Unit Analysis
Introduction
This unit highlights the importance of mental alertness and activity in our fast and hectic life. A sense of humour is essential to unload the resulting worries and stresses. A man with a sense of humour, who expresses his sparkle by way of jokes, can see and enjoy the lighter side of life. On the contrary, a man devoid of such sense of humour always remains tense and unhappy. So in order to
enjoy life, we should sport a good sense of humour. Life is not a matter of just years of experience but of feelings which add a glow to our mind and a grace to our personality.
Time : 24 periods
Texts : ‘Post Early for Christmas’ (One Act Play)
‘
This is Going to Hurt Just a Little Bit’ (Poem)
‘Crime and Punishment’ (Short story)
Concept :Sense of humour in life
Portfolio :
Review
Write-up
Appreciation
Script writing
Learning outcomes :
The learner:
5.1. reads, understands and analyses short stories, one act plays and poems.
5.2. understands the depiction of humour in literature.
5.3. recognizes the language of humour and uses it in many situations.
5.4. identifies the various aspects and specialties of one act plays.
5.5. writes the scripts for a one-act play and enacts it.
5.6. reads and appreciates the different genres of literature.
5.7. understands the various components of a play.
5.8. identifies various poetic forms and devices.
5.9. analyzes the characters in one-act plays and short stories.
5.10 writes reviews of one-act plays.
POST EARLY FOR CHRISTMAS - R H Wood
Concept
• Depiction of humour in a one-act plays
Learning outcomes
The learner demonstrates the ability to
• analyze and evaluate a one act play.
• find out the humorous elements in plays.
• analyze the role of particular characters in the development of the plot.
• understand different aspects and stages in the development of the plot of a play.
About the play
“Post Early for Christmas” is a one act play which depicts the humorous incidents that take place inside a village post office during Christmas season. The theme of the play is centered on a parcel booked by a foreigner in the post office.
The news paper reports about the finding of bombs in the parcels booked in some post offices in the nearby villages prompt the people who assemble there to suspect the presence of such a one in the post office. They confirm their suspicion on hearing a tickling sound from one of the parcels. Terrified by the notion of the presence of a bomb, the assistant calls the police.
The police confirms the presence of bomb in the parcel booked by the foreigner and immerses it in a bucket of water to defuse the bomb. The foreigner who returns to the post office at this moment to take back his hat which he left there unknowingly, is astonished to see that the parcel he booked is immersed in water, suspecting it to be a time bomb.
When questioned, the foreigner reveals that the parcel contains no bomb but a precious time piece, a gift meant for his dear one. The foreigner declares that he is going to meet the post master general
to file a complaint. On hearing this, the assistant leaves the post office abandoning her job.
Process/Suggestions
Revisiting the play to identify the central theme.
Teacher explains different types of plays.
• Talks about tragedy, comedy, tragic- comedy and melodrama.
• Discusses the role of characters in a play.
Assessment
Peer/ Teacher assessment
Indicators
• Group dynamics
• Command over language
• Analytical capacity
• Clarity of presentation
notes
Plot is a narrative (and, traditionally literary) term defined as the events that make up a story, particularly as they relate to one another in a pattern or in a sequence as they relate to each other
through cause and effect how the reader views the story or simply by coincidence.
Elements of Plot in a full-length play are:
1 Rising action
Exposition:-Everything the audience
needs to know to understand the play
2 Conflict:The clash of opposing
forces: man vs self, environment vs
natural forces, man vs God, etc.
3 Climax- The point at which one or
the other forces is favoured; the point
at which events must turn in one di-
rection or another, not necessarily the
'high point"
4. Falling Action
Resolution/denouement: Whatever comes after the climax
One Act Play
The one act play is to the full-length play what the short story is to the novel.
According to Percival Wilde a one-act play is "an orderly representation of
life, arousing emotion in an audience" (Wilde 41). Bernard Grebanier defines:
"A one act play is an elaboration of a single, significant incident" (Grebanier
172). As the one act play has only a limited canvas for character depiction and
thematic representation, the playwright has the challenge of creating an
engaging plot, enticing characters, and a resolution to the conflict in a
relatively short amount of time.
Tragedy
The term 'tragedy' is broadly applied to literary, especially dramatic
representations of serious and important actions which turn out
disastrously for the main character or a protogonist. The teacher my refer to
the definition of tragedy by Aristotle and also the modern concept of
tragedy.
Comedy
A comedy is a work in which the materials are selected and managed
primarily in order to interest and amuse the audience. The term "Comedy" is
customarily applied only to dramas: it should be noted, however, that the
comic form, so defined also occurs in prose fiction and narrative poetry.
Dramatic comedy can be broadly classified into romantic comedy, satiric comedy, comedy of manners, farce, high comedy and low comedy.
