Task

Task #1

Complete 4.09 Your Play. You have developed two ideas throughout this lesson – one for a comedy and one for a drama. In the previous lesson, you received input from your classmates about your comedy and drama and then selected one to develop further. For this assignment, you will create a presentation to provide more details and a visual representation of what your show will look like. A guide is provided for you (4.09 Task #1 Example PowerPoint). You will be graded on neatness and completeness. You should use images in your presentation; list where you got them on a final slide titled "Resources.")

You may use any presentation software, such as Microsoft PowerPoint, Keynote for Mac, or another similar program. Submit your completed presentation to the 4.09 Your Play Dropbox.

Your presentation should include/address the following components:

  1. Title
    • List your name, school, facilitator, and date
  2. Setting
    • Describe the setting of your play here.
    • Include the time of day, time period, and/or location
    • Include pictures of what you would like your setting to look like onstage.
  3. Protagonist
    • Describe your protagonist, including: Who is he/she? What is he/she like (good and bad traits)? What is his/her social standing? What does he/she value or think about? What was his/her life like before the play begins and/or at the beginning of the play?
    • Include images of what you imagine him/her to look like. Make your protagonist as much like a real person as you can.
  4. Antagonist
    • Describe your antagonist, including: Who is he/she? What is he/she like (good and bad traits)? What is his/her social standing? What does he/she value or think about? What was his/her life like before the play begins and/or at the beginning of the play?
    • Include images of what you imagine him/her to look like. Make your antagonist as much like a real person as you can.
  5. Supporting Roles #1, #2, and #3
    • On three separate slides, provide character descriptions for three other supporting characters who will be included in your play.
    • Describe each of the three supporting characters, including: Who is he/she? What is he/she like (good and bad)? What is his/her social standing? What does he/she value or think about? What is his/her life like before the play begins and/or at the beginning of the play?
    • Include images to describe each supporting character.
    • Place one character per slide.
  6. Beginning of the Play
    • How will your play begin?
    • What will happen?
    • Describe the exposition of your play. Give a summary.
    • Include anything needed to understand the moment the play begins.
    • Include images.
  7. Conflict(s)
    • Explain your play's conflict.
    • What happens that brings your protagonist and antagonist into a confrontation?
    • Include images.
  8. Continued Action of the Play
    • Continue explaining to your audience what will happen in your play.
    • Provide a description of the events that will be a part of the rising action.
    • Include images.
  9. Ending of the Play
    • Explain how your play ends.
    • Describe the resolution of the conflict between your protagonist and antagonist.
    • Include images.
  10. Resources
    • List any outside resources you used to develop this presentation, including any links for the images you used

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