Thursday, November 3, 2011
Process Drama
I was really excited to dive into the lesson about Process Drama. I took a Children's Theater class and learned about almost all of the strategies and actually had the opportunity to act them out in class and with children as well! I thought the transition from Esperanza Rising to Process Drama went together well and there is a lot that can be taught in the classroom dealing with Esperanza Rising using Process Drama to really engage the children. I was thinking that a good idea for my lesson plan would for students, after reading the novel, to set up interviews, incorporating Mantle the expert and improvisation in which the expert interviews Esperanza about either social inequalities she has experienced, belonging, growing up and other issues Anza has gone through during her journey.
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I agree 100 percent with this. I think that process drama is a really tangible way to test children's knowledge, and to push them to understand a text much better. There are alot of connections students can make to Esperanza Rising, and alot of great opportunities to have them dive deeper into the text with this method!
ReplyDeleteI also agree with this! I never would've thought to connect Esperanza Rising with Process Drama if the materials weren't presented in the way that they were. I definitely think that students would be really engaged through this method, especially if it was paired with Esperanza Rising.
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