Elements of Drama | Creating Elements of Drama JSS 1 (Basic 7) – Cultural and Creative Arts

CULTURAL AND CREATIVE ARTS

________ TERM

WEEK 

JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL (JSS 1)

THEME: PERFORMING ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

PREVIOUS LESSON – 

TOPIC – ELEMENTS OF DRAMA

LEARNING AREA

1. Introduction

2. The Elements of Drama

3. Create any of the Elements

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES 

By the end of the lesson, most of the students should have attained the following objectives –

1. name the elements of drama.

2. identify the elements in a given drama.

3. create any of the elements.

ENTRY BEHAVIOUR

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of boards, video/audio recorded drama, textbook, notebooks.

METHOD OF TEACHING

Choose a suitable and appropriate methods for the lessons.

Note – Irrespective of choosing methods of teaching, always introduce an activities that will arouse pupil’s interest or lead them to the lessons. 

REFERENCE MATERIALS

1. Scheme of Work

2. National Curriculum for SSS Classes

3. Course Book

4. All Relevant Material

5. Online Information

CONTENT OF THE LESSON  

ELEMENTS OF DRAMA

1. Script/improvisation (plot, diction)

Scripts are written and unwritten drama/roles to be performed.

2. Characterization

Characterization is the character perform or display in a play.

3. Stage (setting)

Stage is a platform above the floor or ground where play is acted.

4. Actors/Actresses

They are males and females that act play.

5. Audience

Audiences are people that are watching the play in the theatre.

5. Sound (songs, music, sound effect)

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

6. Lights

Lights are different kinds of light being used in the play.

 

CREATING ELEMENTS IN DRAMA

Calls on students to organize and demonstrate some of the elements of drama.

PRESENTATION

To deliver the lesson, the teacher adopts the following steps:

1. To introduce the lesson, the teacher revises the previous lesson. Based on this, he/she asks the students some questions; then, the teacher –

2. Writes and explains the different elements of drama on board.

Student’s Activities – Listen to the explanations of different elements of drama and take down notes.

3. Shows the video recording of a drama.

Student’s Activities – Watch video recorded drama.

4. Guides students to identify the elements in the drama shown.

Student’s Activities – Identify the elements of drama in the drama shown.

5. Calls on students to demonstrate some of the elements of drama.

Student’s Activities – Demonstrate or explain some of the elements.

6. Summarizes the lesson on the board.

Student’s Activities – Copy as the teacher writes.

CONCLUSION

To conclude the lesson for the week, the teacher revises the entire lesson and links it to the following week’s lesson.

LESSON EVALUATION 

Ask 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.