Monday, March 10, 2014
AGAPE - relationships
It was the end of the trimester at ol' WHS, so the improvement of relationships took a bit of a backseat in a lot of ways. However, there is one thing that helps to bind students together in my Pre-AP 10 classes - we go to the Guthrie to a play (this year it's Othello) and we talk about theater etiquette, places to see in the theater proper, what we should ask the actors / stage director when we get to talk with them, how to not appear like an amateur-theatregoer, etc. Having a shared experience outside of school, yet educationally-focused and sponsored by the school, helps students see the material we're reading as more than curriculum, and that helps to bring out more texture and interest in it, as well as their acting out of it. So, in preparation, we did a lot of acting in class, talking about villainous villains (Iago) and linking that to modern parallels, which helps to personalize Shakespeare. It helps the classroom environment, and that bleeds into the interpersonal relatikonships.
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I LOVE that you so specifically instruct your students on theater etiquette! It may be their only lesson that could certainly benefit them in the future. I really enjoy your blog set up - I'm sorry I hadn't "Visited" before today.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds so cool and like such a great experience for your kids! I identified with what you said about teaching kids about theater etiquette. I have to attempt to teach my second graders about that each year when we go to Orchestra Hall and/or Stages Theater. They have had so little exposure to experiences like that. Do you find that most of your students have had the experience of going to plays before?
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