Objectives

At the end of the lesson, the students are expected to:

 Be acquainted with the elements of play and Story.

 Relate student’s life and journey with the elements of play and story through verbal
discussion.
 Create an outline of a story using the four basic elements of story.

1. Procedures

Teachers Activity Students Activity

a. Atmospherics a. Atmospherics

1. Opening Prayer 1. The students will pray.

2. Checking of the classroom setting
3. Checking of Attendance
4. Word of the day
5. Review of the previous lesson
2. The students will maintain the organization of the
classroom.
3. The students will report the absentees for the day.
4. The assigned student will give the word of the
day.
5. The students will answer the review questions.

- Alright class, do you still remember - Sir, we had our review last meeting about
what we had done last meeting? the topics discussed in the whole quarter.

b. Activity

Very good! Before we discuss our lesson for

today let’s have an activity entitled “Wheel of
Fortune”. I will be grouping you into five. Each
group will have the chance to spin the wheel.
Each color in the wheel has its corresponding
envelope; all you need to do is to arrange the
jumbled letters.

Are we clear class? - Yes Sir!

(The students will actively participate in the discussion.)

, thisCharacter Scene
activity is entitled “Pass, stop and answer” I
will be playing a song and when the song starts to
play you will pass the ball, when the music stops
the person holding the ball will pick instruction in
the magic box that will lead to the person who
will answer the question. Is that clear class?

1. What is your idea about the term Play

used in theater arts?
Very good! Let’s start our discussion with its
definition. Class a play is a dramatic work
intended for performance by actors on a stage. A - Yes Sir!
theatrical performance of a drama.
- Sir, for me it is a presentation performed on
Class, we have five basic elements of a play. Who stage.
among you can enumerate to me those elements?
- Sir, play is a form of entertainment that
(The students will pass again the ball.) depicts acts that is performed with an
audience.
Class do you know Romeo, Juliet, even mickey
Mouse, and Minie mouse?

Okay, class those persons or individuals I had said

are all famous characters in film or theater.

2. Now, can you give me your idea about a

character of a play? - Sir, those elements are the following:
Character, Dialogue, Scene, Script and
concept.
Very good! Class when we say character it
means in a story, people or creatures that - Sir, characters of a play are the ones who
appear in a script by speaking or doing act to perform in front of an audience.
something (the "something" may be as simple
as walking on stage, then walking off again);
someone in a script who is involved with a
plot.

(The teacher will present example pictures of

famous play or theater characters and the teacher
will be uttering lines or dialogue of a famous - Yes Sir!
play/ film.)

“You love me at my best, She love me at my

worst but you chose to break my heart”

“My Brother is not a pig”

Class, what you had observe on the following - Sir, when I hear the word dialogue the idea
lines I had said? that comes into my mind. Is that the words
spoken by the characters in the play?

3. Okay! Now, when you hear the word

dialogue what comes into your mind?

Correct! Class always remembers that

dialogue is The lines spoken by the actors; in
the script, preceded by the name of the
character that is to speak the words.
- Sir, in my own idea those are the love
(The teacher will present different famous lines of
remarkable characters of a play.) scenes, conflict scene.

4. In your own words how can you define the

word scene?

You are right! Class scene is a subdivision of an

act; it indicates a specific location or time, and
changes if another location or time is supposed to - Sir, those are lines from some of the famous
be presented.  films in the Philippines.
- Sir, those are dialogues of the characters in
(The teacher will present pictures of the film the film.
She’s dating a Gangster)

picture?

Very good! Class remember this, one of the

elements of a story is the Setting which is the time
and place in which the events of the story occur.
There are several aspects of story’s setting to
consider when examining how setting contributes
to a story and here are the following:

PLACE – which is the geographical location.

TIME- when the story is taking place?
WEATHER CONDITION - is it rainy, sunny,
stormy etc.
SOCIAL CONDITION – what is the daily life
of
PROTAGONIST – character with whom the
reader emphasizes.
ANTAGONIST – the character that goes against
the main character.

According to development:
DYNAMIC – the character that exhibits
noticeable development.
STATIC – the character who exhibits no changes - Sir, I had observe in the picture that those
and development. are beautiful places.
- Sir, those are images of different time era in
According to Personality: the Philippines.
ROUND – the character that displays different
personalities.
FLAT – the characters that reveals conventional
traits.

(The teacher will present different pictures about (The students listen carefully to the discussion.)
conflict.)

Class what had you observe in the photo?

Correct! Class another element of story is conflict

we have two types of conflict which very possible
the external and internal. It is the opposition of
person’s forces in a story that gives the rise to
dramatic action.
cript of our journey towards the path of our fate.

c. Application

Direction: Analyze the given story using the - Sir, Characters are the ones that give life to
following elements: a play.

I.SETTING

II.CHARACTERS

III. CONFLICT:

IV. THEME:

1. four basic elements of a story?

Very good Class, it seems that you have

understood our lesson for today!

- Sir, I had seen photos of war and

misunderstanding.
 - Sir, those elements are the following:
Character, Dialogue, Scene, Script and
concept.

- Sir, the four basic elements of the story are

as follows: Setting, Character, Conflict and
Theme.

2. Assignment
Have an advance reading of the play “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare and answer
the guide questions on your module.