Process Drama

I really liked our topic this week. We talked about how process drama can be useful in the classroom. I think this is a really fun way to get students involved and working together to have a meaningful learning experience. Like the article Exploring Castles said, the drama activities led the students to ask questions about what they were reading. They got to experience what the characters were experiencing by stepping into their shoes. This allows the students to consider new points of view and to be creative in their interpretations.

Our improv activity in class that led to story writing is one example of how process drama can be beneficial in the classroom. The activity was a lot of fun, and it was a copperative effort with our groups. Even though we struggled a little with it, it is definitely a great task for the creative minds of the students. It is a great way to lead into short story writing, because the students feel less like they are working when they are playing around and bouncing ideas of their classmates.

The vocabulary tableau was also pretty fun. I think this would be a great activity for vocabulary lessons such as for SAT practice. It will help the students to learn visually and kinesthetically, and again it gives them a chance to have some fun and be creative. I hope I can do activities like these in my classroom when I am a teacher, because I know that I enjoy them as a student.