Teaching Spanish with “DRAMA”: How to Incorporate Acting into a Second Language Class Lucía Pascual Spanish Junior High teacher Layton (UTAH)
Bilingualism + Immersion in Spanish Culture = NDPA North Davis Preparatory Academy students develop a love of learning, experience high academic achievement, and enjoy high bi-literate proficiency. “All students will fluently communicate in the Spanish language with a native speaker�.
2 programs to success
Immersion Program in Elementary School (K-6)
Focus in Spanish Culture in Junior High School (7-9)
How to incorporate fluency in Spanish classes? SKITS!!!
To start: Getting content through Reading and Storytelling
Abby Kanter, La Gran Aventura de Alejandro, AMSCO, 1994.
Giving tools to our students:
Silent and individual reading of a chapter of La gran Aventura de Alejandro.
Group dramatic reading of that chapter.
Writing activities from the book.
Comprehension questions from a powerpoint to review the reading.
Practice of the chapter´s vocabulary (writing about students’ personal experiencies including words used in the book).
Reading of the chapter
Individual and quiet reading
Dramatization of the reading
Writing and performance of the skit
Rubric for the skit (Work in small groups: 2-3 students) 1.
Writing of at least 5 lines for each character.
2.
Review with the teacher in a dramatized reading.
3.
Practice and memorizing.
4.
“Preparados, listos, ya�: Performance!!!
CapĂtulo 1. Conocemos a Alejandro Alejandro´s room is a mess and his mom complains about that, but he tries to convince her that it´s fine:
CapĂtulo 2. El viaje Alejandro arrives to Madrid with his family but before enjoying the city, he needs to go through customs. There, a Spanish policeman waits for him:
CapĂtulo 3. La gitana Alejandro gets lost in the center of Madrid and helps a gypsy girl. In gratitude, her mom gives to him a magic ring.
I evaluate, we evaluate:
We watch the videos of the skit in class and complete a chart paying special attention to: • What their classmates did really well; • What they could improve; • Their favorite sentence or moment of each skit, and why.
Goal: a project that…
Is open to all the levels of the class.
Includes diverse learners.
Develops the 4 skills in context:
reading, writing, listening and speaking.
Encourages CREATIVITY!
¡¡¡Muchas gracias!!! lpascual@northdavisprep.org http://www.northdavisprep.org