SAMPLE SNIPPET LESSON PLAN TO:
The Use of Acting Technique to Describe Character in Shakespearian and Other
Plays Using "Stage Beauty"
Subject: Drama/Shakespeare; Characterization
Ages: 14+
Length: Snippet: Two segments of approximately 18 minutes total. Lesson: One and one half 45 to 55 minute class periods.
Note to Teachers: This snippet will be helpful for students in English or Drama classes who are going to read, watch, or perform any play, particularly Macbeth, Othello or Hamlet.
Learner Outcomes/Objectives: Students will experience the importance of actors' body language, facial expressions, inflection, tone and volume to communicate ideas and feelings in the description of character in staged presentations.
Rationale: By sensitizing students to the presentation of character in dramatic presentations, this snippet will prepare them for reading, watching or performing any play, especially Macbeth, Othello or Hamlet, three of Shakespeare's tragedies that rely upon a close study of character.
Description of the Snippet: The snippet consists of two different performances of Desdemona's death scene from
Shakespeare's Othello.
