YEAR 8 Greek drama Name Class Level (End f SOW) Target Grade Teacher WWW Teacher EBI Literacy Target: Student Actin Step _ 1
Drama Levels In Drama yu are assessed n three main areas, Making, Perfrming and Respnding. Making: relates t yur ability t wrk within a grup t create a piece f drama; hw well yu wrk with thers, the ideas yu give and hw yu develp yur drama as a team. Perfrming: relates t hw cnfidently and effectively yu perfrm characters in a piece f drama. Yu may chse t use specific drama techniques t enhance yur wrk. Respnding: relates t yur ability t assess yur wn and thers wrk. Yu need t cmment n their strengths, weaknesses, hw the perfrmance culd be develped and try t use drama vcabulary when discussing wrk. LEVEL WHAT DO I NEED TO DO TO IMPROVE IN DRAMA ASSESSMENT CRITERIA 3 (M) I can help my grup incrprate ne aspect f Greek Drama int ur perfrmance. (P) I can take part in the perfrmance and be heard and face the audience. (P) I can use at least ne element f Greek Drama in my practical perfrmance. (R) I can suggest general ways t imprve my wrk. 4 (M) I can suggest t my grup hw t use tw r three aspects f Greek Drama in ur perfrmance. (P) I can demnstrate a range f vcal clurs, gestures and mvements in my perfrmance. (P) I can use tw r three elements f Greek Drama cnfidently in my perfrmance. (R) I can suggest ways t imprve my wrk using full sentences, drama terms and I am able t fcus n the elements f Greek Drama. 5 (M) I can lead my grup t use a range f imaginative ideas using all the elements f Greek Drama in an interesting manner. (P) I can create a well-runded character using vice, mvement and gesture imaginatively. (P) I can perfrm in a style that is cmpletely suitable t Greek Drama and use a range f elements. (R) I can suggest ways t imprve my wrk using full sentences; drama terms and I am able t fcus n the elements f Greek Drama and cnsider hw I might use these elements in future drama wrk. 2
GREEK DRAMA List as many facts as yu can that yu learnt tday abut Greek Drama: Fact #1: Fact #2: Fact #3: Fact #4: Fact #5: Fact #6: Fact #7: Fact #8: Fact #9: WWW: EBI: 3
THEATRE FORMATIONS In the Rund End On/Prscenium Arch Traverse Prmenade Thrust Match each picture with the apprpriate theatre frmatin name frm the list abve. Then list ne gd thing abut this shape and ne negative thing abut this shape. Theatre Frmatin Name: Psitive Aspect: Negative Aspect: Theatre Frmatin Name: Psitive Aspect: Negative Aspect: 4
Theatre Frmatin Name: Psitive Aspect: Negative Aspect: Theatre Frmatin Name: Psitive Aspect: Negative Aspect: Theatre Frmatin Name: Psitive Aspect: Negative Aspect: WWW EBI - 5
OEDIPUS In Thebes, a sn is brn t King Laius and Queen Jcasta. The King and Queen knw a terrible predictin has been made: that their sn will kill his father and marry his wn mther. In rder t avid the prphecy cming true, King Laius and Queen Jcasta spike the baby s feet and abandn him in the cuntryside. A shepherd finds the baby, takes him t Crinth and gives the baby t the King f Crinth t adpt. The baby is named Oedipus, which means swllen feet. One day in Crinth, smene insults Oedipus, telling him he is nt the King f Crinth s sn. This wrries Oedipus greatly, s he visits the Oracle and asks wh his father is. The Oracle just repeats the prphecy and says that Oedipus will kill his father and marry his mther. Oedipus runs away t stp the predictin cming true (still believing that the King f Crinth is his father). On the rad frm Crinth, a strange ld man is rude t Oedipus. Oedipus lses his temper and kills him, nt knwing that it is the King f Thebes, his real father. Oedipus arrives at Thebes. Everyne knws that the King has just been killed, but they are mre wrried by the Sphinx mnster wh has taken ver the city. Oedipus defeats the Sphinx and becmes a her. As a reward he is tld he can marry the Queen Jcasta. Nt knwing she is his mther, he marries her. A messenger arrives t tell Oedipus that King Plybus has died, s he is nw King f Crinth. Oedipus is relieved that Plybus is nt dead because f him, but desn t want t g back t Crinth in case he marries his wn mther. The messenger tells Oedipus nt t wrry abut the predictin because he was adpted. Oedipus asks wh his real parents were. The messenger says he gt Oedipus frm an ld shepherd. One day, there is a plague in the city f Thebes, and the peple beg their her, Oedipus, t get rid f the plague. Oedipus asks the Oracle what he shuld d. The Oracle says that he shuld find the persn wh killed King Laius in rder t get rid f the plague. Oedipus sends fr the ne witness wh saw the murder. It s an ld shepherd. The ld shepherd wh saw King Laius being killed arrives. He was the ne wh gave baby Oedipus t the messenger in the first place. He tells them that Oedipus is King Lauis and Queen Jcasta s sn. Oedipus realises the predictin has cme true: the ld man he killed was his father and he has married his wn mther. He rushes ff in despair and rips ut his wn eyes; he is then left t wander, alne, in the cuntryside. A messenger tells us that Queen Jcasta has hanged herself. 6
UNITY OF TIME AND PLACE One f the primary elements f Greek Drama was that all plays had a unity f time and place. This means that _ Anther element f Greek Drama was the use f the messenger. The messenger was imprtant because _ THOUGHT TRACK A thught track is when yu freeze in character and express vcally t the audience the thughts that are ging thrugh the character s head. In the space belw, write a thught track fr Oedipus fr the mment he discvers he has killed his father and married his mther. What thughts d yu think g thrugh his head? _ WWW: EBI: 7
