Group activity:

From the given pictures for each

group, make a short script based on
your personal interpretation. Write it
on a separate sheet of paper, the story
should run for about 3 minutes.
1. What elements in the picture
served as the basis of your
interpretation?
2. What were the things that you
first considered when you wrote
your script?
3. What were the learnings and
difficulties that you encountered in
the course of writing your script?
Depicting Life’s
Glories and
Miseries through
Writing
Dramatic Plays
 Definition and Nature of Drama
DRAMA is a literary work that’s intended
to be presented on a stage in front of an
audience or a group of audience. This usually
involves a conflict between the main
character who is the protagonist, the
antagonist, and the supporting characters.
 Drama is considered the type of literature
that takes advantage of people’s visual and
auditory senses. It is not limited to what you
read and imagine like in poetry and fiction,
but it brings your imagination to life. You see
and hear everything right before your very
eyes. This is the reason drama is entertaining
to most visual learners.
 According to scholars the first form of
drama originated in Greece at about 2500
years ago, and it evolved from being
simple choral reading in humble platforms
to complete theatrical productions that
involved elaborate sets and dozens of fully
made-up actors with fantastic costumes.
 In writing drama, one needs
to understand its difference
from theater.
 Drama is the actual written material
or the script. It’s derived from the
Greek word ‘draw’ which means to do
or to act. It contains elements such as
the characters, plot, dialogue, and is
usually the first material to be
developed for doing theater.
 On the other hand, the theater is
from the Greek word ‘theasthai’
which means to behold. It is the
actual production and is enactment
and interpretation of the written
material.
COOL DOWN !
From the script that you wrote in
the previous activity. Bring your
individual scripts in the group and
merge your stories into one. From this
script you will then make a short play
and present it to the class.