6.ELAR.8.C
Analyze how playwrights develop characters through dialogue and staging.
Grade 6 · Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) · TEKS 2017
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playwrightscharactersdialoguestaging
Skills
- analyze (how playwrights develop characters through dialogue and staging) #dok3
- identify (dialogue and staging in dramatic texts) #dok1
- explain (the effect of dialogue and staging on character development) #dok2
- compare (character development across different plays or scenes) #dok3
Learning Targets
- I can identify dialogue and staging in a play. #dok1
- I can explain how dialogue reveals a character’s traits or motivations. #dok2
- I can describe how a playwright uses staging to show how a character changes. #dok2
- I can analyze how playwrights develop characters through both dialogue and staging. #dok3
- I can compare how different playwrights use dialogue and staging to create characters. #dok3
Big Ideas
- Playwrights use both dialogue and staging to develop and reveal the personalities, motivations, and changes in their characters.
- Understanding how dialogue and staging work together helps readers or viewers interpret character development in dramas more deeply.
Essential Questions
- How do playwrights use dialogue to show what a character is like?
- In what ways does staging (such as actions, gestures, and stage directions) influence our understanding of a character?
- What is the relationship between dialogue and staging in the development of a character?
- How might two different playwrights use dialogue and staging differently to reveal character traits?
- How can analyzing dialogue and staging help us understand why a character changes over the course of a play?