Drama and Dialogue · Speaking and Listening
Script Analysis and Stage Directions
Understanding how scripts communicate action and emotion without a narrator.
Key Questions
- 1How do stage directions provide essential information that dialogue cannot?
- 2What can we infer about a character's social status from the way they speak?
- 3How does a playwright use subtext to show what a character is really thinking?
NCCA Curriculum Specifications
NCCA: Primary - UnderstandingNCCA: Primary - Exploring and Using
Class/Year: 4th Class
Subject: Voices and Visions: Advanced Literacy for 4th Class
Unit: Drama and Dialogue
Period: Speaking and Listening
Suggested Methodologies
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