The Importance Of Drama In The Classroom

I was having a Les Misérables kindof day. My monolog from Rent was perfectly rehearsed for

Christina Haas and Linda Flower both make contributions to writing in their studies about the writing process. They have collaborated on one work, Rhetorical Reading Strategies and the Construction of Meaning, to comment on a growing notion in the writing field about the reading process. They discuss findings on how rhetorical reading strategies work and why teachers should begin to influence their students with them. The main audience are other teachers. Haas and Flower’s primarily argue that the process of shaping students into literal and receptive readers should switch to shaping students into rhetorical readers, using strategies like trying to account four author’s purpose and context, for more in depth construction of meaning. Haas and

As well as the quality of spoken language that children hear on a day to day basis will have a vast impact on the grammar and language they use. Therefore teachers and all teaching staff should ensure they continue to develop children’s confidence when it comes to communication by developing the skills needed to explain their understanding this is also vital when it comes to understanding and explaining of books or other recourses. All children should have access to and be encouraged to develop their role in drama. Pupils should be able to adopt, create and sustain a range of roles, responding appropriately to others in role. They should have opportunities to improvise, devise and script drama for one another and a range of audiences, as well as to rehearse, refine, share and respond thoughtfully to drama and theatre

During this drama activity the teacher will take on the role of Pearl Gibbs, explaining her life and some of her achievements to the students. Firstly the teacher will discuss that a very important guest is coming in today to share with us about her life, but the teacher will not be able to stay to hear it so the students will have to listen carefully, take notes and ask lots of questions to relay what Gibbs has shared with them. The teacher will then leave the room and come back in as Pearl Gibbs, using props such as glasses, an aboriginal flag and take on the role of Pearl Gibbs. The students would have been involved in the teacher in role activity before so they understand what is happening. During this role the teacher excites interest, control action, provoke tension, challenges thinking, assess knowledge, meanwhile is teaching the students in an engaging and inclusive way about an historical Indigenous person (Gibson & Ewing, 2011).

The dramaturgical perspective views our daily interaction like we are in a stage performance all the time. In the Tv show NCIS there are so many examples of dramaturgy. This shows so many of the concepts of dramaturgy. This show is the navy version of CSI. NCIS is only called when it involves a Navy officer that was either kidnapped or murdered. The cast on NCIS are Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs, forensic specialist Abby Sciuto, chief medical examiner Donald Mallard, Special Agent Timothy McGee, Jimmy Palmer, Director Leon Vance, Agent Eleanor "Ellie" Bishop, Agent Nicholas “Nick” Torres, Agent Alexandra “Alex” Quinn.

In life we all act differently depending on who we are with and the situation at hand. In almost every situation we act in a different way, with our friends in public, with our family members at home, with coworkers, and most importantly our boss in a work environment. Depending on who we are with you could say our personality changes. As humans we know how to act in every situation, at work you would dress more formal, whereas going out with a group of friends you would dress more causal. Along with our looks changing, we also change our behaviors, the way we talk, sit, the tone of your voice, etc. At a doctor’s office, the receptionist must play a defined role. She has to act polite, caring, professional, and must remain discreet about

The Story Pirates Theater Troupe is a nonprofit educational sketch-theater group known for teaching kids the art of storytelling through writing. The group offers in-school and afterschool theatrical programs in New York and Los Angeles. These programs are “designed to create a safe space for students to express their most outlandish ideas and develop their creative writing skills” (DeBlasis, 2015). There were doubts whether this group would be able to continue to thrive in the age of the common core state standards and rigorous accountability expectations. However, they are!

In a tragedy, there may be more than one character that shares opposing views from others. By collaborating as a group using a drama map to outline the characters, conflict, resolution, and setting of the story; students will find they can change the ending

Objective: Students will exhibit their understanding of what a dramaturg does by creating and sharing research done on a Television program.

When it came to reading the play as a group listening to the class act the characters out really helped us in visualizing the character’s persona and tone, and how they impact the development of the story and/or characters.

DRAMA I (Beginning Drama) This is an introductory course in theatre arts, which is intended to help students break out and gain confidence in public performance in a safe classroom environment. This class includes an introduction to theatre history by studying different genres of plays and follows up with scene work. The course will introduce the basic skills required for performance, such as teamwork, (ensemble) Line Memorization, Improvisation, appropriate audience etiquette & Blocking. Students will be expected to participate in classroom exercises in Monologues, Scenes, children’s theatre, creating scenes, etc. Since this is a participation class, students who have attendance problems should consider other options.

Acting out the Shakespeare plays and using props enables students to use creativity to interpret how they think the characters would behave. By allowing students to use their critical thinking skills, a more engaged classroom is created. Further enhancing the program through higher-quality props and other items will improve it even more. Home and community involvement (How will the project impact the school/classroom, parent, and/or community involved). This project will result in a higher level of engagement in English IV classes and allow for students to learn more from the English curriculum.

Reading develops a person’s creativity. Unlike movies where everything is determined by the producer, writer and director, books allow students to create in their minds how a particular character looks like or imagine how a scene plays out.

Despite the claim that Drama in Education ( DIE) as a pedagogy dimmed its popularity in the Western world since 1990 until 2016 (Gallagher, et al. , 2017), in the year of 2011, Morrow, et al. included it as one of the best practices in literacy instruction. Some of the teachers who had the experience of trying process drama in their classrooms found that the pedagogy improved students’ participations, pushed students to use their imaginations, performed deeper understanding of the topics being learned and made the students learn to have empathy ( Long, 1998). Do the voices from the classroom resemble to what researchers and theories have to say on process drama?

     There have been many dramatic plays over the centuries. Many of these plays have died in their time, while others have lived on. What makes these plays endure time and continue to be influential over time? Perhaps it is the storyline or the interesting nature of the play is what makes these dramas last. I think that it is the focus on human nature and its essential truths that keep these plays alive. Most of the plays, still enacted in theaters today, deal with social issues that people can learn from and relate to.