Drama & Fun

Some pics of my lovely Drama students!

Drama lessons at The English Place 2011/12

This is a short video I've prepared with some pictures taken during my Drama lessons. I hope you like it!

Drama lessons at The English Place 2011/12

Happy 2012

I wish you all a very happy 2012, full of love and peace inside your hearts! A year of rewarding work, creative projects and profound laughter...!

"We need to create environments -in our schools, in our workplaces, and in our public offices- where every person is inspired to grow creatively."(The Element-Ken Robinson.)

LET'S START NOW!

LOVE

I've been giving a lot of thought to this idea:

"If you have passion for what you do, if you love what you do, then, it'll be easier to touch your students' hearts, and they will understand what it's all about."

You may ask: -But...what is it all about?

In my case, I feel children, or teenagers, find it difficult to find people with whom they can reflect, with whom they can laugh, share, speak...in a way, they feel "isolated". I think that we, as educators, must find the way to reach to them, to "touch" them, so that they don't feel like this.

In my experience, when they meet you for the first time, they look at you, and "analize" you. (especially if you try to teach them Drama!) They don't relax immediately, because TRUST is not somehing easy, something that comes "for free". But, if you show passion for what you do, if they see you love and you feel happy when teaching, when working with them, then everything changes.
When that happens, you must really take care of that trust. You must understand that you are privileged, cause you have a chance to reach to your students, to be part of their lives.

I remember some of my secondary school teachers....I was really lucky to attend a secondary school specialized in Arts. A bunch of my teachers showed their passion, they didn't care about what the others thought, (or about what we thought). They just showed their love for what they did (which didn't exactly mean they were always kind to us... some of them were quite crazy, and extremely strict!...but they taught us with so much passion...!) .

And I realize now, many years after, that LOVE and PASSION for what you do are the ingredients that make everything possible.

It may sound silly, but, for me, that is what's all about.

Creative Technology: Education on the 21st century

Creative Technology: Education on the 21st century: I found this really interesting video about Sir Ken Robinson's ideas on education in the 21st Century and I immediately decided to share it with all of you. I hope it makes you think and develop new ideas!!

The Performers Educational Plays in Tandil

The international theatre company The Performers Educational Plays will be in Tandil next August 24th at Teatro del Fuerte (Fuerte Independencia 360) with their three theatre proposals of this season:

"The Green Kitchen": A musical comedy for young learners that attempts to enhance the ecological consciousness in children through the three Rs: Reduce/Reuse/Recycle, lively music, colourful costumes and a bunch of great actors. (at 11 hs. and 14hs.)

"The New Sherlock": A musical comedy for children and teenagers. In a world of pretence, the message of this play is "Just be yourself". (at 16hs)

"The Tempest": A classical adaptation of this Shakespeare's play for advanced students, teachers of English or any theatre lover who likes this great playwright. (at 17.30 hs)
Tickets: $25

To book your seats call me at (02293) 387 385 or (011) 15 5 731 1364 o write to sole_afra@yahoo.com .

Facebook page: English Drama

http://www.theperformers.net/

A great experience

Last Friday I travelled to Ayacucho to deliver a Creative Drama Workshop for teachers and students from the EMEAI. We improvised, played miming games, sang, learned new ways of stimulating our students' creativity, laughed and had a lot of fun. We also had an interesting books'raffle! It was a great experience. Thank you all, but especially Silvina, for her trust, and Teresita Crovo, the headmistress, for her love to ARTS. I hope to see you all again!

Drama Workshop for teachers and students in Ayacucho

Thanks to all the attendants!!!

Last Saturday morning we had a great meeting with teachers and advanced students interested in learning Drama techniques in order to reinforce their English teaching methods.
We had fun improvising, singing, miming and playing theatre games.
I shared my love for Drama and the certainty that one of our main aims as teachers is to bring love back to the classroom. Thank you all!!!

Creative Drama in the English Classroom