( based on Teacher text by SCERT:edited,supplemented and modified-CKR)
Introduction
This unit highlights the importance of mental alertness and activity in our fast and hectic life. A sense of humour is essential to unload the resulting worries and stresses. A man with a sense of humour, who expresses his sparkle by way of jokes, can see and enjoy the lighter side of life. On the contrary, a man devoid of such sense of humour always remains tense and unhappy. So in order to
enjoy life, we should sport a good sense of humour. Life is not a matter of just years of experience but of feelings which add a glow to our mind and a grace to our personality.
Time : 24 periods
Texts : ‘Post Early for Christmas’ (One Act Play)
‘
This is Going to Hurt Just a Little Bit’ (Poem)
‘Crime and Punishment’ (Short story)
Concept :Sense of humour in life
Portfolio :
Review
Write-up
Appreciation
Script writing
Learning outcomes :
The learner:
5.1. reads, understands and analyses short stories, one act plays and poems.
5.2. understands the depiction of humour in literature.
5.3. recognizes the language of humour and uses it in many situations.
5.4. identifies the various aspects and specialties of one act plays.
5.5. writes the scripts for a one-act play and enacts it.
5.6. reads and appreciates the different genres of literature.
5.7. understands the various components of a play.
5.8. identifies various poetic forms and devices.
5.9. analyzes the characters in one-act plays and short stories.
5.10 writes reviews of one-act plays.
POST EARLY FOR CHRISTMAS - R H Wood
Concept
• Depiction of humour in a one-act plays
Learning outcomes
The learner demonstrates the ability to
• analyze and evaluate a one act play.
• find out the humorous elements in plays.
• analyze the role of particular characters in the development of the plot.
• understand different aspects and stages in the development of the plot of a play.
About the play
“Post Early for Christmas” is a one act play which depicts the humorous incidents that take place inside a village post office during Christmas season. The theme of the play is centered on a parcel booked by a foreigner in the post office.
The news paper reports about the finding of bombs in the parcels booked in some post offices in the nearby villages prompt the people who assemble there to suspect the presence of such a one in the post office. They confirm their suspicion on hearing a tickling sound from one of the parcels. Terrified by the notion of the presence of a bomb, the assistant calls the police.
The police confirms the presence of bomb in the parcel booked by the foreigner and immerses it in a bucket of water to defuse the bomb. The foreigner who returns to the post office at this moment to take back his hat which he left there unknowingly, is astonished to see that the parcel he booked is immersed in water, suspecting it to be a time bomb.
When questioned, the foreigner reveals that the parcel contains no bomb but a precious time piece, a gift meant for his dear one. The foreigner declares that he is going to meet the post master general
to file a complaint. On hearing this, the assistant leaves the post office abandoning her job.
Process/Suggestions
Revisiting the play to identify the central theme.
Teacher explains different types of plays.
• Talks about tragedy, comedy, tragic- comedy and melodrama.
• Discusses the role of characters in a play.
Assessment
Peer/ Teacher assessment
Indicators
• Group dynamics
• Command over language
• Analytical capacity
• Clarity of presentation
notes
Plot is a narrative (and, traditionally literary) term defined as the events that make up a story, particularly as they relate to one another in a pattern or in a sequence as they relate to each other
through cause and effect how the reader views the story or simply by coincidence.
Elements of Plot in a full-length play are:
1 Rising action
Exposition:-Everything the audience
needs to know to understand the play
2 Conflict:The clash of opposing
forces: man vs self, environment vs
natural forces, man vs God, etc.
3 Climax- The point at which one or
the other forces is favoured; the point
at which events must turn in one di-
rection or another, not necessarily the
'high point"
4. Falling Action
Resolution/denouement: Whatever comes after the climax
One Act Play
The one act play is to the full-length play what the short story is to the novel.
According to Percival Wilde a one-act play is "an orderly representation of
life, arousing emotion in an audience" (Wilde 41). Bernard Grebanier defines:
"A one act play is an elaboration of a single, significant incident" (Grebanier
172). As the one act play has only a limited canvas for character depiction and
thematic representation, the playwright has the challenge of creating an
engaging plot, enticing characters, and a resolution to the conflict in a
relatively short amount of time.
Tragedy
The term 'tragedy' is broadly applied to literary, especially dramatic
representations of serious and important actions which turn out
disastrously for the main character or a protogonist. The teacher my refer to
the definition of tragedy by Aristotle and also the modern concept of
tragedy.
Comedy
A comedy is a work in which the materials are selected and managed
primarily in order to interest and amuse the audience. The term "Comedy" is
customarily applied only to dramas: it should be noted, however, that the
comic form, so defined also occurs in prose fiction and narrative poetry.
Dramatic comedy can be broadly classified into romantic comedy, satiric comedy, comedy of manners, farce, high comedy and low comedy.
( based on Teacher text by SCERT:edited,supplemented and modified-CKR)
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