7.ELAR.8.C
Analyze how playwrights develop characters through dialogue and staging.
Grade 7 · Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) · TEKS 2017
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playwrightscharactersdialoguestaging
Skills
- analyze (how playwrights develop characters) #dok3
- examine (dialogue as a means of character development) #dok2
- interpret (effects of staging on character portrayal) #dok2
- identify (techniques used in developing characters in plays) #dok1
Learning Targets
- I can identify techniques playwrights use to develop characters. #dok1
- I can examine how dialogue reveals a character’s traits or motivations. #dok2
- I can interpret how staging choices reflect a character’s development. #dok2
- I can analyze how playwrights use dialogue and staging together to construct complex characters. #dok3
Big Ideas
- Playwrights use specific tools like dialogue and staging to reveal and develop characters' personalities, motivations, and changes.
- Understanding character development in drama helps readers and viewers gain insight into themes, conflicts, and relationships in a play.
Essential Questions
- How do dialogue and staging work together to reveal a character’s personality and motives?
- What can a character’s speech and actions on stage tell us about their development?
- How does the way a character speaks or moves change our understanding of their role in the story?
- Why might a playwright choose certain dialogue or staging choices to develop a character?
- In what ways do stage directions contribute to how we perceive and understand characters?