Year 5 Melodrama

Year Ten Drama

Melodrama

Name: _____________________ Teacher:________________

Unit Title: Melodrama Length: 8 weeks

Assessment: Exam

Time: One Double lesson Due Date: ______________

TASK

Watch the section of video and answer the attached questions in the spaces provided

Conditions

You must: - Study the characteristics of melodrama in class and home time, previous to the day of the exam. - Complete your answers in the time given.
- Write neatly and concisely

Criteria

- Knowledge of the characteristics of melodrama. - Detailed, sufficient answers. - Examples from the video are used to support your answers.
|CRITERIA
|A |B |C |D |E |
|Answers all questions |Consistently answers all questions|Has answered all questions – on |Answered all the questions.
|Has answered at least two of the |Only one (or no) questions have |
| |– giving detailed, sufficient |the whole giving sufficient | |questions – although these answers|been attempted. |
| |answers. |answers. | |lack sufficient information. | |
|Question One | | | | |
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| |Perceptive, detailed and thorough |Thorough knowledge of the |Sufficient knowledge of the |Insufficient knowledge of the |Little or no apparent knowledge of|
|Demonstrates Knowledge of the |knowledge of the characteristics |characteristics of Melodrama.
|characteristics of melodrama |characteristics of melodrama. |the characteristics of melodrama. |
|Characteristics of Melodrama. |of Melodrama. | | | | |
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| |Concrete examples from the video |On the whole, examples from the |Occasionally uses examples from |Rarely uses examples from the |Little or no examples from the |
|Uses Examples from the video to |are constantly used to support |video are used to support answers.|the video to support answers. |video to support answers. |video are used to support answers.|
|support answers. |answers given. | | | |
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|Question Two |Perceptive, detailed and thorough |Thorough knowledge of the |Sufficient knowledge of the |Insufficient knowledge of the |Little or no apparent knowledge of|
|Demonstrates knowledge of |knowledge of the characteristics |characteristics of Melodrama Stock|characteristics of Melodrama Stock|characteristics of Melodrama Stock|the characteristics of Melodrama |
|Melodrama Stock Characters. |of Melodrama Stock Characters. |Characters. |Characters. |Characters. |Stock Characters. |
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| |Concrete examples from the video |On the whole, examples from the |Occasionally uses examples from |Rarely uses examples from the |Little or no examples from the |
|Uses Examples from the video to |are constantly used to support |video are used to support answers.|the video to support answers. |video to support answers. |video are used to support answers.|
|support answers. |answers given. | | | | |
|Question Three |Student perceptively identifies |Student thoroughly identifies |Student occasionally identifies |Student attempts to identify the |Little or no attempt to identify |
| |all the moments of tension, and |moments of tension, and the |moments of tension, and attempts |tension and how this has been |tension, and the devices used to |
|Elements of Drama |explains clearly the devices used |devices used to create these. |to explain the devices used to |created, however, more |create this. |
|- Tension |to create/heighten these moments. | |create/heighten these moments. |understanding of this is required.| |

Question One:

Justify why this scene could be considered a Melodrama. Give examples from the video to support your answer.

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Question Two:

Identify each stock character, and define the characteristics that make them a stock character. Give examples from the video to support your answer.

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Question Three:

Identify the moments of tension, and explain the devices used to create/heighten this tension.

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