make sure thinking about the questions posed to them at the end of the hook. they’re Ask students to work up until the end of the class period. no reason for them to finish early. If There’s they feel prepared for their performance they can rehearse their presentations. Lesson 4: Playwright Presentations and Performances Intro to Playwrights Unit: Grade Level: 10-12 grade, 77 minutes National Standards: Content Standard #2: Acting by developing, communicating, and sustaining characters in improvisations and informal or formal productions Content Standard #4: Directing by interpreting dramatic texts and organizing and conducting rehearsals for informal or formal productions Content Standard #7: Analyzing, critiquing, and constructing meanings from informal and formal theatre, film, television, and electronic media productions Content Standard #8: Understanding context by analyzing the role of theatre, film, television, and electronic media in the past and the present Materials Needed: Rubrics (the information sheets), and students will need their presentation materials and anything they might want for their performances. Learning Objective: In groups students will give their presentations on their specific playwrights where they will show that they have analyzed and evaluated how the playwright and their work(s) affected both the past and present. Students will also perform scenes from one of the most playwright’s famous plays where they will also analyze why the play is considered a masterpiece. Teaching Presentation: Hook (5 minutes): time to show us all what You have 5 minutes to meet with your It’s you’ve learned! group members and get anything together that you need for your presentations+performances. Activity 1 (70 minutes): Groups will now all take turns presenting their Playwright presentations. The presentations and the performances take longer than 10 minutes (give them a one minute shouldn’t warning). Pay close attention to what the other groups perform because have to use what later. you’ll you’ve learned While watching the other presentations+performances they should write down: they’re groups’ 1) The most famous works playwright’s
make sure they’re thinking about the questions posed to them at the end of the hook. Ask students to work up until the end of the class period. There’s no reason for them to finish early. If they feel prepared for their performance they can rehearse their presentations. Lesson 4: Playwright Presentations and Performances Unit: Intro to Playwrights Grade Level: 10-12 grade, 77 minutes National Standards: Content Standard #2: Acting by developing, communicating, and sustaining characters in improvisations and informal or formal productions Content Standard #4: Directing by interpreting dramatic texts and organizing and conducting rehearsals for informal or formal productions Content Standard #7: Analyzing, critiquing, and constructing meanings from informal and formal theatre, film, television, and electronic media productions Content Standard #8: Understanding context by analyzing the role of theatre, film, television, and electronic media in the past and the present Materials Needed: Rubrics (the information sheets), and students will need their presentation materials and anything they might want for their performances. Learning Objective: In groups students will give their presentations on their specific playwrights where they will show that they have analyzed and evaluated how the playwright and their work(s) affected both the past and present. Students will also perform scenes from one of the playwright’s most famous plays where they will also analyze why the play is considered a masterpiece. Teaching Presentation: Hook (5 minutes): It’s time to show us all what you’ve learned! You have 5 minutes to meet with your group members and get anything together that you need for your presentations+performances. Activity 1 (70 minutes): Groups will now all take turns presenting their Playwright presentations. The presentations and the performances shouldn’t take longer than 10 minutes (give them a one minute warning). Pay close attention to what the other groups perform because you’ll have to use what you’ve learned later. While they’re watching the other groups’ presentations+performances they should write down: 1) The playwright’s most famous works