Improv…with Drama
Posted on May 11, 2010 - 08:41 PM by Tim Curley in ImprovEducation
As we all know, one of the casualties of a standards-based curriculum, where THE TEST is the driving force, is the loss of teaching the arts. Performing arts are particularly hard hit. At El Verano School, we are doing what we can to lessen the hit that drama classes have taken.
For the past ten years or so, I have been putting on a stage show with the assistance and collaboration of my colleague, Craig Madison. We have not always had the same grade level, in fact, this year he teaches third grade to my fourth grade. But we still get our kids together and put on a show.
The fact that we put on a play is nice, perhaps even astonishing considering how many students are involved, but I...
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