Music and dance

WEEK 3&4

Topic: Music and dance

Subtitle: Introduction to Forms of Drama

Learning Objectives: At the end of this lesson, pupils should be able to:

1. Define drama

2. List the types of drama

3. identify the moral lesson from the drama

CONTENT

MEANING OF DRAMA

Drama is a unique and distinctive genre of literature. Drama definition is a narrative presented by actors/actors on stage through dialogue/ monologue and live actors. Usually, drama is stories that are acted through a combination of performance, music, dance, props etc. The audience is able to feel part of the action.

TYPES OF DRAMA

There are four main forms of drama. They are comedy, tragedy, tragicomedy and melodrama.

COMEDY: Comedy is a type of drama that aims to make the audience laugh. Its time is light and it mostly has a happy ending

TRAGEDY: Murders, death, insanity and pain are among the most common ideas in tragedies. Main characters usually have some kind of weakness or defect that causes their downfall.

TRAGICOMEDY: Tragicomedy is a special kind of drama that combines the features of tragedy and comedy. It means that such a play may be sad but have a happy ending or may be serious with some element of humour emerging throughout the whole play.

MELODRAMA: A melodrama is a dramatic work wherein the plot is typically sensational and designed to appeal strongly to emotion.

Strategies& Activities:

Step: The teacher revises the previous topic.

Step 2:Teacher introduces the new topic.

Step3:Teacher explains the new topic.

Step 4: Teacher welcomes pupil's questions.

Step 5: The teacher evaluates the pupils.

Assessment & Evaluation:

1. Define drama

2. List the types of drama

3. identify the moral lesson from the drama

CONCLUSION

The teacher goes over the topic once again for better understanding.

Assignment:

List 4 types of drama