Lesson 9

Teaching with Dramatized Experiences

Dramatized Experiences- By dramatization, we can participate in a reconstructed experience, even though the original event is far removed from us in time. We relive the outbreak of the Philippine revolution by acting out the role of characters in a drama.

Formal Dramatized Experiences:

A.   Play- is a depict life, character or culture or it is a combination of the three.

B.   Pageants- are usually community dramas that are based on local history that are presented by local actors.

Less Formal Dramatized Experiences:

a)    Pantomime- is the art of conveying a story through bodily movements only.

b)   Tableau- (French word means Picture) is a picture. Like a scene that is composed of people against a background.

c) Puppets- unlike regular stage play, it can present ideas with extreme simplicity without elaborate scenery or costume yet effective. It is an inanimate object, constructed of wood, cloth, plastic and cardboard.

Types of Puppets

1.    The Marionette- is generally fashioned from wood and resemble a human body.

2. Shadow Puppets- are similar to the marionette but less sophisticated. It is generally flat characters created from heavy paper or cardboard.

3.    Stick Puppets- as simple as the Styrofoam ball head attached to a stick or a two-dimensional picture attached to a stick.

4.    Hand Puppet- the most common type of puppet. They are relatively simple to create.

5.   Mouth Puppets- are distinguished from other puppets in that they have movable mouths, thus allowing the puppets to talk more realistically.

6.  Rod Puppet- it is a flat cut out figures tacked to a stick with one or more movable parts and operated from below the stage level wire rods or slender sticks.

7.    Glove and Finger Puppets- make uses of old gloves to which small costumed figure are attached.