How can readers’ theatre be used in the classroom? Identify the syllabus outcomes targeted for your enactment. Readers’ theatre is a minimalist style of drama‚ in which actors use their facial expressions‚ body language‚ movement‚ and vocal expression to convey a story‚ rather than the traditional sets and costumes. The style has been praised for its ability to give life to written text‚ giving audiences a renewed understanding of literature. Readers’ theatre is a suitable activity for use within
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Professor Boniecki English H102 30 January 2013 Reader Response Paper #1: After reading all of the assigned poetry and having sincerely vivid images accompany almost all of them‚ I settled on “Dawn” by James Laughlin for my first writing assignment. Hearing the writer’s disheveled thoughts‚ spilling out and changing lanes without signaling‚ reminds me of my father who up until recently I was very close to. Thomas [Last Name] is an older man at seventy-five whose thoughts and memory
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In the story "War" by Timothy Findley‚ it is evident to the reader that the title is not actually talking about the war that is in the story but is talking about a different type of war. In the story the reader learns that the war that is being referred to is the war between Neil and his father. Neil is going though a tough time because his father is joining the army and this is hard for him to understand. Throughout the story the reader is trying to find out what the title really mean and it becomes
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Reader Response- “Streetcar Named Desire” Stella Kowalski is one of the main characters in the Tennessee William’s‚ “ A Streetcar Named Desire”. She is presented as a woman who has an older sister Blanch and a husband named Stanley. She is often overlooked in the play because of her husband Stanley and her sister Blanche are much more dynamic. However‚ Stella plays an important role that without her‚ Stanley and Blanche who are considered‚ as two major characters of the play throughout the story
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For 20 years‚ I carried the guilt and shame of aborting a child at the age of thirteen. I was not aware that this decision would alter the course of my life forever. One morning‚ I cried “Father forgive me” for killing your child. I asked for forgiveness for many years‚ but this time was different. I felt God’s presence confirming that I had been forgiven and it was time to forgive myself. Since that day of redemption‚ I have been a licensed foster parent. For the past 3 years I have
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Record your initial thoughts (briefly) to the following question (Thoughts): What characteristics might Mrs. Doris and Ms. Chandler look for in a reading approach? What types of activities can she use to increase her students’ reading skills? How can Mrs. Doris and Ms. Chandler implement these activities? Some characteristics to look for in a reading approach are engaging strategies for low‚ middle‚ and high achieving students that provide meaningful experiences and develop literacy skills
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ideas of the Vietnam War. The novel presents how many dealt with tragic and alarming conditions during harsh times. Men had choices wether or not they wanted to join the war‚ fled the country‚ or stay in Vietnam once arriving. Guilt played a mind game with all of these choices. The fear of being killed and watching someone be killed was horrendous. Through different stories‚ events‚ and mental images of what Vietnam War was like‚ O’Brien expresses how guilt plays a roll on the decisions made. “On the
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Readers Response #1 The short story‚ “The Veldt”‚ written by Ray Bradbury‚ is one of the literatures that talks about the effects of technology in a negative point of view. The story is introduced in a futuristic setting‚ a sound-proofed Happylife Home‚ where the Hadley family lives with the advanced technology. The machines are capable of fulfilling all the family’s needs and desires such as cleaning‚ clothing‚ feeding‚ and even rocking them to sleep. In the beginning‚ the technology
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approaches to be considered here are these: moral/intellectual; topi cal/historical; New Critical/formalist; structuralist; feminist; economic determin ist/Marxist; psychological/psychoanalytic; archetypal/symbolic/mythic; Deconstruc tionist; and Reader-Response. A number of critical theories or approaches for understanding and interpret ing literature are available to critics and students alike. Many of these have been developed during the twentieth century to create a discipline of literary
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about how biological aggression in males contributes to most crimes being committed by males. She explains that in Europe and America for every robbery
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