Today in class we spent time learning different types of theater games that we can play with our class. I really enjoyed the machine game. I felt that it made a lot of us come out of our shells as well as our usual groups of friends. It helped us to laugh and interact with one another. We also, were given a GREAT example of a lesson plan where a teacher has the students process dram from text. From the example of the lesson plan I learned that many other subjects can be integrated into Dram in a very fun way that helps solidify the information in the students minds as well as help them relate to it on a more personal level. As a future teacher, I had never really thought about using drama in the classroom. Today was a great eye opener as to how much fun drama can be, especially when you integrate it into your other cores. I will use this approach in my classroom often. I think that it will have the same effect on my class that it had on our class, it will unite them together.
I thought that all of the games, and information we learned today is very applicable in the classroom, and I intend to use it in my own. I think my future class will really enjoy character as one because it makes them think beyond what they are learning and think about it in more depth. I also think that they will enjoy processing drama from text. There are a lot of activities I could do that involve letting the students move around and I think they would really enjoy that but be learning a lot at the same time.
Creative Drama is very important to children. I believe the most important reason is because it helps them to deepen their learning and thinking just a little more than writing a paper could do. It is important to integrate drama with other curricular areas because it will help the students to view what they are learning in multiple ways. This will improve their scheme which will allow them to remember the information longer.
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