Teaching of Drama and Poetry in ESL

TEACHING OF DRAMA
AND POETRY IN ESL
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
Teaching kit............................................................................................................................3
Drama text..............................................................................................................................3
Development of one activity for each literary elements for the drama script. Description of
activity and explain the rationale of choosing the activity. ...................................................3
References........................................................................................................................................6
Appendix..........................................................................................................................................6
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................8
Saratha's framework for the teaching of poetry......................................................................8
Explanation of the use of framework.....................................................................................8
Literature review....................................................................................................................9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12
APPENDIX....................................................................................................................................13
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INTRODUCTION
Creating drama and poetry is a very exiting learning language. Poetry use of drama in
(ESL) English as a second language in classroom helps the children to explore conceptual
aspects of the written language without concentrating on the language mechanism. Students can
able to develop their sense of awareness of self through interpretation of the poems. ESL helps
the students in learning things that seems real (Cheung & Hennebry-Leung (2020). This report
covers learning kit in which there is a one drama text and development of one activity and a
poem for the target group of learners. Then it includes Saratha's Sithamparam framework for the
teaching of the poem and the report covers literature review for the support.
MAIN BODY
TASK 1
Teaching kit
Learning and teaching kit is the using of constructive approaches for building the skills in
various subjects though activities and games. These approaches are English relay programmes
that refers to teach functional English by developing their speaking, listening and writing skills.
Another approach is Math master which is based on the NCERT guidelines that helps students in
developing their mathematical skills and solving mathematical problems. Another method is
Smart kid is based on the teaching and learning materials that develops the pre- school children.
Drama text
Drama is the play which is in writing form and almost plotted in the scripted form
thorough various dialogue. This consist of various elements which are setting, plotting,
characters and theme. Drama can be a short story or the novel which is presented in front of
audience and it is not for read (Choi & Wong (2018).
Development of one activity for each literary elements for the drama script. Description of
activity and explain the rationale of choosing the activity.
The drama is on the 'The Darkness' which has an activity of thinking. Students ca think
bigger as they dream also they can think critically. This activity helps the students in learning
and enhancing their knowledge in such a easy manner. Students ca develop their thinking skills
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by this drama. They can also learn communication skills as they are the one who is
communicating the script. Thinking skills refers to the mental activities that is use to process
information, creating new innovations and making connection, make decisions. Students make
use of their thinking skills when they are trying to make any sense of experiences and solving
problems, asking questions and making plans. Every person has thinking skills but not everyone
has the capacity to think bigger. Good thinkers can able to make good connections between the
various factors and able to tie them together. By having good thinking skills students can able to
develop new and innovative solutions to the problems they face (Elkommos (2019). Thinking is
the process of logical series that is a connective facts between the items of information. Thinking
enables the students to connect and integrate new experiences of the problems they faces and
finds the solutions effectively. This activity is choose to the below drama because in that students
has a dream that he is thinking and making innovations. That is why this is connected with the
below drama.
Plot: The plot structure of the drama does not differ from the prose. There can be a
exposition, a climax, falling actions and resolutions. There a students thinks that they have gone
for the holidays there and this drama can be performed in the classroom by the students as well.
This can enhance the students thinking skills and their activities. Plot understands the drama in
very effective manner and it helps the children in developing there skills and abilities. This will
provides proper behaviour and script of drama as it is created by a children. In this drama scripts
activity is taken is that child is sitting in dark and he develops his ideas and listens music. This is
chosen because this will helps the children in controlling over there darkness fear.
Character: Characters are the major part of any drama. The characters which are being
played in this drama are three. They are performing there roles. The drama is focus on the
darkness and he alone is performing in the script. Children can able to make characters like he
himself and his mother who calls him vampire. By this children can come to know what are the
characters are playing role in this drama and how they can effectively perform it.
Setting: Setting of the drama can be similar as the plot of drama. This is the place or time
which can be mentioned in the drama. The environment which is used for the students is the
classroom. They needs to perform whole dram in the classroom and develops there skills. This
drama can be played in a classroom by students. One there is a child and one there is a mother.
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