Reader’s Theatre Joanna Papalitsas & Katrina Boxell
What is Reader’s Theatre? integrated
approach for involving students in reading, writing, listening, and speaking activities Performance based activities A dramatic reading of a text Involves visualisation
So how is it different to role play? Performers
sit facing the audience Performers don’t look at each other Characters exit by turning away from the audience There are no actions Characters read their lines according to the script with expression
Process
Luke 19:1-10
He entered Jericho and was passing through it. 2A man was there named Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax-collector and was rich. 3He was trying to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was short in stature. 4So he ran ahead and climbed a sycomore tree to see him, because he was going to pass that way. 5When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, ‘Zacchaeus, hurry and come down; for I must stay at your house today.’ 6So he hurried down and was happy to welcome him. 7All who saw it began to grumble and said, ‘He has gone to be the guest of one who is a sinner.’ 8Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, ‘Look, half of my possessions, Lord, I will give to the poor; and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will pay back four times as much.’ 9Then Jesus said to him, ‘Today salvation has come to this house, because he too is a son of Abraham. 10For the Son of Man came to seek out and to save the lost.’
Topic: Level:
Forgiveness 3/4
Outcomes Cognitive: Through the drafting of a script and its presentation students will be able to identify the four stages of reconciliation Affective: in light of their exploration of the stories of Jesus, it is hoped students will develop an awareness of what it means to forgive and to be forgiven Spiritual: it is hoped that students can use their understandings of forgiveness and of being forgiven in times of unresolved conflict
Four Stages of Reconciliation Admission
/ confession Apologising / penance Being forgiven / absolution Making up for it / restoration
Benefits of Reader’s Theatre: Participation Collaboration oral
language communication skills all backgrounds All learning styles Confidence self image Purposeful reading
Links to VELS:
Level 3 English speak, listen, read and write, growing variety of text types strategies to interpret the main ideas and purpose of texts explore characters’ qualities, motives and actions. exchange information, to share and explore ideas, participate in discussions, conversations and presentations in small and large groups, vary their speaking and listening to suit situation learn how to project their voice adequately listening attentively Use language to represent information, characters, people, places and events Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (2010), Level 3 - Years 3 and 4. Retrieved from Victorian Essential Learning Standards : http://vels.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vels/level3.
Level 3 Interpersonal development: interact with others skills and strategies understanding others think about their values, feelings and behaviour. give and accept constructive feedback; In teams, work towards agreed goals. awareness of their role and responsibilities
Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (2010), Level 3 - Years 3 and 4. Retrieved from Victorian Essential Learning Standards : http://vels.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vels/level3.
Level 3 Communication: listen attentively. identify the main message own interpretation verbal and non-verbal strategies, to enhance meaning and to engage their audience; Order ideas to communicate
Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (2010), Level 3 - Years 3 and 4. Retrieved from Victorian Essential Learning Standards : http://vels.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vels/level3.
In our classrooms:
Approx 2% of our students will have learning difficulties Approx ?% will be EALD & ESL & ELL Approx ?% will be from refuge backgrounds Approx ?% will be indigenous
Multi faith / cultural adaptations
Research different stories of forgiveness in various cultures and religions – Muslim, Christian, Sikhism, Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism, Aboriginal Australian Have groups prepare a script telling the story of forgiveness from one of these backgrounds Compare and contrast the different stages of reconciliation / forgiveness for each background Have students create their ideal including aspects from all backgrounds compared
Lowndes, J. (2012). The Complete Multifaith Resource for Primary Religious Education: Ages 7-11. New York, USA: Routledge.