Wit & Wisdom

Roger Jenkins
storyteller

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Training
Dramastarter is a modular programme that provides a practical, age-appropriate approach to creative drama-in-education.

Dramastarter draws on a variety of text types (eg narrative, poem, personal account) to explore the ways in which elements of a story - character, setting, conflict and resolution - combine to create narrative. Depending on the level of the participants, a variety of techniques – such as mime, mask, puppetry, and the use of scripted texts – may be introduced.

There is always a voice component in Dramastarter, as enhancing communication skills through clear and expressive use of language  is a major objective.

As STELLAR requires a more interactive and child-centred approach to lower primary teaching, I believe creative drama has a significant role to play in the classroom, which I demonstrate in my popular teacher’s guides, THE DRAMA TOOLKIT

At the end of the course students will be able to:

 generate their own scenes, or to create a drama from a supplied source (eg folk tale, fairy tale, poem, photograph)
 Understand the importance of the 4 W’s – who, where, what and why?
OBJECTIVES
The emphasis is on using drama-in-education techniques to foster both an appreciation of drama and personal development .

UNDERSTANDING DRAMA:
 To lay the age-appropriate foundations for drama work.
 To make participants more aware of drama through the interaction of characters, setting and events manifested in dialogue and action.
 To begin understanding the different ways drama can tell a story – including mime, puppetry, gesture, mask, dialogue, improvisation.
 Depending on the age and duration of the course, to introduce drama arising from informal (improvised) and formal (scripted) pretexts
 To foster greater appreciation of literature through using a rich variety of fables, folktales, poems, stories and factual accounts.
Title
Dramastarter
Duration
10 sessions of 1hr (P1/P2)
1.5 hrs (P3 - P6)
2hrs (secondary - ITE)
Numbers
20 - 30 preferred
Date
Your choice
Venue
classroom
Time
Your choice
Fee
S150 per hour