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Transcript: My Mother My mother is unique Yield is part of her daily life Mother is always caring Overseeing every detail at home Time is perfect when she is around Home isn`t the same when she is out Even she knows when something is wrong she Really is a wonderful person Drama and storytelling are tools that have been used for centuries particularly in oral cultures. Nowadays these tools are being reshaped and adapt to the classroom context, they seem to have a lot acceptance and many teachers are using them as strategies to build up student`s knowledge. First of all drama as a tool for the classroom is something that children like to get involved with and it only take some skills from the teacher to organized and see how children could learn as they actively are getting involved in. You might be wondering what they could learn from acting? Well they find out that they need to share and contribute to the whole team if they want to reach the goal it is an opportunity to give up things and take responsibility for what is assigned to them. It is also a change to learn new words, phrases or sentences. More over shy children learn to express themselves and are able to face the public in a safety environment. Drama definitely would be of great help particularly to visual kids. Secondly most people love stories and they have been used since ancient times to past on information from generation to generation. Stories are easy to remember and they can be used to motivate children in developing their reading or writing skills. For example a teacher could bring a story to the class, either the teacher or a student cold read the story then they could look into the dictionary for new words, or could focus on verbal tenses or sentence structure. Students can be given pictures and write or paint their stories. What do student get out of it? Well they do develop writing, reading, drawing and listening skills in a creative way. Storytelling definitely would be of great help in the context of learning a foreign language; they could get a lot of input by simply listening to stories. Thirdly teachers need to take into account the different age various levels. Some children prefer drama rather than reading a story or vice versa therefore often feel more comfortable working in either context. Skilful teachers need to find ways to keep balance in the classroom. In conclusion, children can be greatly benefited from drama class as well as storytelling. Not only lean knowledge but also discover how to work and adjust with others kids. Beside this they become emotionally mature and self-confident. General aims: to learn about shape poems. Specific aims: to write a shape poem. Personal aims: to write clearly on the board. Warm up: T. tells a story about Florence, a little girl, who published her first writing at the age of 12. Presentation: T. Explain that there are different types of poems. Today we are going to learn about shape poems. T. write on the board and ask: what is a shape poem? Sts. answer. T. gives a definition of shape poem. “A shape poem is a poem that is written in the shape of the topic it is about.” T. teacher present a power point, explain and give examples of shape poems. Practice: T. draw a flower and write part of the poem on the board. Students give ideas. Sts. Have to complete the poem. T. checks while student are working. T. Asks for two volunteers’ to complete the poem on the board. Production: T. asks student to draw shapes about a topic they would like to write then choose a shape and write a poem for next class. Sts. Discuss about their choice. Skills: Reading Writing Listening Speaking Strategies: Explaining directly Drilling Practicing Cooperating Using images Resources: White board Markers Power Point “Shape poems, provided by the teacher from internet” Internet Projector Little Red Green and Purple Drama at secondary school Lesson Plan Shape Poem Learning Poetry! Taller Areal IV Little Red you call me into action. Little Red you warn me of danger. Little Red you are present in the fire. Little Green you take me into quiet places. Little Green you feel my heart with hope. Little Green you give me peace and comfort. Little Purple I love to see you in the rose garden. Little Purple you inspire me, when lavender scent surrounds me Little Purple you tell me, summer has come when cherries hang from the tree. Sofia Wegera
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