Briana's Response #10

For our unit at Springville high school we're doing a small overview of theatre history. The students were broken up into groups and then assigned a genre and playwright to do a group presentation on, and a scene from the playwright's most popular work. I thought these outcomes were a very good way of applying texts and literacies in different ways. We gave them each a packet with information on their genre and playwright and they were assigned to make an outline of that packet with specific categories for the playwright's life, style and works. This assignment helped us to gauge their understanding just from a reading and to see their literacy in reading a text book and looking for specific information. Then they had to find their own three sources on the internet for their research presentation. This was also a form of literacy they were accustomed to. Their performances, however, are a form of literacy that shows their understanding of their topic that they've researched and then put into a practical situation. That literacy is something that will continually be used in a theatre setting and is very important.