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Integrating Reader’s Theater into English Teaching. 指導教授 : 陳純音 教授 審核老師 : 葉友維 老師 主講 者 : 蘇麗如 Sue 蘇立瑋 Vicky 鍾昌益 Clark. 感謝 : 陳錦田校長 王淑玲、葉友維 、劉亭 君 張桂珍 、李佳玫 老師. Play with you r voice!. R eader’s T heater R e-create T exts R ead T ogether. RT stands for ……( Q&A). Introduction. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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指導教授 : 陳純音 教授審核老師 : 葉友維 老師
主講者 : 蘇麗如 Sue
蘇立瑋 Vicky 鍾昌益 Clark
Integrating Reader’s Theater into English Teaching
感謝 : 陳錦田校長 王淑玲、葉友維 、劉亭君張桂珍、李佳玫 老師
Play with your voice!
•Reader’s Theater
•Re-create Texts
•Read Together
RT stands for ……(Q&A)
Introduction
• Everyone needs to talk - to hear and to play with language, to exercise the mind and emotions and tongue together.
Lois Walker (2006)
• Reader’s theater is a minimal theater in support of literature and reading.
Aaron Shepard (1996)
Drama• Complicated• Memorize the
script• Background and
costumes• Music• Time consuming
Why RT?
RT• Simple (radio
drama)• Read aloud the
script• Emphasize
intonation• Audience
imagination• Simple sound
effects• Time saving
• An easy way to achieve
• A fun project for participants and audience
• A creative way of sharing aloud
• A great chance to feel confident in
speaking English on stage
Classical RT
Why RT?
RT Mind Map
Warm Up
Scripts
Voice Practice
Supporting Activities
Role Assignment
RehearsalPerformance
• Let’s stretch out!• Let’s get dramatic!• Let’s read with
emotion!
Warm up
(1) Let’s stretch out!
• I'm waking up.• I'm rubbing my eyes.• I'm yawning.• I'm stretching.• I'm getting out of bed.• I'm washing my face.• I'm brushing my
teeth.• I'm combing my hair.• I'm getting dressed.
• I'm walking to the kitchen.
• I'm eating breakfast.• I'm putting on my
backpack.• I'm kissing my
mother "good-bye."• I'm opening the door.• I'm walking to
school.
TPR Sequencing – present
continuous
(2) Let’s get dramatic!
• He/she woke up.• He/she rubbed his/her
eyes.• He/she yawned.• He/she stretched.• He/she got out of bed.• He/she washed his/her
face.• He/she brushed his/her
teeth.• He/she combed his/her
hair.• He/she got dressed.
• He/she walked to the kitchen.
• He/she ate breakfast.• He/she put on his/her
backpack.• He/she kissed his/her
mother "good-bye."• He/she opened the
door.• He/she walked to
school.
TPR Sequencing – past tense
(3) Let’s Read with Emotion!• Dialogues
A:I love sports.B: Really?A: Yes, I love baseball, basketball
and soccer.B:Really, why?A:I love to run, jump, hit and kick.B: Whew, I’m getting tired watching
you. I have to go now.A: Hey; where are you going?B: I’m going to play my sport.A: What’s that?B:My sport is fishing!
Target Verbs•run•jump•hit•Kick
Target nouns (sports)•baseball•basketball•soccer•fishing
Scripts
• Selecting Scripts
• Analyzing Stories
• Revising Scripts
• Analyzing Revised Scripts
• Stories by Level
• Online RT scripts
What You Need for a Good Script
Some interesting characters
A setting
A large number of dialogues
A goal
Some dramatic plotsWhat table can we eat?
(1) Selecting Scripts
High quality (education inspiration)
Interesting, lively dialogues
Appropriate
(age, grade, readability levels, and i+1)
David forgot his homework.
My dog ate my hamburger
(2) Analyzing Stories
Stories
Characters
Setting
Goal
Goal Achieved
(3) Revising Scripts
• Not hungry• be
handsome or beautiful
• To be ……
• Keep eating• Picking• Work out or
do a facial
• Farm• Space• Kitchen
• Caterpillar• Fruits• Moon
Characters
Setting
GoalGoal Achieved
(4) Analyzing Revised Scripts
Characters•Person
ality•Voice•Facial
Expression
Setting• Background• Location• Time
Goal Achieved• How
Goal•What•Why
Revised Script
For Middle Graders
• Caterpillar: Oh, boy! I’m so hungry. I want to eat something….
• Chorus: What do you want to eat?
• Caterpillar: Look! Here’s an apple!! Let me try that!
• Apple: No, no! I’m not the right food for you!! Don’t eat me!!!
• Chorus: The apple is right! Eat something else.
For High Graders• Caterpillar: Oh, dear! I’m starving!! Let me • find something to eat!!!
• Chorus: Mmm…What do you want to eat?
• Caterpillar: Let me see…Ah~~here’s an apple!! Let me take a bite!!!
• Apple: Are you out of your mind? Caterpillars don’t eat apples! Go eat something else!!
• Chorus: The apple is right. You should eat something else, not the apple.
Learning to Read (1~2 年級 ) http://store.pchome.com.tw/powerbook/S299206.htm
Reading to Learn (3~4 年級 ) http://store.pchome.com.tw/powerbook/S299209.htm
Reading to Think (5~6 年級 ) http://store.pchome.com.tw/powerbook/S299211.htm
Ellen took my watch.
David forgot his homework.
