Cultural and Creative Arts JSS 1 Curriculum Guides – Definition and Origin of Drama | Elements of Drama | Forms of Drama | Functions of Drama | Meaning and Duties of Playwriter and Director

 

 

THEME – PERFORMING ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT 

TOPIC 1 – DEFINITION AND ORIGIN OF DRAMA 

 

 

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

1. White board/magic board

2. Script, textbook showing pictorials of theatre

 

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1. define drama.

2. define theatre.

3. list people involved in drama and theatre.

 

 

CONTENTS OF THE LESSON

FOCUS LESSONS 

1. Meaning/Definition of Drama

A drama is a type of literature usually written to be performed.

Also, an imitation of an action, e.g. Trials of Brother Jero and The Lion and the Jewel by Wole Soyinka, etc.

 

2. Meaning/Definition of Theater

A theatre is a place where a performance takes place.

 

3. People involved in Drama/Theatre

• Playwright

• Director

• Actor

• Designers

• Audience, etc.

 

 

LESSON PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

The teacher,

1. defines drama with examples from local environment, e.g. Masquerade performance.

2. lists and explains the duties of the people in the theatre.

3. organizes students in groups to play the role of actor/actress and audience in turns.

 

 

STUDENT’S ACTIVITIES

The students,

1. listen and copy notes.

2. in groups, play the role of actor/actress and audience in turns.

 

 

LESSON EVALUATION

Teacher asks students to,

1. state the meaning of drama and the meaning of theatre.

2. list 5 people involved in a drama/theatre.

 

 

THEME – PERFORMING ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT 

TOPIC 2 – ORIGIN OF DRAMA

 

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

1. Whiteboard/magic board

2. Textbook, notebooks

3. Pictorials or illustrations of ritual/festival, storyteller, Ancient man hunting game.

 

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1. state the origin of drama.

2. identify the type of drama they have watched on stage or on Video.

 

 

CONTENTS OF THE LESSON

FOCUS LESSONS

Origin of Drama

Drama is said to have originated from three sources: Mimesis, Ritual and Storytelling.

Dramatic elements of Festivals, Storytelling: Dialogue, Action, Audience, Stage, etc.

 

 

LESSON PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

The teacher,

1. lists and explains the origin of drama.

2. encourages pupils to narrate some form of drama they have experienced in their immediate environment.

 

 

STUDENT’S ACTIVITIES

The students,

1. listen and copy notes.

2. Narrate some dramatic experiences they have observed around them.

 

 

LESSON EVALUATION

Teacher asks students to,

1. give three sources where drama originated from;

2. write an essay about a festival or story telling session they have watched on television, bringing out the dramatic elements.

 

 

THEME – PREFORMING ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT 

TOPIC 3 – ELEMENTS OF DRAMA

 

 

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

1. Whiteboard/magic boards

2. Video/audio recorded drama

3. Gextbook

4. Totebooks

 

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1. name the elements of drama.

2. identify the elements in a given drama.

3. create any of the elements.

 

 

CONTENTS OF THE LESSON

FOCUS LESSONS 

Elements of Drama

• Script/improvisation (plot, diction)

• Characters

• Stage (setting)

• Audience

• Sound (songs, music, sound effect)

• Lights, etc.

The elements of drama are things that are the features of drama.

That’s what made up drama.

 

WRITTEN/UNWRITTEN 

• Plot – it is an outline of events in a play.

• Language – it is the choice of word used to express an ideas in a play.

• Characterisation – it is the character perform or display in a play.

 

ACTORS/ACTRESSES – They are males and females that act play.

 

STAGE – It is a platform above the floor or ground where play is acted.

 

AUDIENCE – They are those watching the play in the theatre.

 

SOUND is the voices of actors and actresses that act in a play. This also include musical sound.

 

LIGHTING – It different kinds of light being used in the play.

 

 

LESSON PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

The teacher,

1. writes and explains the different elements of drama on chalkboard.

2. shows the video recording of a drama.

3. guides students to identify the elements in the drama shown.

4. calls on students to demonstrate some of the elements of drama.

 

 

STUDENT’S ACTIVITIES

The students,

1. listen to the explanations of different elements of drama and take down notes.

2. watch video recorded drama.

3. identify the elements of drama in the drama shown.

4. demonstrate or explain some of the elements.

 

 

LESSON EVALUATION

Teacher asks students to,

1. list three elements of drama.

2. identify three elements of drama in the recommended drama shown.

3. create any two elements of drama.

 

 

 

THEME – PERFORMING ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT 

TOPIC 4 – FORMS OF DRAMA

 

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

 

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1. identify the category of a given drama.

2. mention the forms of drama.

 

 

CONTENTS OF THE LESSON

FOCUS LESSONS 

Forms of drama

There are many forms of drama such as:

1. Comedy

2. Tragedy

3. Melodrama

4. Musical drama

5. Domestic drama

 

1. Comedy 

Comedy drama is a drama that makes you smile, laugh and happy. For example, Jennifer Diary, Wedding Party, etc. 

 

2. Tragedy

Tragedy drama is a sad drama. This drama makes people to cry sometimes. For example, Ghost and Tout, etc.

 

 

3. Melodrama

Melodrama is an emotional drama. This drama is sometimes fun or sad. For example, Ghost and Tout, etc. 

 

4. Musical drama 

Musical drama is a drama that combines song, dance and act. For example, India films, etc. 

 

5. Domestic drama

Domestic drama is a drama based on the normal daily life of family and friends. For example, Mr. John bull, Ile Aladun, etc.

 

 

LESSON PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

The teacher lists and explains different forms of Drama.

