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  2. The Lottery - Wikipedia

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    Publication date. June 26, 1948. " The Lottery " is a short story by Shirley Jackson that was first published in The New Yorker on June 26, 1948. [a] The story describes a fictional small American community that observes an annual tradition known as "the lottery", which is intended to ensure a good harvest and purge the town of bad omens.

  3. Drama (film and television) - Wikipedia

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    In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. [ 1 ] The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-genre, macro-genre, or micro-genre, [ 2 ] such as soap opera, police crime drama, political drama ...

  4. Lean on Me (film) - Wikipedia

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    Lean on Me is a 1989 American biographical drama film directed by John G. Avildsen, written by Michael Schiffer, and starring Morgan Freeman.It is based on the story of Joe Louis Clark, a real life inner city high school principal in Paterson, New Jersey, whose school is in danger of being placed into receivership of the New Jersey state government unless students improve their test scores on ...

  5. Comedy drama - Wikipedia

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    Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau dramedy, [1] [2] [3] is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. In television, modern scripted comedy dramas tend to have more humour integrated into the story than the comic relief common in drama series but usually contain a lower joke rate than sitcoms .

  6. A Good Man Is Hard to Find (short story) - Wikipedia

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    Publication date. 1953. " A Good Man Is Hard to Find " is a Southern gothic short story first published in 1953 by author Flannery O'Connor who, in her own words, described it as "the story of a family of six which, on its way driving to Florida [from Georgia], is slaughtered by an escaped convict who calls himself the Misfit".

  7. Theatre in education - Wikipedia

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    Two widely used approaches are Drama in Education and TIE. [5] Drama in Education: In the school curriculum, this is both a method and a subject. As a curriculum subject, it uses various dramatic elements and acting out. In many high schools, drama is now a separate department. In some primary schools, it is used to teach a number of subjects.

  8. List of teen dramas - Wikipedia

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    Cindy la Regia: The High School Years (2023–present), Netflix [80] Clap, el lugar de tus sueños (2003–04), Canal de las Estrellas; Clase 406 (2002–03), Canal de las Estrellas; The Club (2019), Netflix; Código postal (2006–07), Televisa; Cómplices al rescate (2002), Canal de las Estrellas; Confidente de secundaria (1996), Canal de las ...

  9. Drama (graphic novel) - Wikipedia

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    ISBN. 9780545326995. Website. goraina.com /drama. Drama is a graphic novel written by American cartoonist Raina Telgemeier which centers on the story of Callie, a middle school student and theater -lover who works in her school's drama production crew. While navigating seventh grade, Callie deals with tween hardship, including confusing crushes ...