Unit 4 Lessons 2025

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Unit 4 Lessons 2025

Homework

"Body Imperfect" 

The essay

What is perspective?

Narrative Voice

What is the perspective of the shoppers in general?

What is the perspective of the mothers?

What is the perspective of the elderly ladies?

What is the perspective of the men?

What is the perspective of a child?

What is the perspective of the disabled narrator?

Plot

who can give us the plot of the play?

Dramatis Personae

This is a Latin phrase that literally means 'person(s) of drama' 

(it is a plural noun but can be treated as singular or plural). 

It is a list of the main characters and some of the lesser ones, in a book or play, with information about who they are, to whom they are related, and what they look like.

Activity: Dramatis Personae

Make an overview of the various characters in the play.

Write a brief description about them as well (1-2 lines).

When you have made the list, order them based on importance in the play. As you create the ranking, make sure you also write done some of your arguments for that particular order.

(20-30 min)

Unit 4 Lesson 2 

2025

Activity: Themes

In pairs discuss what the themes might be that are clearly present in the play. Make a list of these and if possible try to add examples from the play to support your ideas.

10 min.

Activity: Themes

Activity in groups

- Grab a piece of A3 paper

- Pick a Theme

- Find examples from the play as evidence for this Theme

- Use Citations

Greek Theater

Skills to be addressed

Understanding play conventions and terminology

PEEL structure paragraph

tips for writing

Essay writing

research this topic

Stella Young

Activity

Video

Unit 4 Lesson 4

2025

GOOD MORNING !!

Dramatic Conventions

A convention is a technique employed regularly in the drama so that the audience come to attach specific meaning to it. When a technique is used repeatedly in a drama the audience recognise its significance. They buy into it as an established way of telling the story.

There are a range of dramatic conventions that you can explore to make your drama interesting and engage the audience:

- slow motion

- soliloquy (a solo speech by an actor that gives an insight into what they are thinking)

Dramatic Conventions

- adding narration

- use of an ‘aside’ (when a character directly addresses the audience to comment within a scene)

- breaking into song (as in Musical theatre)

- using a chorus to comment upon the action

- splitting the stage so that different spaces represent different locations

- using placards (signs) to give additional information to the audience

- split role or multi-role

- using music to underscore the drama

Dramatic Conventions

Activity

conventions

The Crux

What would you say is the Key scene/moment in the Play?

Provide evidence and explanation for this.

Settings in Act I

Scene 1 

What can you tell us about the setting in this scene?

Scene 2-11 

What do you notice about the order throughout these scenes? How is that significant?

Scene 12

What is the effect of the change in pattern here?

Scene 13

What is the significance of this scene for the audience?

Changing Perspectives

Adam Pearson

- Article 1

- Article 2

Quote

Stella Young

Letter to my 80-year old self

Activity: Write one for Martin

Mr. Simms

Text

Activity

(Video 1)