action
| the interaction between character and situation in the drama, involving the resolution or attempted resolution of conflict and tension |
brief
| a suggestion or instruction given to one character or group of characters, of which the other characters may be unaware, which has the purpose of giving a new direction to the drama |
character
| the entire intellectual, emotional and physical makeup of a real or fictional person |
content
| the subject of a drama based on the child’s general experience and needs, or drawn from the content of some other curriculum area |
| enactment | the action in which the text of the drama is created |
fictional lens
| the choice of fictional characters and the situation in which they are placed that creates the dramatic context for the enactment |
framing
| the process through which a fiction is transformed into directions and suggestions for an enactment. (It is through this process that the drama text is distanced sufficiently from the children to be safe but remains close enough to be explored effectively.) |
genre
| the form of dramatic expression—naturalistic, comic, absurd, etc |
| improvisation | the spontaneous dramatic enactment of a fiction |
in role
| doing or saying something from the standpoint of role or character |
mantle of the expert
| the process by which the teacher implies that the children are ‘experts’ in some particular topic so as to encourage them to research that topic within the drama |
out of role
| talking about issues, choices and possible directions in the drama when outside the enactment |
plot
| the coherent series of incidents that, together with theme, make up the drama |
pre-text
| an effective starting point that will launch the dramatic world in such a way that the participants can identify their roles and responsibilities and begin to build a dramatic world together |
| process drama | the process by which drama texts are made |
role
| pretending to be someone or something other than oneself |
scene
| a short play, an improvised text or a section of a longer drama text |
significance
| that which signals something important about plot, theme or life |
sub-text
| the non-verbal signals by which thoughts, feelings and attitudes are transmitted |
teacher in role
| the teacher taking a role in the drama and moulding it from within |
tension
| the expression, in drama, of the conflict inherent in the needs and desires of the different characters in the drama, that drives the action forward |
text
| a class text is the selection, enactment and linking of scenes in the drama, and all the class activities related to this
a drama text is an enacted drama fiction, watched or unwatched, whether it takes place in the class or in a theatre-like situation
a written text is a script that describes a dramatic |
theme
| the underlying patterns by which the plot of the drama is connected to life |