I've been thinking about the different types of art we can create. I mentioned Kid Pix on my last post; today I want to talk about acting.
Waaay back last year in first semester, I observed a class that was doing a short drama activity. The teacher had pairs a students act out the exact same scene, only they were told to play them with different mindsets. There were jocks, teens, and a bunch of other types that I don't remember. The point being! We can do drama in our classrooms. This is a medium of art that I hadn't really thought of doing in the classroom before.
This was probably the simplest of lesson plans that this teacher had taught. I'm not sure what prior lessons took place but basically all she did was provide scripts for every pair of students and tell them how they were to act when it was their turn to present. She gave her class about 5 - 10 minutes to practice around the intermediate area of the school. After the class had come back, the acting began. After every pair of students had finished their scene, the teacher would ask who could guess who those students were acting as. The teacher of this class had me pair up with one of her students; we were supposed to act like teenagers. Basically I acted sarcastic and lazy; the class guess who we were supposed to be right away.
Anyway, this was a fun and engaging lesson that, I'm sure, touched on some PLOs.
hmmmm.... I think I like the "mindset" term better than theme, or at least I could use both. This is pretty much the director's skit, which is the greatest drama tool ever!!
ReplyDeleteI think mindset means something else to me - as in a "learning mindset" or a "stuck" one, from a book we use in Leadership courses. I think what you are talking about here is "role", although I am not a drama expert. Do you think it is important for the students to know what PLO they are working on? And is it ok for some activities to just be for fun?
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