teaching with dramatized experiences
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KINDS OF DRAMATIZED EXPERIENCES
Formal Plays
Pageants
Tableau
Pantomime
Puppets
Types of Puppets
Role Playing
FORMAL PLAY
- Depict life, character , or culture or a combination of all
three.
- Portray vividly important ideas about life.
Example: Theater plays.
PAGEANTS
- Community dramas based on local history.
- Presented by local actors.
Example: Historical pageant that traces the growth of a
school.
TABLEAU
- French word which means “Picture”.
- A picture-like scene.
- Composed of people against a background.
- Often used to celebrate Independence Day, Christmas
Day, etc.
SHADOW PUPPETS
- Played in a flat black silhouette made from lightweight
cardboard.
- Shown behind a screen.
ROD PUPPETS
- Flat cut out figures tacked to a stick, with one or more
moveable parts.
- Operated from below the stage level by wire rods or
slender sticks.
HAND PUPPETS
- Puppets head is operated by the forefinger of the
puppeteer.
- The little finger and thumb being used to animate the
puppets hand.
MARIONETTES
- Flexible.
- Jointed puppets operated by strings or wires attached to a
cross bar and maneuvered from directly above the stage.
ROLE PLAYING
- Unrehearsed, unprepared and spontaneous dramatization
of a “let’s pretend” situation.
Example: Classroom routines/activities.
CONCLUSION
- Dramatized experience helps to improve students
creativity and their multiple intelligences.