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Jaques In The Classroom

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The character Jaques in Shakespeare’s As You Like It says “All the world's a stage,/ and all the men and women merely players;/ They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts...” This universally known phrase continues to ring true in today’s society. The presence of drama in the classroom has countless significant benefits. It helps students develop a deeper understanding of the past and present while improving their empathy skills, boosts their confidence/self-esteem, and improves their ability to collaborate with other people. On top of this, a direct correlation has been proven between improved grades and attendance records. For thousands of years, the importance of drama in the classroom has been argued. …show more content…

In 2013, a kindergarten teacher by the name of James Wade lead an activity with his students that exemplified what is known as social-emotional learning. In the activity, the students were asked to voluntarily explain a problem they were experiencing in their lives. A young boy expressed his belief that his mother did not like him because she often yelled at him for playing with her iphone too much. The students worked together with the teacher to come up with a solution to the problem by acting out the situation. The teacher played as the boy’s mother, and the boy told her that he did not like it when she yelled at him. The mother/teacher then apologized, and the boy accepted the apology. In theory, such activities could then be generalized for use in the student’s “real” life outside of the classroom …show more content…

They claim these programs waste classroom time that could be utilized for more practical activities and studies. The U.S. Department of Education evaluated seven different programs in 2010, and reported that they did not find any evidence of increased academic performance or decreased behavior issues. This study can be criticized because the programs that were evaluated are among the handful of programs that were poorly designed and/or initiated. A far more significant number of studies that have been replicated and proven valid should have been used during the evaluation process

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Video Response 3 Addressing a student’s needs plays a vital part in the student’s academic success. Understanding one’s needs requires that a teacher take the steps to understanding the child’s personality traits, interests, abilities, disabilities, and so forth. Students are more likely to grasp the interest of learning a specific subject if they feel that the teacher is kind and understanding, just as Trisha and Brittany’s teachers is. Brittany’s mother mentions that a significant change is notable in Brittany’s self-esteem and grades (Kirk, Gallagher, & Coleman, 2015). Trisha certainly associates her good grades to her relationship with her science teacher and identifies her teacher as helpful (Kirk, Gallagher, & Coleman, 2015).

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Shakespeare Essay Some people think that teaching Romeo and Juliet in the ninth grade is too hard or deep. Some people think that Romeo and Juliet is good to teach in the ninth grade to learn life lessons. My view on teaching Romeo and Juliet is good to teach in the 9th grade because it is a good coming of age story and helps learn about life. One reason I think that Romeo and Juliet is good to teach in ninth grade is because it helps young students to learn about life such as love, and how it can destroy or help someone in love. It is also relevant to teenage boys and girls that are going through problems in the 9th grade.

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The most known play written by William Shakespeare is called Romeo and Juliet. This play demonstrates how love and hate can cloud your judgement when making decisions. For various of people around the world, they believe that the tragic and heartbreaking romance shouldn’t be taught in school. Despite the negative and crucial result coming out of it, there is an important lesson to be taught in high school. I believe that it should be taught throughout freshman year and be reevaluated throughout high school.

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Other strategies to overcome the bias in the education lie in the play (Banks, 1988; Weissman & Hendrick, 2013). The teacher can play several games broken ice and team-building during the first weeks of class. Through the game the young students are encouraged to come forward and focus on those traits that they share with their peers. Also, leave aside the characteristics that make them different with each other. In addition, the teacher can use a book of stories as a way to introduce and illustrate these difficult issues for young children in school age.

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Drama is a way for student to meet new people and express themselves. The arts are also important to the nation, “93% of Americans believe that the arts are essential to a complete education” (AATE). Also, “79% of Americans feel that the arts should be a priority in education reform” (AATE). The arts are an important part of West Central and by cutting the drama program, many students will not be able to express themselves. Freshman Abby Fraas said this about drama, “Drama is important to me because it allows me to express myself in a way that is different than reality.

