1)    Why use drama and drama activities in school? Agree on 4 points to put in Padlet

 

-  It creates a good atmosphere in the class.

- Pupils can develop a good sense of self confidence

- Theater can decrease bullying because you don’t have to judge and accept everyone how they are

-  Pupils can learn differently, using another way

 

2)    Mention at least 5 good ideas from the texts and links for using drama in the schools (add to Padlet)

 

-       The drama allows the student to be engaged in the task

-       It's a big part of the motivation

-       It increases interpersonal skills

-       It increases language skills

-       It increases the creative power of the student

 

3)    Find out how you can plan a teaching session for a class in school using some drama activities

 

To teach argumentation in class, we can use theater. All the pupils pretend to be in a court and there are some lawyers, judge etc. Everyone has a role and the lawyers has to defend or argue. This allows them to understand how argumentation works

 

4)    You decide on age group, subject, length of time, and of course goals of the session. 

 

This activity could be done at the age of 12 years old. The subject would be argumentation in the country language, for instance in Switzerland and in Belgium it would be worked during French lessons. To work on it and improve argumentation it is important to work/practice, for example, one hour every two days. The goal of this activity is to understand how argumentation works and how can we construct arguments to create a good argumentation.

 

1.    Explanation of the activity 

2.    Give example of what is an argumentation, how does it work in a court. If possible show a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSu7BGbyJqc

3.    Explain each role, what they do in a court (lawyer, judge, client, witnesses, etc.)

4.    Present the subject that the student would act, defend 

5.    Give the roles to the class

6.    Ask the pupils to prepare their arguments to be able to act it in the class

7.    Act the scene 

8.    Feedback about what could it be done to improve the argumentation aspect

 

English becomes the product rather than the focus (Teaching by stealth)

It’s participatory rather than passive.

It puts language use into authentic situations.

It increases interpersonal as well as language skills

2) Mention at least 5 good ideas from the texts and links for using drama in the schools (add to Padlet)