This week, we were involved in two very active classes, which got us moving and allowed us to discover activities where the children could blow off some energy and not be sitting around all day.
To start off our dance workshop, we played a game known as ‘Zombie Tig’. This was just a modified version of the game tig in order to fit the theme of Halloween. This was a good way to warm up and would allow the children to be in the mood for dancing and getting some exercise.
We then got into the same groups as we were in for our 10 skills dance from the previous week and practiced the movements a bit more. After this, we were given 6 more dance moves to incorporate and to do this we had to use our imaginations to create a movement based on six certain words that were handed out to us.
After adding these moves, we then had to create a starting position, finishing position, change in position and a statement change. After discussing these concepts with my group, we came up with a move to incorporate all of these new components.
The routines were then performed to the class. I still found this to be slightly embarrassing and still don’t feel 100% confident with things such as my body and co-ordination, which are things I know that I have to focus on changing.
We then came together as a class once again and came up with different dance moves to correspond with the numbers 0-9 and these were to be Halloween related, therefore sticking to the theme. After we had finished this, we got broken down into smaller groups once again and had to write down somebody’s phone number and use the correspondings numbers dance moves in order to create a new dance. These were then performed to the class also.
During the drama workshop we got the chance to learn about some more techniques to make us of while delivering drama inputs.
Firstly, we made use of mime which consisted of us acting out a scenario and not being able to talk through it, only demonstrating what was happening through body movements.
Vox Pop was then demonstrated and this is where one person is interviewed in order to gain different views.
Then, we looked at role on the wall, where a character is outlined on a piece of paper and around it children will write down there opinions of the character at the start of the story. Then at the end of the lesson the children will put their newfound or any differing opinions they had by the end of the story inside of the character outline.
We then made use of voice in the head, and this is where a story is taking place, then one character will step out and give their thoughts and feelings about the events taking place.
Lastly, we looked at thought tracking, where one characters thoughts are tracked throughout the duration of the drama.
Drama is still a subject I struggle with and I know that I have to build my confidence to stop being so shy when asked to step up to the front and perform. In order to deliver the best drama lessons that I can, these are some skills that I really have to enhance and work on.
