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Lesson
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Recreational and Literary Environment
The Magic of Theater
Achievements
What is theater? Have you ever seen a play?
1 Look at the pictures and discuss which of the arts they relate to.
stage
performance
TT Select and revise short theater plays TT Read plays and understand gneral sense, main ideas and details. TT Participate in dramatized readings.
character
about the elements of drama and follow the instruction 2 Read below. A drama is a story represented by actors on stage. They play the roles of characters and act out the events in the story, or the plot. Each character has a personality of its own. The main character is the protagonist. The story progresses through verbal and non -verbal interactions among the characters.
The time and place where it takes place is the setting. The theme of a play refers to the main idea which can be stated through the actions and dialogs, or it can be inferred after watching the whole performance. The theme is the message that the play conveys to the audience.
VV Work in pairs. Think of a play you both know and discuss who the protagonist and rest of the characters are, where and when the story takes place, and what it is about. Exchange ideas about the theme of the play.
the definitions with the genres in the box. In pairs, 3 Complete think of an example of each genre. melodrama comedy tragedy 1. A is a play where many exciting events take place and the characters express very strong or exaggerated emotions. 2. A is usually about serious matters and themes like love, society, destiny, and it has a sad ending. 3. A is a play that is meant to make people laugh, and it has a happy or funny ending.
Literary expression. / Read theatre plays.
Unit 2
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