Writing plays has always proved to be a difficult process because you have to make sure that you have a good story that people will get hooked into while watching and stay entertained throughout. In class we were given an assignment to write a short play with a student having to decide to study and do well on a final project or give in to temptation and not do the work. To be honest I wasn't really excited about the small project. When we got together in my group to write our short drama skit,we were having so much fun writing our skit that we got carried away and started to add animals in to the story meanwhile trying to come up with the main problem. The hard part of the skit writing was trying to create a story that would be different from all the others and also coming up with dialog for the characters was also a little bit difficult. What I felt to be the hardest part of the whole process is deciding how to make the moral issue play out and how long the dilemma is going to last and how will it be resolved because there are so many possibilities. We did take to long brainstorming our story that we ran out of time and the last details we put together in a rush. For example, trying to decide who was going to be what and trying to learn some of the lines. This process would be more effective than a lecture because instead of just talking about all the elements that compose a drama, during this exercise you get to experience all the elements. Plus, it is much more fun than sitting in an lecture! It was also a lot fun to watch all the other groups perform their skits and see what they had come up with as their story. Another good thing about this activity is that it was very interactive and that helps people to remember things better than just listening to information. It was very enjoyable and a nice intro into starting our new topic of reading plays or dramas. The theme of having a moral issue in our dramatic skits worked really well because it was neither funny nor a tragedy and that is what drama is.
Yes, the whole skit thing was a nightmare in the beginning for everyone was disagreeing or not agreeing on certain aspects that were vital to the dramatic play. But in the end it was worth it as you stated, due to the fact that we learned through watching the plays and remembered things easily. What else could the plays improve on?
ReplyDeleteWatching students perform drama in real life is way more interesting then just reading a short story or poem. It's more fun when you can be a part of something as well. Fun class!
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