Get In, Do Something, Get Out

This drama activity is great way to add to your language unit. This activity consits of three different scenes which can be usful when wanting to follow a story line or sequence of events.

Firstly, the students begin the activity by creating a interesting way of entering the scene. After giving students time to brainstorm, create, practice and perfect students are then asked to perform an action depending on what story line the class is building on. Once again giving students time to brainstorm, create, practice and perfect. Thirdly, the students now create a creative exit strategy. Students follow the sequence once again of brainstorming, creating, practicing and perfecting then students combine all three scenes together.

Things that the teacher can focus on when doing this activity is asking students to be aware of different heights, directions and speeds. An example of this activity is to follow the fairy tales getting students to enter a castle, do something and exit the castle. The question they must answer is what happened in the castle? For younger students this activity may develop over a few days giving students longer to collaborate and practice.

I will definitly use this in my future classrooms as an extension to my language program. I will build on stories to create deeper meaning to student reading and comprehension. I will also use this activity to allow students to act on their infering skills in the language program.

                                  arrow/star: cpwalker, February 28, 2011