Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Skits with reading, tie with writing
Hello Everyone and Happy New Year!
I was just perusing through the recent new year posts, and I see that several people are posting about reading fluency or getting students engaged with a reading classroom activity. I came up with a way to get students excited and intrigued about characters in their literacy circle books. If they write a skit about a character that shows the character's physical traits and personality, then they will be engaged with how to portray the person's traits--both types. And it also ties in with reading closely to find out what kind of scene they need to portray. for lower level students, this could be a scene with the dialogue from the book. For higher level or honor students, it could mean a parody or some higher level thinking of creating a scene with more challenging parameters. Either write the skit with them or have them create it--just even a short one will get them engaged if you make it fun enough. Then you've covered reading, writing, listening, speaking, and if you skew it to whatever standard you are covering, you have it made!
Have fun!
Ann
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Thanks, Ann. This is a great idea and it is a nice compliment to the Readers Theater (pre-written scripts)that I am doing now. I have found that my students love role playing, so these types of activities are very engaging and motivating. I like the depth and range of skills that this activity covers.
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What a fun idea! I will definitely try this out in my upcoming Honors lit circle.
ReplyDeleteThis is a terrific idea. Not only does it provide a fun opportunity to deomnstrate their understanding of what they read but also a innovative venue to showcase those skills. I will try this! Thanks.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comments! Would love to find out how this goes in your classrooms--especially with lots of students!
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Mara, I like the idea of using this in our Honors unit. It would tie in well with the standard we were addressing of different perspectives. Sometimes when I do these activities in class students can come up with superficial level writing. I was thinking that maybe a check list of requirements might solve that problem. Does anyone else have ideas for deepening acting in class?
ReplyDeleteI like this idea and I think it could easily be used in a Social Studies class as well. Read about a certain event and write a skit equipped with main characters (from history), a scene etc... Definitely intriqued by the idea!
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