End of the Semester

The end of the semester is approaching, and I just want to make a post about our team. It was been a blast doing stuff with them on tuesday, like bringing snacks, and getting off task - though we do get our assignments done. The Extrapolators is DEFINANTLY the best team in Mrs. Elliotts class, and has the best name! It has been real fun being in the team I am in!

Drama Project

I felt that this drama project was pretty interesting to do, especially since the dramas were quite peculiar. My table did "The Sandbox" and we decided to do a video, plus a power point for it. The video was kind of hard to do, but with some effort we pulled through. Looking at dramas and trying to depict the characters was hard to do, and I have gained a greater respect for the drama scene.
- David Bell

DRAMA

In class, we have been discussing drama and how it differs from both poetry and fiction. While reading The Nature of Drama, i read that the main factors of drama are that it is performed by actors, performed on stage, and performed in front of an audience. Drama differs from other writings also because it helps develop themes, emotions, plots and characters of the play.Drama is portrayed through meaning and strong emotions. The facial expressions, gestures, speech am rhythm the actor inputs while performing gives stronger emotion and meaning of the play. There are also two main types of drama to be performed; comedy and tragedy. While tragedies are unhappy, serious and include pity and fear, comedies include funny, happy ending with likable characters. Two categories that plays can be put into are realistic and unrealistic. Unrealistic  dramas include abstract thematic elements with exaggerated nature. Throughout the drama, they use abstract language. In realistic dramas, they attempt in the the presentation to preserve the illusion of actual everyday life. A distinguishing feature of drama is that it is meant to be performed and dialogue are primary to meaning. It is structured into acts, scenes, and lines and the voice is a narrator or 1st person from each character. The main purpose of a drama is its impact on the audience.



By Amanda :)