17/05/2020

MONOLOGUE ANNOTATION
SOI: Identifying monologues as a form of storytelling
can be used to provide a message and evoke an
emotion in the relationship with an audience. 
Key Concept: Communication
Global Context: Personal & Cultural Expression
Related Concepts: Audience & Role

Inquiry question: How can we use our annotation and

creative thinking to give us a deeper understanding of our
monologues?

Developing Securing Mastering

I can complete some I can complete most I can complete all
annotations and one or annotations and several annotations and many
two director’s notes on director’s notes on my detailed director’s notes
my script. script. on my script.

Today you will...

Spend time annotating your script and adding in
your own creative ideas for directing, including
facial expressions, gestures, vocal changes and
movement
 What is annotating?
• An annotation is a note of comment or explanation that is added to a text.
• Annotation is a reading strategy that helps you slow down your reading and
think more about the text on a more deep and critical level. It allows you to
write down your thoughts as you read.
• Good readers annotate to identify important information, ask questions,
interpret ideas and record connections.

Task 1
Take a copy of your monologue and highlight using different colours all
the different punctuation used throughout you monologue.
For example, every time a full stop is used – highlight it in yellow, every
time a comma is used – highlight it in blue and so on. Use a different
colour for full stops, commas, exclamation marks, question marks,
semi-colons etc.
Once this is complete, read your monologue out loud and notice where
the punctuation changes – can you use this to help your deliver the
monologue more effectively? Remember to pause and breathe where
the punctuation is used too.

Task 2
You are in charge of directing your own monologue. You will need to consider
all the different acting skills you can include to make this monologue believable
and engaging for your audience.
Make annotations on your script to detail exactly where you will include
FACIAL EXPRESSIONS, GESTURES, VOCAL CHANGES and MOVEMENT.
Read the text aloud and decide exactly how you can perform this. The more
detail and creative thinking you can include the better. Consider what emotion
the character is portraying in the lines and how you will show this to your
audience through your acting skills.

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Annotation Key –
Highlighted info (punctuation in the monologue) –
1. Full stop – Yellow
2. Question mark – Purple
3. Exclamation mark – Red
4. Ellipsis – Green
5. Brackets – Blue

Acting skills info (notes around the monologue) –

1. Characters thoughts and emotions – Brown
2. Facial expressions – Orange
3. Voice delivery (volume, pitch, tone) – Bluish Black
4. Movement – Green
5. Pauses – Pink

I DIVIDED THE
MONOLOGUE INTO 2
PARTS AS THERE WASN’T
ANY SPACE TO
ANNOTATE BOTH ON 1
PAGE
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