My Story - Making Autobiographical Drama

In this lesson we will learn more about 'verbatim' theatre as a style of drama by looking at some autobiographical solo shows, and by drawing on our own life experiences as inspiration for drama.

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Intro quiz - Recap from previous lesson

Before we start this lesson, let’s see what you can remember from this topic. Here’s a quick quiz!

Q1.Verbatim Theatre is:

1/4

Q2.Autobiographical drama is...

2/4

Q3.Direct Address is

3/4

Q4.Some features of autobiographical drama are: (choose three)

Select three (3) boxes

4/4

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Intro quiz - Recap from previous lesson

Before we start this lesson, let’s see what you can remember from this topic. Here’s a quick quiz!

Q1.Verbatim Theatre is:

1/4

Q2.Autobiographical drama is...

2/4

Q3.Direct Address is

3/4

Q4.Some features of autobiographical drama are: (choose three)

Select three (3) boxes

4/4

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My Story - Making Autobiographical Drama

Don’t worry if you get a question wrong! Forgetting is an important step in learning. We will recap next lesson.

Q1.Verbatim Theatre is:

1/6

Q2.Autobiographical drama is...

2/6

Q3.Direct Address is

3/6

Q4.Some features of autobiographical drama are: (choose three)

Select three (3) boxes

4/6

Q5.One autobiographical play we looked at was:

5/6

Q6.One autobiographical play we looked at was:

6/6

This quiz includes images that don't have any alt text - please contact your teacher who should be able to help you with an audio description.

Unit quizzes are being retired in August 2023

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Quiz:

My Story - Making Autobiographical Drama

Don’t worry if you get a question wrong! Forgetting is an important step in learning. We will recap next lesson.

Q1.Verbatim Theatre is:

1/6

Q2.Autobiographical drama is...

2/6

Q3.Direct Address is

3/6

Q4.Some features of autobiographical drama are: (choose three)

Select three (3) boxes

4/6

Q5.One autobiographical play we looked at was:

5/6

Q6.One autobiographical play we looked at was:

6/6

Lesson summary: My Story - Making Autobiographical Drama

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This was the final lesson in the unit The journey: a verbatim project.

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