Teaching with

Dramatized Experiences

Topics to be discuss

Dramatized Experiences Formal Plays Pageants Tableau Pantomime Puppets types of puppet Role playing

Dramatized Experiences

By dramatization, we can participate in a reconstructed experience, even though the original event is far removed from us in time.

Formal plays

Depicts life, character, or culture or a combination of all three.

They offer excellent opportunities to portray vividly important ideas about life.

Pageants

Community dramas that are based on local history.

Presented by local actors.

Tableau

Picture-like scene composed of people against a background.

It is often used to celebrate Independence Day, Christmas, and United Nations Day.

Pantomime

“art of conveying a story through bodily movements only” Its effect on the audience depends on the movements of the

actors.

Puppets

A small-scale figure usually with a cloth body and hollow head that fits over and is moved by the hands.

It can present ideas with extreme simplicity – without elaborate scenery or costume – yet effectively.

Types of Puppets

Shadow Puppets- Flat black silhouette made from lightweight cardboard and

shown behind a screen.

Rod Puppets- Flat cut out figures tacked to a stick.

Hand Puppets

- It is operated by the hand of puppeteer.

Glove-and-finger puppets- Make use of old gloves to which small costumed figure are

attached.

Marionettes

- flexible, jointed puppets operated by string.

Role-playing

It is unrehearsed, unprepared and spontaneous dramatization of a “let’s pretend” situation.

“All dramatization is essentially a process of communication, in

which both participant and spectators are engaged. A creative

interaction takes place, a sharing of ideas.”

-Edgar Dale

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