Friday, November 12, 2010

Nothing says fun like 100 minutes of writing in a desk-less drama room.

I had to be the supply teacher today who informed students that, although they were expecting to be doing drama activities, they actually had to lean over bits of stage and plan and write scripts. On a Friday. For 100 minutes (some schools here have days consisting of three lessons of 100 minutes). A good drama teacher (like Fflur) surely knows that DVDs and designing posters or production sets would be the way to go for classes like these. No wonder kids don't like school sometimes, the things they are made to do just don't make sense.

5 comments:

  1. Man I used to hate setting relief for Drama - it is not such a problem for me anymore as the girls will just get on a do what they are meant to do with barely any input from the reliever. Script writing for 100 mins sounds like pure hell!

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  2. This sounds crazy! All I can say - 100 minute lessons??!! My idea of hell!

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  3. There seems to be a common word in both your comments...

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  4. Hey Drama is a fantastic subject to teach, if done right.

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