January 31

Drama- Lesson with Bill

Please write a paragraph telling me your takeaways from today’s session with Bill. What did you learn? What was useful? What will you use in your mono? 

I learned how to use our imagination to create something that is not really there. Pretend you are trying to open a door, you are staring at something you like… to make your audiences follow your thoughts, then, believe that there’s something on your hands or in front of you… I think it is a very useful skill, it helps you get easier and faster to get into your character and story from practice your imagination. In another hand, if you don’t have suitable stage property to use in play, you can create it by using your imagination, so the skill can help us with saving money as well. I will use it in my mono, I can create a person sitting behind me and listening to me, then I can make my movement more natural.

 

Retrospective Reflection- Think back to some key learning you have had in the class. Why do you think it was so significant for you?

Mr.Bill said that if we want to do mine perfectly, we need to practise it for many years. It is significant for me because it tells me anything need your hard-working.

 

Intentional Reflection- List two or three things you intend to do with the skills you have acquired or the discoveries you have made. List two or three areas that you want to research or examine further.

  1. Mine – I think this is a very useful thing for me. Get into my deep thoughts, forget my concerns, this is not only a drama skills, it also helps me relax.
  2. Creativity – We need imagination, it a very useful skill. For example, when you pretend you are staring at something, you can create an object you like or hate. This can make your performance more lively.

 

Evaluative Reflection- What worked well? What was challenging? How did you solve the problem? What did this teach you?

I think the most challenging thing is to ignore people around you and enter your world. My solvement is to pay all my attention to things I create. Actually, we don’t need to care about other people, because it is our own performance.

 

Action Points- List things to remember for the future or things to do next. Treat this as artistic advisor to your future self from your present self.

  1. Get into your play or character.
  2. Practise mine more frequently.
  3. Be patient.
  4. Pay attention when you are performing.
  5. Imagination is important

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January 22

Bintan Trip reflection

On our second trip to Bintan, we gave a lesson to the children there. Our theme is puppet show, we hoped to let them know the importance of doing exercise and ways to protect the environment. After a puppet show which is mainly about how to greet people and how important doing exercise is, we use an interesting way to teach children doing exercise. For example, we divided students into two groups, one symbolized fish, another one symbolized fisherman. Students would stand on one side of the field, and when the game start, ‘fish’ will run to another side of the field, then, ‘fishermen’ waggle their hands, pretend they are pulling the fishing lines. In simple terms, it was a running competition, but we made it more interesting.

 

After the lesson, we made a SWOT. We listened to the TIF, we knew more about our strength, weakness, threats and opportunities. About our opportunities, there were many things that we can improve. First, we could organize our lesson better, in time management. Because there were many students in a class, so we divided them into two groups, one group outdoor, one group inside the room. But, when one group finished their exercise, another group was still working on its parts. So we figured out a way that let the faster group teach children simple nursery rhyme in English. We had an exercise which teaches kids about ‘pick up trash’. We asked them to pick up leaves and stones in the field, but it could be better if we can let children go outside the school and pick up real trash on the way.

 

During our final discussion with TIF. We made many simple English questions to add to games, this can attract children’s attention so that they won’t feel bored when they are learning English skills. We all hope that we can do something for the education in Bintan.

 

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