The good, the bad and the ridiculous!
After quite a few weeks of working really hard on our study of Maggot Moon, including a reading comprehension and a transformational writing task, students asked (almost demanded!) that we do some drama.
They're a good bunch so I said yes.
after transforming a short section of prose into a brief script (no mean feat in itself) students then set about rehearsing and putting together a performance.
Today was the day of the performance and we had mixed results.
It was great to see lots of props and costumes, there was a real buzz around the class ahead of the performances.
I shouldn't have been surprised that practically all groups chose to portray a violent scene from the book, so we were treated to lots of really good 'bad' Mr Gunnels.
In contrast, we also had lots of very bad stage fighting. Fortunately all students survived: paper guns can be a real danger.
And the ridiculous, well some groups failed to hold it together. Perhaps it was the crazy costumes, or the awkward accents, perhaps it was just the fact we were doing Drama in English, but one or two groups suffered with the giggles.
Did the class get enough out of the task to warrant it's inclusion? They are currently writing a blogpost themselves to answer that very question. I'm looking forward to hearing their views.
After quite a few weeks of working really hard on our study of Maggot Moon, including a reading comprehension and a transformational writing task, students asked (almost demanded!) that we do some drama.
They're a good bunch so I said yes.
after transforming a short section of prose into a brief script (no mean feat in itself) students then set about rehearsing and putting together a performance.
Today was the day of the performance and we had mixed results.
It was great to see lots of props and costumes, there was a real buzz around the class ahead of the performances.
I shouldn't have been surprised that practically all groups chose to portray a violent scene from the book, so we were treated to lots of really good 'bad' Mr Gunnels.
In contrast, we also had lots of very bad stage fighting. Fortunately all students survived: paper guns can be a real danger.
And the ridiculous, well some groups failed to hold it together. Perhaps it was the crazy costumes, or the awkward accents, perhaps it was just the fact we were doing Drama in English, but one or two groups suffered with the giggles.
Did the class get enough out of the task to warrant it's inclusion? They are currently writing a blogpost themselves to answer that very question. I'm looking forward to hearing their views.
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