Reflection 2

The new perspectives i have gained about drama is that it is not all about theatre and plays and things like that. It can be just a little freeze frame or other silly games like that. I also found out that it is not as hard as i thought it would be to actually use some of these techniques. I will use drama to bring what i am teaching to life how i will use it is in the only way i know how just find a topic and connect it using a dramatic feature. The activities i will use most are the freeze frame idea that i thought was brilliant, the role playing with different groups with spokes people from each group, charades, and other things like that. I think integrating drama and curriculum is important because if it helps the kids learn the material better as well as get out of their seats and get rid of some energy constructively i am all for it. For example to study vocabulary we can have a charade lessen where they act out what each word means and then they quiz each other on how to spell it and things like that as well as getting through a novel as a class and actually remembering what they have read which was always a hard area for me. I think if we would have acted it out or did things like that then it would have been easier for me to remember and learn the books that we were working on in class.