Sarah Golightly—Course 3—Blog
5—Second Implementation Observation
On Thursday, April 19 my
fourth period class presented skits they had written to promote
anti-bullying. This group has never been
hesitant to work or perform before an audience.
Thursday was no exception. They
chose to write about new students being bullied and the effects of the home on
a child’s personality.
A short video clip of a skit was shown. Expectations were explained on position of characters, projection of voice, introduction of characters, etc. Students had their lines memorized, for the most part, and they were ready to begin!
Even though the groups had
practiced, more practice was needed.
However, this shortcoming did not fall upon my students. I should have had a more structured
environment for this. By the time I was
ready to jump into this second PBL other obligations were also occurring. I visualized one thing occurring with the
students and in reality, more time was needed for them to have a 100 percent
credible skits. If I had to do it again,
I would allot more time for practice. I
did not think it would take a long time to perfect each little piece, but it
does.
I love that you had your students memorize and perform their skits. I often forget the practice part, too, and the performance of skits is haphazard, at best. However, what I often have to remind myself is that not all of my students are performing out of true desire; instead, they are performing out of necessity for a decent grade. My expectations for them are often much higher than they will ever achieve in regards to performance because of my own personal experience with performing. Keep it up, plan a little time for it in the future, and accept that it won't always be exactly as you planned. They will still be wonderful, though!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed hearing about your lesson today. I love how you included special education and how your students took it upon themselves to be creative an put a dance at the end of their skit. You truly did an awesome job!
ReplyDeleteI love that your students worked on school bullying. It is very hard for kids these days because they can not get away from bullying. They are surrounded by it because of their phones! Great idea!!
ReplyDeleteHi Sarah,
ReplyDeleteWhile I agree with you that the more time we can provide students for authentic critique and revision, the better the project outcome typically is, I also know that I observed a high level of student engagement and enthusiasm for the skits they'd developed and the inclusion of an anti-bullying message.
Thanks,
Dawn