Student Teaching: If students were principals

Objective: Students will be able to create an outline for a play

Assessing students with a little artistic flair: Students will show understanding by making a comic book, with each pane showing elements of plot, setting, theme, characters, etc.

This morning I was cutting paper during 2nd period Technical Theatre I. In the spirit of the current unit on playwrighting...

STUDENT

What are you doing?

STUDENT TEACHER

I'm cutting out paper for the class I'm teaching later today. We're making comic books.

STUDENT

Can you be my teacher?

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The students seemed to really enjoy their work today. They were anxious to show each other what they had done. I allowed the students to choose whether they drew pictures in the blocks, or put words. Depending on their learning style, they could express their thoughts in a variety of ways.

A few students said that it really helped them organize their ideas, and it's so rewarding to see them excited about their work.