Drama+and+Poetry

Drama
Reading drama is like reading the lines from a movie but not being able to see anything. We must listen to what people say and how they say things. Also, we must learn the following:
 * how the characters feel toward one another
 * what basic character traits we can learn about the characters
 * what actions the characters take
 * how to explain the feelings/motivations of characters based on what the characters say, think, and/or do

Use this file to learn how to analyze drama. [|Drama Analysis Worksheet and Activity.pdf]

Use this blank analysis worksheet to analyze more drama. [|Drama Analysis Worksheet Blank with Instructions.pdf]

Take this Drama Vocabulary quiz to see what you know about drama: []

Online GED Prep books at Google books: [|Google Books 1] [|Google Books 2]

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<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">[|GED Drama Practice Quiz Online]

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;"> Poetry

How to understand and read a poem.

1. **__Poems often tell us what their main message is in the very ending lines__**. Read the top five lines of this poem. Then read the bottom lines. How does the message change in the poem change?

2. Does the person speaking in the poem sound happy, sad, weak, strong, angry, sarcastic, loving?



Time Somebody Told Me
Time Somebody Told Me That I am lovely, good and real That I am beautiful inside If they only knew How that would make me feel.

Time Somebody Told Me That my mind is quick, sharp and full of wit That I should keep on trying and never quit.

Time Somebody Told Me How they loved and needed me How my smile is filled with hope and my spirit sets them free How my eyes shine, full of light How good they feel when they hug me tight.

Time Somebody Told Me

So, I had a talk with myself Just me, nobody else 'cause it was time Somebody Told Me.

Quantedius Hall, "son of Reality," age 12 From //You Hear Me?//

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