23.3 Drama - tto123

23.3 Drama - tto123

Drama

Introduction

The subject of this period is drama series on television.

  • Form groups of three or four pupils.

Discuss the following questions in your group:

  • What are your favourite programmes?
  • What do you hate about television?
  • Do you watch BBC programmes?
  • What BBC programmes do you know? Write a list.

Step

Activity

Aim

Time

 

Introduction

Find out what you already know.

10

Step 1


Listening
Watching television

You can understand a video about watching television and answer questions about it.

15

Step 2


Reading
Sherlock

You can understand a text about the drama series Sherlock and answer questions about it.

15

Step 3

Vocabulary and irregular verbs

You can understand and use vocabulary about television. The irregular verbs: to stink, to strike and to swear.

15

Step 4

Grammar
Conjunctions

You can understand and use conjunctions.

10

Step 5

Speaking
Talking about television, part 3

You can have a discussion about television.

10

Step 6

Writing
East-Los-High-episode

You can write a script for a television programme.

20

Step 7

Evaluation

Reflect on what you have learnt.

5

Step 8

Extra
Couch potato

 

 

 

Step 1 - Listening

Watching television

You are going to watch a video by William Haynes.

  • Watch the video and do assignment 1.
  • Read the questions.
  • Watch the video again and do assignment 2.

Assignment 1

Watch the video and answer the questions on your own, then discuss the answers in your group.

  • In which TV programs did William perform?

Questions

  1. What was William's favorite TV program when he was a kid?
  2. And which TV program was its favorite when he grew up?
  3. Mention two TV shows in which he performed.
  4. In which TV program he had the role of correspondent behind-the-scenes, doing all the interviews?
  5. Why did his interviews with celebrities never come out?
  6. What is his point after his performance in so many TV programs?

Step 2 - Reading

Sherlock

You are going to read a text about the BBC series Sherlock.

  • Read the text and do assignment 1.
  • Read the text again and do assignment 2 and 3.
  • (Optional) Do assignment 4.

Assignment 1

What do you know about the original Sherlock Holmes? Go to the Internet and find out where this character comes from.

  • Who was the author of the Sherlock Holmes stories?
  • When were the stories written ?
  • Where were the stories published?

Sherlock episode 3: The Final Problem, review: 'an exhilarating thrill-ride'
By Michael Hogan
17 January 2017  

Shadowy agents, serial killers, secret histories and a grief counsellor who was actually Sherlock Holmes’s long-lost sister. For three weeks, fans of the high-functioning franchise had their brains scrambled by a succession of revelations, riddles and red herrings. But, as the final episode of the fourth series drew to a close last night, one fact remained indubitable: Sherlock is now Britain’s biggest drama. Elementary, my dear viewers.
The slick, contemporary adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories – which the BBC has sold to an astonishing 240 territories around the world – was the most popular programme over the festive period, save for the New Year’s Eve fireworks, attracting in excess of 11 million viewers during its three-week run.
However, it’s not all been plain sailing. For every glowing review, social media rave and fan tribute to the flowing-coated charms of Sherlock himself, Benedict Cumberbatch, there has been a sceptical one about the self-referential script or labyrinthine plotting.
Last night’s episode showcased all the elements that have made this modern-day reinvention such a hit – as well as those that have proved divisive.
Titled The Final Problem, this rollercoaster thrill-ride of an episode began with a bang – a bomb blew 221B Baker Street to smithereens, propelling our heroes out of the windows with a huge fireball. Criminal mastermind Moriarty was back, despite having shot himself five years ago: alive and well and up to his old devilish tricks. However, this shock twist – just one of many – wasn’t a resurrection but a rug-pulling flashback and Moriarty was merely a henchman to the main villain of the piece. A villain who was Holmes’s darkest, deadliest adversary yet: his own sister.

Eurus (a star-making turn from Sian Brooke) had spent decades in a fortress-like facility for the criminally insane, located on a remote island to “contain the uncontainables”. As Mycroft (Mark Gatiss) told “brother mine” Sherlock: “This isn’t one of your idiot cases. This is family.”
Except rather than being imprisoned, Eurus turned her guards (led by guest star Art Malik) into captives themselves. The lunatics had literally taken over the asylum. Now she set her estranged siblings a string of life-or-death dilemmas, aided by recordings of Moriarty from beyond the grave. “Miss me?” he kept asking. Yes, we did actually. Actor Andrew Scott swaggered, chewed scenery and palpably relished his return. Louise Brealey also shone in her sole, heart-wrenching scene as pathologist Molly Hooper.

