Drama

During my practicum I was able to embrace music by attending some of the music classes that my practicum class went as one of my CT’s prep classes. Earlier I had touched on lessons that incorporated dance and also visual arts.  The drama aspect of Fine Arts was one that I sort of shied away from.  But to bite the bullet and give it the old college try, I taught a lesson that incorporated role play.

I explained that it was time to clean out my house.  And it was each student job to pick a piece of furniture and when I came around and said “ I think I will get ride of this,” the student would reply, “No, Not Me!” To which I replied, “Why not?”  And the students had to give a reason why I should not discard them, without giving away what piece of furniture they were. And after the reason is given, the class would guess what each student was pretending to be.  As a hint the class was spit into four groups and each group was assigned a room in the house, this way it narrowed down what type of furniture they were and we didn’t have a bunch or reoccurring furniture that I was keeping. 

This lesson focused on being a good audience and also using a big voice so everyone in the audience can hear the hints and make a guess as to what they are.  The students seemed to really enjoy guessing and being the one stating the case as to why they needed to stay in the house.  It was also very rewarding to see the mouse like talkers almost roar like a lion while they were in character.  This will be a lesson that can be used in many different variations and age ranges.