Lesson Plan
Putting a Play Together!
Let’s put it all together! In this lesson, students will explore the different parts of a drama or play. By the end of the lesson they will be able to define terminology related to plays and give examples of the unique genre features!
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Learning Objectives
- Students will be able to define terminology related to the genre of plays and drama.
- Students will be able to compare and contrast dramas with other types of literature such as chapter books and poetry.
- Students will be able to analyze text and determine components of plays and drama.
Introduction
(5 minutes)- Pass or bring around the “grab bag” of books and have each student quickly choose a book. In order to make this go faster, you might consider having them close their eyes and take a book so that it is random and moves quickly.
- Give the students a minute to browse their book and look for characteristics or features.
- Ask students to get up and mix and mingle with their classmates, comparing and contrasting features of their books.
- Once students have returned to their seats remind the students that genres have unique characteristics.
- Demonstrate with a chapter book, showing them the table of contents and chapters and compare a chapter book with a book of poetry that contains stanzas.
- Tell the students that they will be learning about a new genre called drama, which includes plays.
Beginning
- Review the definition of the word characteristic and give examples that are unrelated to genres. For example, share characteristics of a stormy day. (wind, rain, gray sky, thunder, lightning, etc.)
- Provide a word bank of characteristics related to the genres in the “grab bag”.
Intermediate
- Make a list of genre types to display for the introduction activity.
- Supply sentence frames for students as they discuss with partners:
- My book has ____________, but your book has _______.
- Both of our books have ___________.