My dog ate my hamburger
(3) Stories by Level
(4) Online RT scripts
Play and Scriptshttp://www.teachingheart.net/readerstheater.htmhttp://www.storiestogrowby.com/script.htmlhttp://www.scriptsforschools.com/
最終目標:培養編創劇本的能力…….
• Pronunciation:
Vowels / Consonants / Liaison
• Intonation: Feelings / Emotions / Stress Phrase pause
Voice Practice
(1) Pronunciation:
• Vowels• Consonants• Liaison• Paper – Pepper
Are Your Long Vowels Clear Enough?
• ea / ee / e-e The jeep on the beach is cheap. Please sit in this seat. Look at these sheep. We’re going to leave.
• Ship and Sheep
Are Your Long Vowels Clear Enough?
• ai /ay /a-e Wait for the lady on the train. Who ate the cake? I hate to be late. Don’t play in the rain. Let’s watch the baseball
game.
http://www.englishlearning.com/videos/
Are Your Long Vowels Clear Enough?
• ie / i-e / igh / ind What time do you arrive? (*tom) I’m fine, thank you. (*fun) Do you find it? (*fond)• short/shirt
Watch out! The consonants are there!
• Stand up.• Something wrong?• Wait for the train in the rain.• Kick the ball.• Don’t fall.• He is sick.• I’m, what time…• MAYDAY! SINKING!
Liaison (1)• Open the red door.
• I’ll meet you there.
• Would you come?
• Do you want to share a taxi?
• Put it on.
• I think he is the one.
• I don’t know how to do it.
• Don’t you see it?
Liaison (2)
(2) Intonation:
• Feelings• Emotions• Stress• Phrase pause
Feelings
Mom is not home today.
Emotions
• Why are you late?
• Because of the sign.
Sentence Stress
I asked you to buy me a bunch of red roses.I asked you to buy me a bunch of red roses.I asked you to buy me a bunch of red roses.I asked you to buy me a bunch of red roses.
I asked you to buy me a bunch of red roses.
Phrase pause
You read to me, I’ll read to you!
Supporting Activities
Booklets / Art Crafts
Songs and Chants
Reading Activities
(1) Booklets
My five senses (mini books)
Bark George ( bag books)
There was an old lady (shape books)
The very hungry caterpillar (hole books)
Online resources (printable)
Scripts folders (packet)
The Miller, His Son, and Their Donkey
Oh, miller and son, (x2)
They have a donkey, but they can’t ride.
Oh, miller and son, (x2)
They have a donkey, but they can’t sell.
Too many comments to make decision. (x2)
Oh, miller and son, (x2)
Listen to heart, just be yourself!
You can’t please people, just be yourself!
(2) Songs & Chants
Barefoot books
Super simple songs
Days of the week
人的潛能無限,鼓勵老師發揮創意,自編歌曲韻文
(2) Songs & Chants
• Picture matching
• Listen and correct
• I read, you draw
• Vocabulary checklist
(3) Reading Activities
Role Assignment
Casting
• Narrators tell the story.
• Characters are in the story.
(silent characters)
Students take turns playing roles.
Teachers assign the roles to students
Children are aware of their roles.
Let students find their own roles in
the dialogue segment, and mark up.
Casting
The Miller, The Girl, and The Donkey
Characters• Narrator 1 (N1), Narrator2 (N2)
• The man (M), The girl (G), The donkey
• Farmer, Farmer’s Wife
• Old Man, Old Man’s Wife
• Woman1, Woman2
• Blacksmith, Blacksmith’s Wife
Scripted by Paul Harding.
Based on the traditional story by Aesop.
N1: One sunny day a man decided to go to the market in the town. He went to the stable and got his donkey. N2: The man’s daughter looked outside and saw her father about to set off for the village, so she hurried outside. G: Dad! Dad! Where are you going? Can I come too? M: I'm just going to the market. You can come if you want. Get your hat. It’s a hot day. G: Father, will we ride the donkey today?
M: No dear, we won’t ride him today for it is a hot day, and he will have a heavy load to carry home from the market.
The Man, The Girl, and the Donkey
N1: The man, the girl, and the donkey headed slowly down the dirt road that led to the town. After a short while, they met a group of farmers. All: My, oh my! What do I see? A crazy situation right in front of me! Farmer: You fools! Don't you know that donkeys are for riding? You must be afraid to rub the fur of its body. Farmer’s Wife: How ridiculous! You own a donkey, but you don’t use it! That makes you the ass! M: What are you scoundrels scoffing at? My dear, get up onto the Donkey.Donkey: EEee-aww! Why didn’t that farmer keep his mouth shut! All: Awwww…
Rehearsal and Performance
• Rehearsal
• Performance
Rehearse entrance, exit and stage movements.
Adjust vocal projection.
Arrange positions on stage.
Practice makes perfect.
Rehearsal
• Scripts must be used.
• Clothing
• Position on the stage
Performance
Performing
Perform in the class
Perform for the evaluation
Perform for a special event
Perform for a competition
Perform for fun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOgEB-V6vv4私立育才國小
• Begin with easy scripts.
• Appropriate language level
• Everyone has a role
• Small group
• Enough time for rehearsing
• Evaluation/feedback
Tips for RT
• Have a positive attitude towards group activities
• Be free from anxiety to read aloud• Support students all the time• Give comments in a polite manner• Respect and respond to students’
opinions• Enjoy RT
Tips for Teachers
Every student has
A role to act
A topic to say
A chance to SUCCEED
Thank You!