Meaning of Playwright | Who is a Playwright? | Categories of Playwright JSS 1 (Basic 7) – Cultural and Creative Arts

CULTURAL AND CREATIVE ARTS

________ TERM

WEEK 

JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL (JSS 1)

THEME:

PREVIOUS LESSON 

TOPIC – PLAYWRIGHT 

LEARNING AREA

1. Introduction

2. Meaning/Definition of Playwright

2. Who is a Playwright?

4. Categories of Playwright

5. Lesson Evaluation and Weekly Assessment (Test)

 

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES 

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

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.

ENTRY BEHAVIOUR

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of flash cards containing names and categories of playwrights, textbook, note books, copies of plays.

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 

MEANING/DEFINITION OF PLAYWRITING

Playwright is the process of writing plays. A playwright is a dramatist who writes plays.

CATEGORIES OF DRAMATISTS/PLAYWRIGHTS

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. CONTEMPORARY DRAMATISTS 

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

DUTIES OF A PLAYWRIGHT

1. Conceives the idea of the play.

2. Develop the story through the plot.

3. Develop the characters through their dialogues and actions.

INFUSE IN LOCALE AND SITUATIONS

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

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. Explains what playwriting is.

3. Explains who a dramatist playwright is.

4. Lists the categories of playwrights on chalkboard.

5. Mentions and explains the work of a playwright.

6. Explains the three categories of dramatist/playwrights given examples.

Student’s Activities – Explains the three categories of dramatist/playwrights given examples.

7. 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. 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.