Principal

Features of
three literary
Genres
 Genre
Plot
Theme
Characters
Dialogue
Music/Rhythm
 Drama

There are three types of Drama

Elements.
Literary
Technical
Performance
 Literary Elements

Script
Plot
Character
Story Organization
Setting
Dialogue
Monologue
 Technical Elements

Scenery
Costumes
Props
Sound and Music
Make-up
 Technical Elements

Technical Elements

Scenery (set)
Costumes
Props
Lights
Sound
Makeup
 Drama

Initial action

Denoument Rising action

Theme

Falling
Rising Action
action
 Literary elements

Initial incident
Preliminary event
Rising action
Climax
Falling action
Denouement or Resolution
 Climax

Falling action

Denoument
Rising action

Initial action
 Drama Genres

Comedy Tragedy

Drama
 Story

Comedy:
satire
romantic
Farce
 Performance

Nonverbal expression
Gestures:
Facial expression:
 Drama

Dramatic activity is
natural for kids because inhabit
make-believe play is part of their
world.
fictional situations = parallels in
the real world.
drama encourages pupils to
learn actively and interactively
throughout the primary years and
across the curriculum.
 Drama

With drama children can move,

speak and respond to one
another especially since by their
very nature they like to move and
to interact with others.
Drama is more appealing to
pupils who are slow readers.
 Drama

imaginative and multisensory

learning.

development of skills related to:

creativity
enquiry
communication
empathy
self-confidence
cooperation
leadership
negotiation.
 Drama

Drama activities are

fun
learning is enjoyable and memorable
throughout primary and schooling.
 Drama

Cross-curricular learning Drama

develops literacy skills:
supports speaking and listening
extends vocabulary
encourages pupils understand and
express different points of view.
motivates children to write for a
range of purposes.
 Drama

Drama provides opportunity to:

explore
discuss
deal with difficult issues
express their emotions

Depending on the work or activity it

could have cultural concepts related
to themselves or others.
 Drama

It encourages them to think and act

creatively.
Develop critical thinking and
problem-solving skills.
Encourages them to take responsible
roles and make choices
Participate in and guide their own
learning.
 Poetry

Poetry
 Poetry

dense expression
more subjective than other
texts musical or songlike quality
high phonological structure
syntactic and morphological
structure
language is different
the form draws attention to
itself
 Poetry

poetry uses elements such as

sound patterns
verse
metre
rhetorical devices
style
stanza form
imagery more frequently than
other types of text
 Poetry

For children there are all kinds of

possibilities where poems are
concerned.
Shape poems
Performance poems
Alphabet poems
Acrostic poems

 Acrostic poem

Elegantly and efficiently shaped

Good to eat
Great fun to find at Easter
Smooth shelled
 Alphabet poem

A young girl was busy working on her project for

school
But suddenly she had a question.
Could this be her lucky day?
Deciding to find out, she
Entered her backyard and
Found hundreds of green shamrocks waiting for her.