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** Merchant of **** Venice ** **__ Program   __**
 * Year 10 Term 3 – Drama   **

__ Orientation to learning   __ Students copy down a brief overview of the TAL for term 3. (This will make the students aware of the time constraints and the difficulty of the TAL ahead). Students will be:
 * **Reading //The Merchant of//** **//Venice//**
 * **__ Learning about the language of Drama - theme, setting, plot and characters __**
 * ** The context and values of a Shakespearean text **
 * ** Learn about dramatic monologues (Browning is the best example) **
 * ** Learning about Discussion/Exposition text types **
 * ** Assessed on RESPONDING/REPRESENTING – develop a dramatic monologue for the point of view of one character. This will reflect on a decision made and the results of this decision on other characters. **

__ TAL   __ Students will need to:
 * Read the play – this will take many weeks and will be interspersed with other activities.
 * Copy or download the language of drama – this will need to happen by mid week 2. Themes, setting, plot and characters.
 * Copy or download context and values of a Shakespearean text – this need to happen by about mid week 3.
 * <span style="color: #ff0032; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Be finished the play by end of week 5.
 * <span style="color: #ff0032; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Review exposition/discussion (www.writingfun.com)
 * <span style="color: #ff0032; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Look at some of Browning’s poems and discuss dramatic monologue
 * <span style="color: #ff0032; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Practise writing dramatic monologues

__ <span style="color: #ff0032; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Assessement of Learning   __
 * <span style="color: #ff0032; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Assessments week 8 onwards