of Greek Theatre through a summative assessment quiz.
Learning Objectives
You will now have 15 minutes to complete your summative assessment quiz.
When answering questions 1 to 9, please tick the correct answers.
Read the questions carefully.
Good luck.
Answers – Peer Assessment
Dionysus.
Comedy, tragedy and satyr.
All of the above.
1st actor, the main character.
Theatron.
Orchestra.
Proskenion.
Skene.
Parados.
Exposition.
Rising action.
Climax
Falling action.
Denouement.
15. Question 15 will be marked by your teacher. So, please now score the test out of 16.
Lesson 6: Summative assessment quiz.
