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Student Unit Evaulations

__**Unit 2 Black Comedy (Term 1, 2011**__ ) Please edit the page and add you answer below each question. Please make your answer coloured unique to you. No need to add you name.

1.How did you feel about this unit? On a scale of 1 - 5 (1= lowest, 5= highest) 3

2. Name a new thing you learnt in the unit. That laughter is used in black comedies not for the intention of making things funny, but instead to release tension whilst often maintaining the seriousness of the scene.

3. Write 3 things you **liked** about how you learnt and what you learnt in the unit 1) Various workshops were interesting and/or enlightening. 2) Discussing the text and various ways of understanding it were interesting. 3) Categorising the use of themes of pain, loss, etc, as well as applying examples of comedic techniques to these issues.

4. Write 3 things you **disliked** about how you learnt and what you learnt in the unit. 1) //October// was confusing at points and took a while to understand. 2) //The Shape of Things// did not seem funny and the comedic techniques were not explored to a great depth. 3) Some workshops or discussions weren't particularly 'exciting' and/or the link to the rubric wasn't made overly clear.

5. Did you do well in this unit? How? Somewhat. My essays weren't particularly good but that is consistent with most of my essays. The Black comedy performance went well but that is because I found it interesting, flexible and fun whilst still explorative of the plays and the techniques and conventions.

6. What could be done to improve this unit? Workshops could be used to explore the use of __specific__ comedic techniques in scenes of pain, loss, etc. Other workshops could be used to explore specific scenes, paying attention to differing perceptions of characters, themes or and techniques. This occurred in some workshops but was not evident in all. Also, a few classes at the start of the term could be used to analyse the script so that all students understood what they were about and could identify the use of comedic techniques and themes. The were techniques and implied meanings that I only picked up on towards the end of the term and even in revision classes in term 3. Also, question students on the scripts at the start of the year to make sure they have read them. Many students, including myself, had not read the entire script or even started them until we had done them in class.

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