Creative Writing
Creative Writing
Creative Writing
Quarter 2 – Module 2: Identifying the Various Elements of a Drama: Setting
First Edition, 2020
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Creative Writing
Quarter 2
Self-Learning Module 2
Identifying the Various Elements of a
Drama: Setting
Introductory Message
This learning material hopes to engage the learners in guided and independent
learning activities at their own pace and time. Further, this also aims to help learners
acquire the needed 21st-century skills especially the 5 Cs, namely: Communication,
Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking, and Character while taking into
consideration their needs and circumstances.
In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the
body of the module:
As a facilitator, you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this
module. You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to
manage their learning. Moreover, you are expected to encourage and assist the
learners as they do the tasks included in the module.
For the learner:
The hand is one of the most symbolized parts of the human body. It is often
used to depict skill, action, and purpose. Through our hands, we may learn, create,
and accomplish. Hence, the hand in this learning resource signifies that you as a
learner is capable and empowered to successfully achieve the relevant competencies
and skills at your own pace and time. Your academic success lies in your own hands!
This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful
opportunities for guided and independent learning at your own pace and time. You
will be enabled to process the contents of the learning material while being an active
learner.
Posttest - This measures how much you have learned from the
entire module.
EXPECTATIONS
PRETEST
Identify what is being described. Encircle the letter of the answer.
1. The element of a drama/play that deals with the time, place and social
milieu where the story line is happening.
A. plot B. theme C. character D. setting
RECAP
LESSON
In a drama, setting plays a vital role in establishing the time and place
where the story is happening. It is the place, time, and the social milieu or
environment (physical, location, climate weather or social and cultural
surrounding), in which the acts and scenes occur. The setting in the drama
can be presented through the visual element that deals with stage, costumes,
special effects and music.
The setting is usually set to provide a certain feel or mood to the place,
the time and social environment where the story of the drama or play is
revolving.
Setting can be a place where the character lives and where the story is
taking place. It is usually introduced during the exposition (beginning) of the
drama/play. It can be a certain period such as the Renaissance or the 1990s
that may provide the audience/viewer a picture of the how the people in the
story move around that time.
Realistic dramas are dramas that fall under the realistic plane and are
drawn out from real people, objects, and situations. Therefore, the setting are
the commonplace people use in everyday situation. It could be any section of
a house, an office, a park, a street, a garage or an abandoned building or a
staircase.
Non-realistic dramas are dramas drawn out from stylized and
unconventional situations. The characters in this type of drama are not real
but are either allegorical or symbolical. Sometimes, they are ghosts, devils,
animals or human representations of virtues or vices. Therefore, the setting
for this would be non-realistic. It could be a dream-like forest, a barren and
deserted mountain, an underworld or a fictional place.
ACTIVITIES
Activity 1
Fill in the graphic organizer with information that talks about the setting in
a drama/play. Do this activity in your notebook.
Activity 2
Complete the following statements by giving the meaning of each word.
1. Date: _________________
2. Time: _________________
3. Place: _________________
WRAP-UP
In this time of great pandemic, how would you make your home, your
school, and your community a good setting or place for mental and personal
health awareness?
POSTTEST
Write the letter of the answer on the space before the number.
5. An element of drama/play used to set and provide the mood using the
place, the time or social environment where the story is revolving.
A. plot B. setting C. theme D. characters
KEY TO CORRECTION
5. B 5. D
4. D 4. B
3. C 3. A
2. A 2. C
1. B 1. D
POSTTEST PRETEST
References
Buhisan Arnold Jarn Ford, Sayseng Ayesha. Creative Writing (2016): 103
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explain-that-me-261997
http://www.literarydevices.com/setting/
https://study.com/academy/lesson/elements-of-drama-characters-plot-setting-
symbolism.html