Weekly Agenda: April 23-26

Tuesday, April 24
Make-Up poetry readings
Overview of the components of a One-Act
Lecture: Introduction to writing characters in drama
- Character development
- Direct and indirect characterization in drama
- The benefits and limitations of the One-Act in terms of character development
Read and discuss “Here We Are” (handout)
- Analyze characters
- How were the characters developed?
In-class Journaling: Develop a character (attributes, personality, habits, quirks, etc.) This character needs to be someone you’ll be content to work with for awhile in future journaling and partner prompts.
HW: Journal: In a brief scene, reveal central qualities about your character through any combination of direct and indirect characterization (monologue, dialogue, action, etc.)

Thursday, April 26
Share out HW journals with partners; conduct a character and characterization analysis.
Volunteers will read partners’ Journal work, let class reach conclusions about character, and then the character profile is revealed to see how well characterization was carried out in the scene.
Lecture: Writing dialogue in drama (format and content)
In-class journaling: Writing effective dialogue. Pair your character with a fresh character of your creation. Decide on a conflict and backstory between the two, but let that information (as well as its fallout, positive or negative) play out in dialogue (indirect characterization) rather than direct characterization. Write about 2 pages of correctly formatted dialogue.
HW: Complete the journal assignment, if necessary.