 

 

STUDENT’S ACTIVITIES

The students listen and copy notes on different forms of drama

 

 

LESSON EVALUATION

Teacher asks students to list two basic forms of drama.

 

 

THEME – PERFORMING ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT 

TOPIC 5 – FUNCTIONS OF DRAMA

 

 

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

1. Whiteboard/magic board

2. Video/audio recorded drama

3. Live drama

 

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, students should be able to state functions of drama.

 

 

CONTENTS OF THE LESSON

FOCUS LESSONS 

Functions of Drama

1. Education (Teaching values among other things)

2. Instruction

3. Information

4. Entertainment

5. Therapeutic

6. Development

 

1. EDUCATION 

• It teaches us value among other things.

• It teaches us how to tolerate one another, i.e. accepting one another.

• It teaches us how co-operate with one another.

 

2. INSTRUCTION 

• It enables us to learn about ourselves, our society, culture and religion.

• It also enables us to learn about life in general.

 

 

3. INFORMATION 

• It is a means of disseminate important information among ourselves.

 

4. ENTERTAINMENT 

• It helps to relax, drive pleasure, create fun and express our feelings when watching drama.

 

5. THERAPEUTIC 

• It enables people to relax and forget the ugly parts of life.

• It heals the broken heart.

• It builds and reassure confident in people.

 

6. DEVELOPMENT 

• It enables people to develop positive thinking.

 

 

LESSON PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

The teacher lists and explains functions of drama.

 

 

STUDENT’S ACTIVITIES

The students listen and take down notes on the explanation of functions.

 

 

LESSON EVALUATION

Teacher asks students to,

1. list five functions of drama.

2. mention one way in which a given drama portrays any of the functions.

 

 

THEME – PERFORMING ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT 

TOPIC 6 – PLAYWRITING

 

 

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

1. Whiteboard

2. Flash cards containing names and categories of playwrights, textbook, note books, copies of plays, etc.

 

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1. state what playwriting.

2. state who a playwright is.

3. mention the duties of a playwright.

4. name some popular playwrights in Nigeria and outside Nigeria.

5. mention the categories of playwrights.

 

 

CONTENTS OF THE LESSON

FOCUS LESSONS 

1. Playwriting

Playwriting is the process of scripts to be performed on a stage or in a theatre.

The person that writes a play is called playwright.

 

2. Categories of Dramatists/Playwrights

• Classical (universal)

• Modern

• Contemporary

 

CLASSICAL/UNIVERSAL DRAMATISTS

These are the ancient Greek Dramatists. Aeschylus, Sophocles, Aristophanes and Euripides are the founding fathers of drama as we know it today.

 

MODERN DRAMATISTS 

Modern Dramatists are modern based on their quality, acceptance and popularity of their works in modern times.

Examples are William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe in England, Pierre Corneille and J.P. Sartre in France, etc.

 

 

CONTEMPORARY DRAMATISTS 

Wole Soyinka, Efua Sutherland, Zulu Sofola, J. P. Clark, Femi Osofisan, James EneHenshaw and Ola Rotimi, etc. are under these categories.

 

 

3. The Duties of a Playwright

• He/she conceives the idea of the play.

• He/she develops the story through the plot.

• He/she develops the characters through their dialogues and actions.

 

 

4. Popular Playwrights in Nigeria and outside Nigeria

Nigeria Playwrights 

• Catherine Obianuju Acholonu

• Oyin Adejobi

• Funsho Adeolu

• Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

• Adeyemi Afolayan

• Funso Aiyejina

• Yemi Ajibade

• Niji Akanni

• Wole Soyinka, etc.

 

 

Foreign Playwright 

• William Shakespeare

• Anton Chekhov

• Oscar Wilde

• Arthur Miller

• Albert Camus

• Amiri Baraka

• Thomas Bradshaw

• ​Athol Fugard

• David Henry Hwang

 

 

4. Infuse in Locale and Situations

Pays attention to the stage directions, transitions, high point, etc.

 

 

LESSON PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

The teacher,

1. explains what playwriting is.

2. explains who a dramtist playwright is.

3. lists the categories of playwrights on chalkboard.

4. mentions and explains the work of a playwright.

5. explains the three categories of dramatist/playwrights given examples.

 

 

STUDENT’S ACTIVITIES

The students Listen to the explanation of the teacher and take notes.

 

 

LESSON EVALUATION

Teacher asks students to,

1. state what playwriting is.

2. state who a playwright is.

3. list the three categories of playwrights.

4. give names of two classical dramatists/playwright.

5. mention three modern playwrights.

6. give the names of three playwrights in Nigeria

 

 

THEME – PERFORMING ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT 

TOPIC 7 – THE DIRECTOR

 

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

1. Whiteboard,

2. Flashcards

3. Drama scripts

4. Textbook

5. Note books

 

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1. state who a director is.

2. mention the duties of a director.

3. mention the functions of the director in the theatre.

 

 

CONTENTS OF THE LESSON

FOCUS LESSONS 

1. The Play Director

2. Duties of the Play Directors

• He is the boss of the theatre.

• He coordinates all the other aspects of production.

• He casts and rehearses the actors by blocking and guiding their movements.
•  He interprets the scripts and puts a live drama on stage, etc.

• He coordinates the work and art of every other person and makes everything blend for the production.

• He is responsible for the production seen on stage, etc.

 

 

LESSON PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

The teacher,

1. explains who a director is and his/her duties.

2. guides students with leadership abilities to try to direct a given play.

 

 

STUDENT’S ACTIVITIES

The students,

1. listen to teacher’s explanation and copy down notes.

2. participate in the tryouts guided by the teacher.

 

 

LESSON EVALUATION

Teacher asks students to,

1. state who a director is.

2. give three functions of the director.

3. list four duties of the director.