Funny School Times, an interview and "Like a Little Bird"

In the current video we can watch the students performing the sketch "Class with the new teacher", learning how to carry out an interview and singing the song "Like a Little Bird" in a choreography of their own.

New Term: Self-Assessment

We finished last year's last term performing Funny School Times - 1;

but we did't have time to watch the recorded video and to make a review. That's why in the first class of the first week of the New Year, Drama students have watched their performance and  self-assessed.

Self-assessment: Cooperative Group Work

Name: ______________________________________________Date: ______________

Activity: 1^ST Evaluation Play

Circle the word that best describes your level of participation and cooperation.

1.      I respect the class at the rehearsals

not at all          rarely           sometimes        often

2.      I am a disciplined person

not at all          rarely           sometimes        often

3.      I make an effort at the rehearsals in class

not at all          rarely           sometimes        often

4.      I cooperate with the teacher to do well in the class

not at all          rarely           sometimes        often

5.      I respect the teacher obeying his rules

not at all          rarely           sometimes        often

6.      I offer my opinion on the proper time

not at all        rarely         sometimes        often

7.      I listen to the other group members and help them

not at all            rarely        sometimes         often

8.      I encourage others to participate.

not at all         rarely        sometimes         often

9.      What I liked best about working with this group:

10.  What gave me the most difficulty when working with this group:

But time at Drama classes is not always so serious. 

There is always time for games. On this occassion, we celebrated the New Year, or their first performance, with a well-known game: 

The Orchestra

They also improvised some images. A student came out at the class front, imagined an object (a tree, for instance) and a group of five or six completed different actions around the tree.

Drama Workshop, end of the First Term

As a summary of all the work done by the students at Drama Workshop, we offer the following images in this power point.

Drama workshop 2013 from J. Carlos Martínez

Last Week

During the last two weeks they have been rehearsing practically in all daily breaks. 

But the last week comes and there is something especial to do: especial warm ups, games, voice exercises, body and face expression, music, choreographies...

All is already said. All is already done.
Excitement before 
the Performance.

11th Week

 Playing animals has always been very successful in class, both in traditional classes and in "other" sort of classes. That's why we have proposed this sketch: "Don't eat me". It's simple, quite simple, but it has "something". It has rythym. It repeats some structures. It's great fun.

But it's time to have a general rehearsal with the puppets

...adding new ideas that have been coming up during the sessions

...reviewing songs and choreographies

 ... solving doubts.

10th Week

We are at the end of November. In three weeks they will perform.  We already need some technicians to control sound and images. Iñigo and David seem to be our best option. They like it.

And we present  new texts. But texts are not only to be read. So, students are made to give the right intonation, the proper movement, the correct body response to  every situation.

As they are feeling more and more confident, they start improvising "gestures", words, reactions, situations...

Having fun and learning at the same time is the secret recipe.

8th and 9th Week

Times passes and the play has got different sketches to be performed by different characters and actors. So, we divide the class into different groups. Each group has got "a director". They rehearse on their own.

We hand out the complete text so that we can rehearse in small groups and learn the third song.



As usual, they receive an incomplete diary to be completed at home.