Teaching with Dramatized Experiences“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

Dramatic-entrance is something that

catches and holds our attention and has an emotional impacts.

-If our teaching is dramatic, our students get attracted, interested and affected.

Formal plays

Pageants

Tableau

Pantomime

Puppets

Role Playing

Dramatized Experienced

Formal Plays-a depict life, character, or culture or a combination of three.

Pageants-a community dramas that are based on local history, presented by local actors.

Tableau-is a picture-like scene composed of

people against a background.

Pantomime-”art of conveying a story through

bodily movements only”

Puppets-unlike the regular stage play, can

present ideas with extreme simplicity – without elaborate scenery.

Role playing-is an unrehearsed, unprepared and

spontaneous dramatization of a “let’s pretend situation.

Shadow puppets

Rod puppets

Hand puppets

Glove-and-finger puppets

Marionettes

Types of Puppet

Shadow puppets-flat black silhouette made from

lightweight cardboard and shown behind a screen

Rod puppets-flat cut out figures tacked to a stick,

with one or more movable parts.

Hand puppets-the puppet’s head is operated by the

forefinger of the puppeteer, the little finger and thumb being used to animate the puppet hands.

Glove-and-finger puppets-make use of old gloves to which small

costumed figure are attached.

God Bless…

Marionettes-flexible, jointed puppets operated by strings attached to a cross bar and maneuvered from directly above the stage.

“How do you make puppet?”