Diane Ankenmann's List: drama games & references

• Acting, however, is just the conduit. The 75 students here are learning about focus, confidence, empathy, listening, trust.
• They are walking hormones. Walking drama. I say, ‘Don’t save your drama for your mama.
• they become more open with their body and more willing to take a risk. They are not afraid of failing.
• “Drama club inspires me not to hold back.
• Kayla Castor, 12,
• “The students gain awareness and how to perform or do public speaking or how to carry themselves in a public manner,” says Diaz, the assistant principal. “They have to be in front of people and that gets rid of that shyness. A lot of these skills are transferable when they go on job interviews or speak to their class for oral presentations.
• this is important as it builds the whole person.
• “Things like focus, concentration, physical awareness, critical thinking, how you are carrying yourself, what you are displaying. They can sculpt the kind of person they want to be.”

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• Volume - Can I hear you from the back of the room? Do you remain consistent in your volume throughout your presentation?
• Stance – Are you doing the “Middle School Rock”?  The “8th Grader Hip Lean”?
• Emphasis
• Do you have have passion in your voice?  Are there too many ums or uhs? 
• Eye Contact
• Do you connect with your audience or are you looking for the words to be found on the ceiling or floor?
• Content 
• How is the actual quality of your writing? 
• How deep was the content? 
• Visuals –
• Are the words highlighting main points or have you just cut and pasted paragraphs onto slides?
• Do the visuals help enhance the text?

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