A blog designed to assist teachers in using Readers' Theatre as a tool both to enhance student literacy and as a method of more effectively presenting content material.
Introduction
According to Lois Walker, “Readers’ Theatre is so new in the classroom that some of its implementation forms are still emerging. Teachers looking for ways to add fun, excitement, and meaning to classroom oral reading activities are experimenting and creating their own strategies. Teachers wishing to impart information, or teach facts, ideas, and concepts are finding Reader Theatre a stimulating resource.”While what Walker says is primarily true, I have been using Readers' Theatre in my classroom for over thirty years. Many teachers use RT to enhance student literacy, but few take advantage of it as a method of inproving the way students do classroom presentations.
Oral Interpretation is a dramatic reading involving a single performer. It differs from Readers’ Theatre in that there is generally no staging, with the possible exception of special lighting.
No comments:
Post a Comment