December 14th "The Puppetry Finale"
Our puppetry unit has come to an end and we finished up with a final performance. I decided to do a performance (with a "small p") that was really easy and didn't take a lot of preparation for the last day of the unit. A performance with a "small p" is still a performance, but is not a Performance with a large crowd, script, costumes, music etc. I chose to do this because at this age level drama should be more focused on the process than the performance. If I wanted to do a grand performance it would have ended up with me just telling the students what to say and where to be. Our smaller performances allowed students to make creative choices and to come up with their own dialogue in a way that benefited their learning. When watching their performances I was able to assess their understanding of voice while being a different character as well as their understanding about the faculty member's role in the school. These silly performances showed their creativity
