Reflective Journal on
Teaching Drama
Teaching
drama always involves play review as a final requirement in my case, something
which I thought could help me assess my students’ literary competence. For
example, when I taught “Hamlet” to Grade 9 students, I let them watch the stage
play “William” by PETA. Then, when I taught “Oedipus the King” to the Fourth
Year students, I required them to watch “Scrooge” by Repertory Philippines. Reviews
basically deal with the elements of the play and structural in concerns. There
were times that live plays were not available so I just had my students watch
the movie versions of the selections instead and instructed them to compare and
contrast the text and the movie versions. Now, after watching the video, one
task that caught my attention was the “screen adaptation” which I think would
be an effective strategy in assessing students’ understanding of the text
discussed besides the fact that it offers interaction among students. In the
video the teacher let the students describe scenes in the story without the
dialogues, an activity which entailed students’ application of their verbal,
linguistic and interpersonal intelligences.
Coming up with the descriptions of the scenes require the use of
language and for them to do it communication to their group members must be
observed, thus giving them the opportunity to not just demonstrate their
understanding of the text but also develop rapport among them as they work
cooperatively to realizing the task. Further, from the video I learned that
students must be made to understand the connection between drama and theater,
something which I think I missed to explain comprehensibly. Thus, when I come
back to school, I would see to it that those which I did not observe will be
applied so that whatever I’ve missed will be compensated. A different batch of
students will be dealt with, this I understand and giving them what I was not
able to provide to those who came before them may not in any way make up for my
shortcomings; however, the mere fact that I acknowledged my imperfection and am
prepared to apply the strategies which would make my students better learn and
understand lessons in literature, I think that would be enough.
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