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Main Idea (Claim) Summative Assessment
Drama builds ones comprehension of spoken Short theatre performance at the end of the
and visual text. quarter
What is my goal for the drama today? Demonstrate a little drama on the Echo and
How can I improve on my acting? What should Narcissus Greek myth.
I do? Reflect on their short dramas.
What is the story of the Orpheus? Learn the story of Orpheus.
How can we act this story out? Reflect on how to act out the story of Orpheus.
5 mins Begin the lesson with a Follow the Leader exercise. In this opener, the teacher
will give a chance for a student to lead the other students on how to act.
Group work:
The teacher will display the group list of the new drama. The students should
25 first outline as a group the story of Orpheus and Eurydice in four bulletpoints.
mins If they are done doing so, they are to work planning on whats going to
happen in their drama. Script-writing can start but if only they have a clear
idea on what the story unfolds.
During this time of work and discussion, each group from the previous
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Assign the students with the task of acting out the story of Orpheus with their classmates
5 mins again. This time the students are given to task to research on the different characters of
the story. Each group must fill a sheet that describe the traits of the characters of story.
Resources
Beat of Her Heart - Gungor
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