Teaching Post 1-Elisabeth

2. Thinking about contextual factors in the theatre setting.
There is one girl in the class that Miss Hollie told us about. She doesn’t like to perform. From what she told us, and what I observed, I think she would be classified as LD. So a lot of the activities we did that the other studetnts caught onto quickly, she struggled with. Also, her fear of being watched and looking silly is more intense than that of her peers, and that is pretty intense considering most jr. high students are afraid of looking silly. Often during activities, I noticed that she was really concerned about doing it right, and often preferred not to do the activity in order to not feel silly. Because there were three of us teaching, I could take the time to walk her through things a little more slowly, and do it with her so she felt less silly. In a class where I was the only teacher, if there are students who don’t understand as easily or quickly, that is something that needs to be addressed, or that student may just give up and get little out of the class.