Activity:

 Using the newspaper/tabloid that you have brought, look for

stories with so much drama.
 Divide the class into two groups. Choose a leader who will
preside over the discussion and the choosing of a dramatic
news article in the tabloid.
 The group will be given 30 minutes to organize and rehearse
a 10-minute skit dramatizing the news. The leader will serve
as the director.
 Each group will perform their skit after 30 minutes.
Creative Nonfiction &
Drama
Objectives:

 Describe the elements of drama

 Analyze the differences and connections
between drama and Creative Nonfiction
 Analyze sample texts for comprehension
 Narrate and explain “dramatic” personal
experiences
What is drama/play?

Is
a script that is
meant to be staged
5 Elements of Drama:

 Situation
 Character
 Dialogue
 Plot
 style
1. Situation

 The
early scenes of the play where basic
questions in the spectator’s minds are
answered.
 Where are we? What is the issue or
problem? What past history explains the
current situation?
2. Character

Is always in motion, in action

Are known by what he or she
is doing and by what he or
she is saying
3. Dialogue

 What the characters are saying

 It can be considered good if it gives
us more information about the
character, and more exposition
 It must push the story forward
4. Plot

Seriesof events arranged

logically to make the story
more interesting
5. Style

Has something to do with

the playwright’s or the
writers’ use of language
“The key to
good creative
non fiction is CRISTINA PANTOJA HIDALDO
(2003)

dramatic
writing.”
Romeo and Juliet
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Caught in the Forest Fire
JOHN IREMIL E. TEODORO
Activity: Group 1

 Look for Cliff Notes or other literature guide

books in reading this play.
 Read about the background of the
Shakespearean theater.
 Know the profile of the characters and the plot
of this drama masterpiece
 Present it in class through a PPT.
Activity: Group 2

 Scan old newspapers and look for news about

the forest-tree planting activities, deforestation,
forest fire, illegal logging, remaining forest
covers, etc.
 Clip this news articles and be prepared to share
them to the whole class.
Romeo and Juliet
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Previewing

You may watch Romeo +

Juliet (1966) or Shakespeare in
Love (1999)
Vocabulary Building

Identify the meaning of each

underlined word below, and
paraphrase each line or setoff
lines from the excerpt.
Vocabulary Building

1. But, soft! What light through

yonder window breaks.
Meaning:_____________________
Paraphrase:___________________
Vocabulary Building

2. Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon,

Who is already sick and pale with grief,
That thou her maid art far more fair than
she
Meaning:_____________________
Paraphrase:___________________
Vocabulary Building

3. What man art thou that thus

bescreen’d in night
So stumblest on my counsel?
Meaning:_____________________
Paraphrase:___________________
Vocabulary Building

4. How camest thou hither, tell me,

and wherefore?
Meaning:_____________________
Paraphrase:___________________
Romeo and Juliet
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Questions for Comprehension

1. Analyzethe selection based on the

following elements:
a) Situation
b) Plot
c) Characters
d) style
Questions for Comprehension

2. Which details from the

selection would show
love between the
characters?
Questions for Comprehension

3. Why does Romeo say,

“My name, dear saint, is
hateful to myself”? Does
Juliet have the same
concern?
Questions for Comprehension

4. In what ways are

Romeo and Juliet similar
to and different from
contemporary couples?
Caught in the Forest Fire
JOHN IREMIL E. TEODORO
Analyze the text through identifying
the elements:

Element Answer Evidence from

the text
Situation
Characters
Plot
Style
Writing Activity

Recall five “dramatic” events

in your life and explain why
you consider them dramatic.
Share the, with the rest of the
class.
Enrichment:

 Of the “dramatic” experiences

enumerated above, choose one that
you can write about and serve as the
possible subject of a CNF text.
 Using your familiarity with the elements,
try to complete the table and questions
below:
 Enrichment:
Topic (Most Dramatic Experience):
How do I use my knowledge of the
elements of fiction to write composition?
What details in my composition would
correspond to the elements of fiction
explained earlier?
As in poetry, what concrete or evocative
details would I include in my composition?
What details in my composition would
correspond to the elements of drama?
Criteria for scoring:

Details 10
Organization 10
Conventions 10
Word Choice 10
Task completion 20
60 pts