Schlosser+2013

Ms. Schlosser read the story the Chalk Box Kid. The main character, Gregory, drew a picture of a garden on a blackened wall with chalk. Mr. Gori then had the students create a garden using themselves. We were using the drama skill of physicalizing to create a garden with our bodies.

Mr. Gori used pantomime to teach the children to think about the details in the story. He taught the children to retell a story through improvised scenes. The audience watching had to infer meaning from what they were seeing, just as a reader has to infer meaning from a story. The children transferred this learning in drama to the reading and writing skills of inference and detail. media type="custom" key="23038158"

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