Twists kept on coming in this Chinese puzzle of a story, co-written by series creators Gatiss and Steven Moffat. Sherrinford, hinted to be a third Holmes brother, wasn’t a person but a place. The much-mourned Redbeard wasn’t the family dog but a little boy: Sherlock’s childhood chum with whom he played pirates, until jealous Eurus threw him down a well. Tense scenes of a young girl on a plummeting aeroplane turned out to be a metaphor for Eurus’s fear and isolation. Highly implausible at times, but also powerfully effective.
The dazzling script delivered laughs, excitement and emotion. Movie pastiches flew past, from horror tropes to Avengers’ gentleman spy weaponry, and some smart Silence Of The Lambs business with a glass cell. After the adrenalin stopped pumping, there was even a happy ending.
We were left with a wiser Holmes and Watson (Martin Freeman) – “the junkie who solves crimes to get highand the Doctor who never came home from the war” – back in a rebuilt 221B, ready to crack more crimes. It was like our beloved characters had been restored to  factory settings. If this was the last-ever episode, which it surely won’t be, it worked well as a sign-off.

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

 

Assignment 2

Copy and fill in the grid (on your own) and discuss the answers in your group.

What information do you get about the characters? (use key words)

 

Name

Information

main character

 

 

his brother

 

 

his sister

 

 

his best friend

 

 

his enemy

 

 

 

Assignment 4

Read one or more stories from The memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.

Follow this link to read them on line or to download (It’s legal!):
www.gutenberg.org

Step 3 - Vocabulary

  • Study the vocabulary. (10 minutes)
  • Study the irregular verbs.
  • Do the exercises.

Vocabularylist Drama

Tip!
There are many ways to work on your vocabulary in Wozzol.
You can say or copy the words out loud.
Click in Wozzol on the red arrow for the different options.
The most important thing is that you don't do this for too long, because then you don't learn anything anymore.
In two 10-minute sessions you learn more than in half an hour.

Irregular Verbs

Check out the knowledge base below and study the following irregular verbs:

  • to stink
  • to strike
  • to swear

Step 4 - Grammar

Conjunctions

  • Study the theory.
  • Do assignment 1.

Step 5 - Speaking

Talking about television part 3

Read and discuss the questions in your group:

  1. Do you think it is possible to watch “too much” television? How much is "too much"?
  2. In the past, parents used to worry that children might damage their eyes reading books. Later they were concerned that they spent too much time watching the TV, and now they worry that they spend too much time on the internet. Does it really matter how much time children spend doing these things?
  3. Assuming it is a problem – how could children be persuaded to spend less time watching TV? Consider these possibilities:
    • Increase the number of advertisements.
    • improve the quality of video games.
    • encourage them to play in the street.
    • Can you think of any other solutions?
  4. The television is often blamed for children's bad behaviour or for generating violence in society. What is your opinion on this?
  5. Humans have been violent for centuries. What caused violence before television and video games?
  6. It seems that many children now have TVs in their bedrooms. Do you think this is a good idea? Why/why not?

Step 6 - Writing

East-Los-High episode

If you have a drama teacher, it probably is a good idea to ask her or him for assistance,
because you are going to write a mini-episode of East Los High.

Information about East Los High

In the Netherlands we have Spangas. In the U.S.A. they have East-Los-High.
East Los High is a teen drama web television series that revolves around the lives
of a group of teens navigating their final years at a high school in East LA.


Now watch the trailer of East lost high:



In groups of at least four, you are going to write a mini-episode of the series and perform it.

Instructions:

  • Decide who your characters are: What are their names, what are their likes and dislikes, what are their ages, what is their background, what brings them together apart from school?
  • Think of an event or problem that forces your characters to act.
  • Write an episode of 10 minutes at maximum. (If you write in a character size 11, with single spaces and an extra space between clauses, an A4 sheet of paper is about 2 minutes of drama.)
  • Learn your texts by heart.
  • Act out your episode for the class.

Step 7 - Evaluation

Fill in the schedule and answer the questions below.

Activity

Fun

Boring

Easy

Hard

I already know this

New

Listening

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reading

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vocabulary

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grammar

 

 

 

 

 

 

Speaking

 

 

 

 

 

 

Writing

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

What have you learnt in this period?
Answer the following questions:

  • What was the easiest part of this lesson?
  • What did you already know?
  • What was the most difficult part?
  • What was new to you in this lesson?
  • What do you have to ask your teacher?

Step 8 - Extra

Extra: Couch potato

  • Have you got time left? Watch this!

You are going to listen to the song Couch Potato.

  • What does 'couch potato' mean?
  • What is the most frequently shared advise in the song?
  • What different types of eyes are mentioned? What do they signify?
  • Write the answers in your notebook.

Bron: Shortstraw - Couch Potato

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    Deze les valt onder de arrangeerbare leerlijn van de Stercollectie voor Engels voor tweetalig onderwijs, leerjaar 1, 2 en 3. Dit is thema 7 'Television'. Het onderwerp van deze les is: Drama. Deze les staat in het teken van dramaseries. In deze les wordt de series Sherlock Holmes genoemd als voorbeeld. De onregelmatige werkwoorden in deze les zijn: to stink, to strike, en to swear. In de grammaticaopdracht worden 'conjunctions' behandeld.
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