SELF-LEARNING HOME TASK (SLHT)

Subject: CREATIVE WRITING Grade: 11/12 Level: SHS Quarter: 2ND Week: 1

MELC: The learner identifies the various elements in drama

Competency Code: HUMSS_CW/MPlj-llc-15

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A. Readings/Discussions

Drama is „dran‟ in Greek word means “to-do.” Drama is a literary genre that pertains to

the script in dialogue-form. The audience has their own interpretation and an interaction of the

playwright thru the story lines of the characters‟ lives. The readers imagine the performance

in mind. If a drama is to be performed on theatres, auditorium, or on stage it is called a play

which the audience get to witness the actors portrayal of the characters with emotions, lights,

sound effects, costumes, props, etc.

A pair of masks, one sad and mournful while the other, happy and joyful signifies

tragedy and comedy in drama. Tragedy refers to a play that portrays a conflict between human

beings and some greater or larger overwhelming force. The hero-protagonist is fallible; he/she

is not a cut out to be a superhero. His downfall is a result of weakness in character. The hero-

protagonist experiences disaster and this state prevail until the closing of the play. At the end,

the protagonist either learns or realizes a painful lesson that would places him/her in a sorry

state, dies, or vanishes and never heard of again.

Comedy, on the other hand, refers to a celebration or a festivity which encompasses a

classification of an entire play, a comic situation, or a character in a play. Comedy has two
varieties: High comedy relies on wit and wordplay; it attempts to lecture on the pretensions

and hypocrisy of human behaviour like of a satire play. However, low comedy emphasizes on

physical actions, visual gags (slapsticks) and verbal jokes.

A playwrights‟ understanding of structure is not complete without a sense of awareness

of dramatic elements.

The following are the elements according to Aristotle(62):

 Plot. The story of the play, or the journey of the protagonist, which includes his/her

conflict with an opposing force (the antagonist).

 Characters. The person, animal, object or idea portrayed by the actor(s) in the play.

They move the action, or plot, of the play forward.

 Thought. The central idea or theme of the play, used by the playwright to illustrate

some truth.

 Diction. The language used by the playwright, including the style, dialect, rhythm

and the actual words used by the characters.

 Music. Everything the audience hears from the play, including the words, music and

sound effects.

 Spectacle. Everything the audience sees, including scenery, costumes, makeup,

dancing, pantomime and wordplay.

 B. Exercise 1:

Directions: Observe the illustrations below and identify the appropriate words from the

choices given in the box that best categorize a poem. Write the answer on a paper.

*comedy *diction *drama *playwright *plot *spectacle

1. 2. 3.

4. 5. 6.

Exercise 2:

Directions: Read the statements. Identify the word which refers to drama. Write your

answer on a separate sheet of paper.

_____1. An author of a play.

_____2. It symbolizes pain and joy.

_____3. It reflects of truthfulness of life.

_____4. It is something witty or humorous.

_____5. It is the exposition to denouement.

_____6. These are the actors/actresses of the play.

_____7. It is anything that an audience sees on stage.

_____8. It is a dialogue-script written by a playwright.

_____9. It refers to the utterances of words even its tone and style.

_____10. It is anything that the audience hears during the performance of the actors on stage.

C. Assessment/Application/Outputs

Directions: Read the statements. Write T if the statement is true and F if it is false.

Write the answer on a separate sheet of paper.

_____1. A story line is a plot.

_____2. Drama and play are the same.

_____3. Drama is anything but sadness.

_____4. Spectacle is the overall stage performance.

_____5. In drama, a hero is a character that saves lives.

_____6. A mask is worn to hide the identity to the audience.

_____7. Utterances by the characters could be categorized as music.

_____8. Low comedy relies more on wit and wordplay than on physical action.

_____9. Filipino sidekicks such as Vic Sotto to Jose Manalo and Vice Ganda to Negi are

examples of low comedy.

_____10. A playwright must write dialogues and create situations which can give the actors

some room to act on and give justice to the character.

 D. Suggested Enrichment/Reinforcement Activity/ies

In a spaces provided below explain your understanding on drama or theatrical play and

its importance of it.

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References:

Aguilla, Augusto Antonio et.al, Wording the World: The Art of Creative Writing. Imaging and

the Use of Imagery. Quezon City: C & E Publishing.

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Prepared by: Edited by:

CHERYL GRACE L. ONGCHUA

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 GUIDE

For the Teacher:

In these times when all seems to be consumed with worries on what learning does the
child will have and how the setup of the teaching–learning process. The Department of
Education has its Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) established last June of 2012; this is a
customary way of addressing Filipino youths who face challenges in life whether economically,
psychologically, emotionally and or physically. As DepEd (2013) states that no child will be left
behind. Thus this ADM continuously advocates the quality and standard of the education system
through its module–type based of adapting to the new normal that one is should be attuned of.
This Teacher–made Educational module//SLHT is an endeavour of the experts held with
utmost scrutiny with the supervisors in accordance with the Most Essential Learning
Competencies (MELCS) of the Department of Education.
For the Learner
This Teacher–made Educational Module helps the learner to develop skills in fiction
writing as it guides the student into the basics of writing from what he/she observes in the
environment using descriptive to the figurative language in writing your day–to–day life
experiences.
For the Parent/Home Tutor
May this Teacher–made Educational module guide the learner, dear parent/ guardian, in
facilitating the child/children at home that requires instruction as the need arises on the know-
how of such subject matter, while maintaining efficiency in responding to the exercises /
assessments given.