Dinagsa Festival has been one of
my much loved Festivals in Negros and every year, my experience becomes more
colorful and happier than the previous ones. People from and outside the
province visit the City of Whales every year to witness a one of a kind
experience, Cadiz City has to offer.
The festival
is an honor to the locals’ patron saint for a colorful year and bountiful
blessings that showered the city. The celebration takes place every 29th
of January annually.
You may wonder
why the city is called “City of Whales”?
Well, back in
year 2000’s, numerous number of whales visited the waters of the city. The term
“Dinagsa” is a Hiligaynon term for “coming together”.
Until now, the
celebration makes the people come and visit the city, making them chase each
other, putting paints in their faces and having merry-making on the streets.
This year’
Dinagsa Festival is one of the best Philippine festival experiences I have.
Together with some friends, I partied and danced to the beat, putting some
spectrum of pigments on others’ faces and I made my Dinagsa experience this
year a paintful one.
At
the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:
1.
identify the elements of Drama;
2.
relate Drama to real life; and
3. acknowledge
the sacrifice done by parents/other family members for the sake of a loved one.
II.
Subject Matter: English 1
A.Topic: Elements of Drama
B.Reference: Literature: Reading Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and the
Essay(4th Edition) by Robert DiYanni, page 837-847
C.Instructional Materials: PowerPoint Presentation, Diorama, Textbook,
Illustration/Drawing and Audio
D.Value Focus: Self sacrifice
III.
Procedure
A.Motivation
1.The teacher will ask the class, “Have you felt sadness or happiness
during your birthday? Why?”
2.The Teacher will call four (4) volunteers from the class who will do
the Face Dance.
B.Presentation of the lesson
The teacher will present the elements of Drama (Plot,
Character, Dialogue, Theme, and Staging)
1.Activities
1.1Video Play!:The teacher will let the students watch
a video about the drama, “I Shall Have Other Birthdays”
1.2Pick it out!: The teacher will divide
the class into two (Protagonist and Antagonist). The students will be asked
questions about the elements of drama in “I Shall Have Other Birthdays”. The first
group to raise the flag will have the chance to answer the question. They will
pick the answers from the choices on the PowerPoint presentation.
1.3Value focus: Ask the class to think
of an instance wherein they have witnessed their parents/other family members
making a sacrifice for the sake of a loved one and ask them to share it in
class.
2.Analysis
2.1The teacher will guide the students in analyzing the elements
ofDrama (Plot, Character, Dialogue, Theme, and Staging) through the Diorama.
2.2Mirror, mirror!:The teacher will ask the students to answer the Essential Question,
“How does Drama reflect real life?” while facing the mirror.
3Abstraction
As summary of the lesson, the teacher
will ask the students, “How will you identify that a particular literary piece
is a Drama?”
4Application
Jovial or Lonesome?:The teacher will present two (2) faces of drama. The teacher will
read statements about drama. The students will fall in line in front of the
happy face if the statement is correct and in front of the sad face if the
statement is false. Those who will commit wrong answers will be eliminated.
Statements:
1.Speeches assigned to the characters are called “cue lines”.
(Dialogue: sad
face)
2.Drama sometimes end in
happy and sad endings.
(Happy face)
3.The central idea of the
drama is the theme.
(Happy face)
4.The antagonist is the hero
in the drama.
(Protagonist: sad face)
5.The stage is the soul of
drama according to Aristotle.
(Plot: sad face)
IV. Evaluation
Let the
students answer the question as reflected in the PowerPoint Presentation:
A.Identify the correct answer.
1.In the drama “I Shall Have Other Birthdays”,who is the antagonist?(Doña Achay)
2.Where do the actors and actresses act? (Stage)
3.It consists of the resolution, rising action, climax, falling action
and denouement. (Plot)
4.It consists of the props, blockings and costume. (staging)
5.It is a literary work written in dialogue, intended for
presentation. (drama)
B.In your opinion, what do you
think is the significance of Drama in man’s life?
V. Assignment
Divide the
class into four (4) groups.Assign each
group to prepare a one-scene drama presentation depicting self-sacrifice done
by family members as proof of their love to their family. Instruct the learners
to apply the elements of Drama.