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There are several methods of delivery for school-based interventions depending on the population that they wish to affect, which can result in varying levels of effectiveness. They can be delivered universally or can be targeted towards students identified as at-risk for particular disorders or problem behaviors (Franklin et al. 2012). In universal interventions, all students participate in the intervention, regardless of their level of risk. For example, Bierman et al. (2010) performed a study on a universal SEL program called Fast Track PATHS (Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies), which was delivered to all students in the first through the third grade.

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In their book, ‘The Arts as Meaning Makers’, Claudia E. Cornett and Katharine L. Smithrim suggest that the use of drama in the classroom spurs higher concentration and comprehension levels as a direct consequence of the increased engagement. They argue that drama has the power to build the problem-solving faculties of students, to not just be taught but to also question. Besides direct benefits, they also point out several soft advantages of using theatre to impart

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The play Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare has been taught in school for many years now. Some say that we should continue to allow our teens to read this tragic love story, while many argue that this play should no longer be allowed in schools. The issues concerning this tragic love story are the inappropriate jokes, the unrealistic view of love, and the promotion of suicide. These issues will indeed prove why Romeo and Juliet is ill suited to be taught to freshmen. Ninth graders should no longer read Romeo and Juliet because it is has very inappropriate jokes that should not be associated with school.

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Once upon a time in an island kingdom somewhere in the Caribbean Ocean, there was a boy who hated school. He was a great student and studied hard for his grades, but he was bored. He saw how his teachers hated their job. They showed educational videos and handed out vaguely relevant worksheets. His classmates were bored too; so bored that a lot of his friends would skip, or they would misbehave, and often they would get in trouble or even expelled.

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As a result, the experience of Shakespeare’s plays in the theater took a populist turn” (Octane 1). This shows that Shakespeare brought many new elements to playwriting, which seemingly improved plays because “Audience members engaged with the events taking place on stage, becoming vocal and often raucous” (Octane 1). This suggests that the new elements in Shakespeare’s writing sparked emotion in audience members as if the events were real. If an author can spark emotion in so many audience members, it shows that their writing style is extremely effective. Additionally, “Shakespeare is also credited as having invented genres that mixed both tragedy and comedy.

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From the study of Romeo and Juliet students can learn skills like knowing how to work out what a difficult word means based on the context that will be beneficial in the future. Overall learning these life lessons from Romeo and Juliet can most definitely help with decision making and mistakes. There is no doubt that the play should continue to stay in the curriculum, as it has been done for many years

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Because from the perspective of the teacher he thinks that he is the actor and the audience is the students, on the classroom he is trying his best to impress the students with his lessons and material. While the students think that way also. Where the students as the actor, sit quietly in class, listening with open ears and raising questions. The students trying their best to impress the teacher. This is enough to explain to us that, on one stage there are more than one actor.

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Process drama ‘is a whole-group drama process, improvised in nature, in which attitude is of greater concern than character’ (Bowell and Heap (2001), 7). In this type of drama students get to share their ideas and bring them to life. In process drama the emphasis is placed on participants experiencing personal growth through an exploration of their understanding of the issues within dramatic experience. In process drama the students will be presented with a theme or a scenario rather than a script and they are expected to present this scenario in a creative way and by doing this students will add their own personal experiences to the play. Unlike product drama, in process drama student and teacher share equal places in the development, analysis and production of the drama.

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These skills are very important in solving the future problems. School is a place that can hold a lot of tension and pressures for kids of all ages. It is also one of the first places (after the home) where a child begins learning how to interact with peers. This can, of course, lead to many conflicts. In order to help students not turn into bullies or become paralyzed with shyness, teaching methods of conflict resolution is a great tool.

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To add on, some people might say “theater is not a necessity in life”. So what? Theater just gets taken away, which is too heartbreaking to understand when it’s not within people’s grasps. Theater might not be an essential for survival, but the importance of this argument is that it can improve in the educational system. And isn’t that what it is all about?

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