Sunday, October 5, 2008
Drama in Reading
Personally, this would have ben the way to get me engaged in reading. I love the theatre, and have always enjoyed the drama or the story in a book. I was your typical drama nerd in high school, trying out for the school plays, working on the set, taking drama classes and of course the President of the Drama Club. This would appeal to those students that are more "artsy" and ned to be engaged in their own learning. I think this offers a great option to switch things up and offer a different medium for learning.
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Whitney,
My class of LBD/EBD kids really get into this type of classroom assignment -- for so many different reasons. Some of them use accents (British) and some of them will use funny, "cartoony" like voices.
I am surprised at how much fun students can have with a drama guide, all the while, they are not even aware that they are learning.
I just wish there were more planned and prepared lesson plans for use. I just find it takes a lot of my personal time to prepare and plan these lessons...
Terri
This past week, I had my kids take their vocabulary words and create a drama in small groups. My only stipulation was that they had to use 15 words, and they got up to five extra credit points for each additional word beyond the 15. One group did the "John Springer Show" complete with props. The kids who seem to be my most disinterested students appear to really enjoy drama.
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