DRAMA Practice

What is a drama?

• Nonfiction text that a reader can learn something from.

• Stories that can be acted out in front of an audience.

• Stories written long ago & passed down through generations.

What do you call when and where the story takes place?

• character

• setting

• plot

• stage directions

What are the characters who act out the play on a stage called?

• stage directions

• actors

• setting

• narrator

Where is a drama performed usually?

• it is performed at a ballpark

• a play is performed at a theater

• it is performed at McDonald's

• it is performed at the grocery store

What are the parts of a drama called?

• table of contents

• scenes

• informational text

• stanzas

Look at the picture of the text. Where is the setting of the drama?

• They are camping in the backyard.

• They are camping on the stage.

• They are camping at school.

Look at the picture of the text. Who are the characters in the story?

• George, Kelton, & Arlo

• Mom, George, & Arlo

• Ms. Kelton, George, & Franklin

• Mr. George, Mason, & Arlo

Look at the picture of the text. What are the characters in the story doing?

• They are going swimming in the neighborhood pool.

• They are going to the movie theater to see the new action movie.

• They are celebrating the last day of school by going camping.

• They are going camping because it is Arlo's birthday.

Look at the picture of the text. What is the problem that the characters face in the story?

(Choose TWO answers.)

• They cannot start a fire because the wood is wet from snow.

• It is February and they can't roast s'mores outside.

• Their mom will not let them camp outside since it is really cold.

• They set up a tent in the game room of the basement.

Look at the picture of the text. How do the characters solve their problem in the story?

(Choose TWO answers.)

• They decide to make s'mores in the kitchen of George's house.

• They decide to camp out in the game room of one of their basements.

• They can't go camping because it is the beginning of February.

• They are unable to make a fire to make s'more because the firewood is wet.