Immediately after understanding that any performance piece, viewed by an audience or not, is considered a theatre text, I wanted to express to my students the importance of and wonderful opportunities we have to read theatre performances! We can find meaning in performance and learn simply from watching and understanding, not only reading. I also really loved Gee’s point about comprehension having to do with exposure to vocabulary, worlds and words. This is so important when learning about our students and discovering what they understand. If they’ve never been exposed to Shakespeare in any form, how are they to understand a performance of a Shakespeare piece where they use words dissimilar from our own today? Important lessons to teach beforehand.
I really want to do an activity in my classroom like the dramaturgy one described. I think that is such a great idea for a unit. I had no idea what dramaturgy was when I came to BYU and I want to make sure that my students get the most exposure to as many things as they possibly can. No surprises for them! And the way the scenario explained it really made the unit clear in my mind. I think it was also good to point out that as theatre teachers, we may not even realize we’re teaching our students about theatre literacy. Literacy is part of everything that we do but we need to further work to implement and enhance those aspects already present. I think the process of action, evaluation and reflection is perfect when concentrating on literacy. This process will really help my students to understand and apply what I want them to.
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