Transcript Gluskabe and Old Man Winter

Gluskabe and Old Man Winter
by
Joseph Bruchac
Review
1. Drama
• A story written to be performed by actors
for an audience
2. Characters
• People who take part in the action
3. Conflict
• A problem between two characters or
forces
4. Theme
• A message or insight about life
5. Acts
• Units of the action in a drama
6. Scenes
• A section of uninterrupted action in the act
of a drama
7. Dialogue
• The words characters say
• The words of each character appear next
to the character’s name
8. Script
• A printed form of the play
9. Stage Directions
• Sets of bracketed information that tell what
the stage looks like and how the
characters should move and speak.
10. Set
• The construction on stage that suggests
the time and place of the action
11. Props
• The movable items such as a book, a
suitcase, or a flashlight that the actors use
to make their actions look realistic
12. Comedy
• A form of drama that has a happy ending
13. Tragedy
• A form of drama in which events lead to
the downfall of the main character
14. Screenplays
• Scripts from which movies are produced
15. Teleplays
• Types of screenplays written for television
16. Radio Plays
• The written format of radio broadcasts
17. Who is the main character?
• Gluskabe
18. How many scenes are in this
drama?
• four
19. What is Gluskabe’s job?
• To help the people
20. Why does the Human Being
visit Gluskabe and
Grandmother Woodchuck?
• To ask Gluskabe to help bring the long
winter to an end.
21. What does Gluskabe ask
Old Man Winter to do?
• Go home to the Winter Land
22. What is strange about Old
Man Winter’s fire?
• It is made of ice.
23. Where does Grandmother
Woodchuck say that warm
weather comes from?
• The Summer Land
24. What does Gluskabe do to look
like the people of the Summer
Land?
• He covers one of his eyes with a patch.
25. What does Gluskabe take with
him to the Summer Land?
• Four large balls
26. Why are the Summer Land
people angry with Gluskabe?
• They are angry because he stole a
summerstick, and they are greedy people
who want to keep all of the warm weather
for themselves.
27. What do the crows think they
are taking from Gluskabe?
• The crows think they are taking
Gluskabe’s head.
28. What happens when Gluskabe
takes the summerstick into Old
Man Winter’s wigwam?
• The summerstick melts the wigwam and
forces Old Man Winter to leave.
29. What happens after Old Man
Winter leaves?
• The sun comes out and flowers and plants
appear.
30. Why does winter return each
year?
• Winter returns because Gluskabe took
only one of the four summersticks and
used it to melt winter.
31. What is the purpose of this
drama?
• The drama explains why the seasons
change.