o Formal Plays

o Pageants

o Tableau

o Pantomime

o Puppets

o Types of Puppets

o Principle in Choosing

If our teaching is dramatic, we can catch the

attention and the heart of the learner. They

become affected and will leave an impact to

them.

All dramatization is essentially a process

of communication, in which both

participant and spectators are engaged.

A creative interaction takes place, a

sharing of ideas.

-Edgar Dale

- depict life, character, or culture or a

combination of all three.

- are usually community dramas that are

based on logical history, presented by local

actors.

-- A tableau (a French word which

means picture) is a picture-like scene

composed of people against abackground.

- A pantomime is the “art of conveying a

story through bodily movements only”

- flat black silhouette made from lightweight

cardboard and shown behind a screen.

- flat cut out figures tacked to a stick, with

one more movable parts, and operated by

slender sticks.

- the puppet’s head is operated by the

forefinger of the puppeteer, the thumb being

used to animate the puppet hands.

- make use of old gloves to which small

costumed figure attached.

- flexible, jointed puppets operated by strings or

wires attached to a cross bar and maneuverer

from directly above the stage.

• Do not use puppets for plays that can be one just

as well or better by other dramatic means.

• Puppet plays must be based on action rather than

on words.

• Keep the plays short.

• Do not omit the possibilities of music and dancing

as part of the puppet show.

• Adapt the puppet show to the age, background,

and tastes of the students.

Is an unrehearsed, unprepared and

spontaneous dramatization of a “let’s

pretend” situation where assigned

participants are absorbed by their own roles

in the situation described by the teachers.