The Greek Chrus Chral Speech: Everybdy des the same wrds and des the same actins at the same time. Gssipy ld peple talking amng themselves. One main speaker, whm the thers perhaps ech. One main speaker, while thers jin in n certain wrds. 8
MASKS Create/draw a design fr a mask based n the facial expressin mask used in class. The mask shuld be in clur. Als include tw r three sentences describing what the situatin was that caused this expressin. Situatin that caused this expressin: Mask WWW: EBI: 9
GREEK DRAMA QUIZ 1. Name three different types f theatre space. 2. Apprximately hw many peple culd fit int a Greek amphitheatre? 3. What is the frnt sectin f a Greek stage called and why is it imprtant? 4. In the stry f Oedipus, what predictin was made abut him? 5. Explain what happened t Oedipus as a baby (include why he was called Oedipus). 6. What were the names f Oedipus s mther and father? 7. Where were they king and queen f? 8. Explain what happens t the main characters at the end f the stry f Oedipus. 9. Explain what a chrus is, and what it des, using a mdern day example t help yu. 10. What are the tw unities f Greek theatre? 11. Hw did messengers help plays t stick t the tw Unities? 10
PEER EVALUATION WWW: I thught that this persn s/grup s use f (insert apprpriate drama skill) was extremely effective. This was demnstrated when (insert apprpriate mment frm the perfrmance). Their use f (insert apprpriate drama skill) enhanced the perfrmance because (explain hw the skill made the perfrmance effective). Yur evaluatin using the example abve t help yu: WWW: EBI: 11
Yur evaluatin using the example abve t help yu: WWW: EBI: 12
PEER ASSESSMENT GROUP WHAT WENT WELL EVEN BETTER IF 13
My Greek Theatre Evaluatin 1. List the Greek Theatre skills that yu used in yur perfrmance and say where in the stry yu used them. 2. The character I played in the perfrmance was 3. The drama skills I used t shw this character were Think abut hw yu used yur vice, bdy language, psture, gesture. 4. I think that my character was particularly effective when What parts f the stry d yu think yu did really well in? T get a better level tell me why. 5. Other skills that we used in ur perfrmance were Did yu use anything like still images r flashbacks, maybe even physical theatre? 6. I think my perfrmance was effective/nt effective because Think abut yur drama skills and did yu use any Greek Theatre skills? 7. T imprve my wrk next term, I will wrk hard n Dn t say rehearse mre. Think abut yur staging and drama skills, which ne culd yu imprve n? Narratr Bdy Language Audience Chrus Fate Still Image Messenger Facial Expressin Frzen Mask Gesture 14
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VERBAL FEEDBACK ACTION SHEET In Drama a lt f the feedback that yu receive frm bth the teacher and yur peers is verbal. T ensure yu knw what yu need t d t imprve it is imprtant t write ut this feedback and hw yu plan t act n it. Date: Wh gave the verbal feedback (teacher/peer): Write ut the verbal feedback yu received in detail: Write ut hw yu are ging t use this verbal feedback in yur next perfrmance. Be as specific as pssible: Date: Wh gave the verbal feedback (teacher/peer): Write ut the verbal feedback yu received in detail: Write ut hw yu are ging t use this verbal feedback in yur next perfrmance. Be as specific as pssible: Date: Wh gave the verbal feedback (teacher/peer): Write ut the verbal feedback yu received in detail: Write ut hw yu are ging t use this verbal feedback in yur next perfrmance. Be as specific as pssible: 16
Hme Learning Recrd After cmpleting each Hme Learning task please cmplete the recrd bxes belw. Task Details: Student signature/cmment: Deadline date: Parent signature/cmment: Date cmpleted: Teacher signature/cmment: Task Details: Student signature/cmment: Deadline date: Parent signature/cmment: Date cmpleted: Teacher signature/cmment: 17
Hme Learning Recrd After cmpleting each Hme Learning task please cmplete the recrd bxes belw. Task Details: Student signature/cmment: Deadline date: Parent signature/cmment: Date cmpleted: Teacher signature/cmment: Task Details: Student signature/cmment: Deadline date: Parent signature/cmment: Date cmpleted: Teacher signature/cmment: 18
Hme Learning Recrd After cmpleting each Hme Learning task please cmplete the recrd bxes belw. Task Details: Student signature/cmment: Deadline date: Parent signature/cmment: Date cmpleted: Teacher signature/cmment: Task Details: Student signature/cmment: Deadline date: Parent signature/cmment: Date cmpleted: Teacher signature/cmment: 19
LEVEL ASSESSMENT CRITERIA SELF ASSESSMENT 3 (M) I can help my grup incrprate ne aspect f Greek Drama int ur perfrmance. (P) I can take part in the perfrmance and be heard and face the audience. (P) I can use at least ne element f Greek Drama in my practical perfrmance. (R) I can suggest general ways t imprve my wrk. 4 (M) I can suggest t my grup hw t use tw r three aspects f Greek Drama in ur perfrmance. (P) I can demnstrate a range f vcal clurs, gestures and mvements in my perfrmance. (P) I can use tw r three elements f Greek Drama cnfidently in my perfrmance. (R) I can suggest ways t imprve my wrk using full sentences, drama terms and I am able t fcus n the elements f Greek Drama. 5 (M) I can lead my grup t use a range f imaginative ideas using all the elements f Greek Drama in an interesting manner. (P) I can create a well-runded character using vice, mvement and gesture imaginatively. (P) I can perfrm in a style that is cmpletely suitable t Greek Drama and use a range f elements. (R) I can suggest ways t imprve my wrk using full sentences; drama terms and I am able t fcus n the elements f Greek Drama and cnsider hw I might use these elements in future drama wrk. 20