Lesson 3B_Approaches to Teaching Literature.ppt

EDENG 102 Teaching English in the Elementary Grades Through Literature LESSON 3-B LESSON 3-B This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY LESSON 3-B LESSON 3-B This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-ND  Dramatic Responses to Teaching Literature  OBJE...

EDENG 102 Teaching English in the Elementary Grades Through Literature LESSON 3-B LESSON 3-B This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY LESSON 3-B LESSON 3-B This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-ND  Dramatic Responses to Teaching Literature  OBJECTIVE S: At the end of the session, the students shall be able to perform the different dramatic responses properly through literary pieces. DRAMATIC RESPONSES TO LITERATURE It highlights the power of storytelling to evoke a wide range of emotions and provoke meaningful, visceral reactions in readers and audiences. This is one reason literature continues to be a powerful medium for exploring the human experience. Oral Interpretation is usually done by a single individual presenting a poem or a story. The lines are presented dramatically with appropriate body actions like gestures, facial expressions, eye contact, posture, and movement as well as vocal expressiveness of pitch, volume, rate, and quality. Oral Interpretation Story Theater It is a pantomime where the actors act out the story a narrator reads. It encourages children to be imaginative, original, inventive, and creative by acting out the thoughts and emotions of the characters in the story. Only actions with a lot of drama and acting are allowed. Story Theater Reader’s Theater It is a acting, it all about vocal presentation as if one were listening to a drama on radio. The focus here is on the language and the range of vocal qualities such as articulation, enunciation, pronunciation, rate, pitch, volume, and quality. A story theater with lots of speaking parts, dialogue and conversation, easy vocabulary, and a good story line appeals very much to children. Reader’s Theater Creative Dramatics It is practically and basically dramatization using impromptu, unrehearsed, spur-of-the-moment dialogues and lines, much like as ad- lib. Creative Dramatics The actors are spared from memorizing a script but rely on their wit and humor, mental power, and smartness in coming up with spontaneous, offhand dialogues and exchanges of conversation. A good source and spin-off of creative dramatics includes folktales, fables, Creative Dramatics Role Playing It like creative dramatics, but unlike creative dramatics, the characters play out assigned roles, and on the spot, cook up dialogues and actions along the way of dramatization. Role Playing The plot normally revolves around a problem that the actors are expected to resolve through the exchanges and thread of conversation and acting, making this creative presentation valuable in teaching interpersonal communication skills. Role Playing It is often resorted to thresh out present-day personal and social issues that children also need to be aware of. Role Playing Puppet Theater Puppet theater is a familiar creative drama, a popular version of which is that the Sesame Street and our own “Batibot.” It is an effective tool in teaching literature Puppet Theater This appeals to children for its dramatic effects and artistry. Children, being naturally creative, can come up with many puppets made from scratch and scrap materials like popsicle sticks, cardboard paper, plastic and paper cylinder used clothing, and a lot Puppet Theater INDIVIDUAL TASKS: -Each one will choose any of the following dramatic responses. Dramatic Responses: Oral Interpretations Story Theater Puppet Theater