Adomat Article: Actively Engaging with Stories Through Drama

I am so glad i went back to read this article because I learned a lot. I always assumed that acting things out will engage the students into the content of a reading, but this article gave me better insight into how to do it. I can not wait to have my first class of students, and turning reading into a fun and interesting activity. I hope that I can execute integrating drama into the classroom effectively and to the point where the students' interests will be sparked to want to continue learning or expand their knowledge of the content at hand. One thing that I wish there was more of in the article was how to engage students that don't necessarily enjoy or even want to participate in a drama activity. What can I say or do to make them enjoy it more? Also, what about the kids who, when in a drama setting, their performance takes away from their reading and comprehension. I know this might be rare, but I know it happens and I wouldn't want to have a student fall further behind when the activity is supposed to advance and enhance their understanding, not take away from it.

story telling- newkirk

I did not like this article at all and found it hard to follow. I am on the opposite side of the fence when it comes to story telling. I believe that everything absolutely needs to follow a point and a line of relevant details. By not doing this, it is simply rambling, which in my eyes is a waste of everyone's time. I believe that these types of "conversations" are best kept inside your head until they have formed a more comprehensible thought. Yes, not everything will be perfect and sometimes you need help forming this thought, but you should at least try. I like to live by the idea of, "Think before you speak."

Sarah Burger's Response 5

The reading I did not get to read when assigned but wanted to go back to this week was the Debbie Miller Chapter 5.  I really enjoy reading Debbie Miller's book Reading with Meaning and was bummed that I did not have time to read that chapter on schema when it was assigned.  Having read the chapters before and after chapter 5, I wanted to go back and fill in the missing piece.  After going back and reading it this week, I was able to get one step closer to reading the entire Reading with Meaning text.  I was also able to gain insight on how to teach children about schema and how to model and get children to use their schema.  Without reading this chapter now, I would have had to go back to it in the future when I have my own classroom and want to teach schema.  By reading the chapter this week, I was able to take notes on the important topics so in my busy future as an elementary teacher I will already have a list ready of how to teach schema.