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ON YOUR FEET!Action Strategies
to Engage Students.
By: Sherry Bielenberg
and Laurie Lamb
Remsen Union Schools
Starting the Fire: Motivating Readers
• Getting students ready to make life connections to the material
• Start the fire by bringing story concepts to life
• Students need to be able to put themselves into the story as a character or observer
ENACTMENT
…creating situations in which we “imagine to learn”
*Not theatre, do not require props, do not require stages,
do not require rehearsals, do not require acting skills.
The Benefits
of Enactment Strategies
Enactments Make Reading a Transformative
Experience
Enactments Can Be Used Flexibly
Enactments Assist Students Before, During,
and After
Reading
Enactments Harness the Power of the Social Nature
of Learning
Enactments Invite Students to Think and
Imagine
Enactments Are Motivating
Enactments Help Students Achieve a State of “Flow”
Let’s do one!Introduction of rivalry as a
theme…
How’d we do?
1. Praise, Question, Polish2. What? So What? Now
what?3. Personal Contributions
Chapter 1
Show Me, Help Me, Let Me: Assisting Readers to Higher Levels of Comprehension
Chapter 1• Set ground rules. • Find roles for everyone(observer,
witness, reporter, recorder)• Play is the most natural for of
learning. In play the student is always a head taller than himself (Vygotsky, 1978).
• Facilitate learning by engaging in a role. (Include Yourself)
Chapter 2
Making the Connection: Enactments to Use Before
Reading
Chapter 2
• Framing the Enactment– Where are you going?– What do you want students to learn?– Where do you want student to end
up?– How are you going to get them there?
FrontloadingBuilding Prior Knowledge
• Trigger Letters• Response to pictures• Precious objects• Presents• Story about an
object• Maps• Value cards• Fate Cards• Manifesto/Creed
• Character Quotations• Tea Party• Wishing/bestowing/
bequeathing• Oath taking• Gauntlets• Rumors/gossip
predictions• Simulations
Chapter 3
Getting in Role: Reading and Learning from
Various Points of View
Role Player “Gut Check” What is my role? With whom am I role playing? What problem or tension are we involved in? What do I know from the text/s we’ve read that will
inform how I will respond during the role play? What do we need to achieve and be able to report
out on? Will I start the role play? If so, how will I get it
started? How will I prompt or help my partner if he or she
has trouble getting started?
Role Play Ideas• Telegram/Cell phone message• Illustrator/Photographer• Questioning Reporters/Police• Detective/ Accountant• Problem Solving: Dear Abby/Commentator• Predicting: Fortune-Teller/ Prophet• Analyzing: Expert Analyst• Digging Deeper: Drama Diva• Stranger in a role• Character Walks• Freeze and Go
Chapter 4
Sitting in the Hotseat: Deepening Understanding of
Characters and Concepts
Benefits of Hotseating
• Helps students get to know characters deeply or understand differing perspectives on issues.
• Aids inferential and analytical thinking• Allows exploration of real issues and
allows safety of being a role• Offers opportunities to work on public
speaking, interviewing, questioning, and other discussion skills
Helpful Hotseat
• Use a planning guide for student to generate question (QAR)
• Model• Use whole group as lifeline or brain
(student in the hotseat may consult the brain)
•Reflect Don’t Correct
Hot Seat Ideas
• Character• Author• Real life figure• A group representative• An idea(democracy)• A force(electrical
charge)• Math concept( density)• Inner Self
• Voice from the past (Ghosts, whisper, prequels)
• Good Angel/Bad Angel (Groups of Angels)
• Tunnel of Advice• Response Montage• Inside/Outside• Mantle of the Stranger
Chapter 5
Mantle of the Expert: Learning to Read Deeply Enough to Gain Expertise
*To wear the mantle (the cloak) of another, to step into another’s
shoes.
Mantle of the Expert Notes
• Ideal for Non-Fiction• Gaining, applying, using, and
sharing knowledge• Infuses facts with feelings• Use specific kinds of knowledge
and jargon the in role/topic specific
Mantle of the Expert Ideas• Filmmaker/producer• Historian• Economists• Meteorologists• Police officer• Guidance Counselor• Psychologist• Biologist/Naturalist• Parent• Teen• Family member• Tribal leader• MTV Video Producer• Museum Designer
• Picture Analysis• Health official• Researcher• Theme Park Designer• Travel Agent• Doctor/nurse• Lawyer• Archaeologist• Reporter• Project manager• Engineer• Children• Website/PPT designer• Judge
Chapter 6
Tableaux: Visualizing Meaning Through
Image and Gesture
Tableaux Definition
• Makes use of body/bodies in a frozen scene that captures physical, psychological, or emotional relationships.
• Can be done through drawings, collages, and fine art media
• Use for vocabulary, mental models, or theme or ideas
Tableaux Ideas/Examples
• A statue• Flag at half
mast• Thumbs up• Clutched fist• Peace sign• Story boards• Missing Scene• Multiple ending
• Comic strip• Slide show• Picture book• Sequel• After the show• Talking Portrait• Tapping in• Machine
Chapter 7
Reenactments and Interventions:
Playing to Deepen Understanding of How Texts
Work
Reenactment Ideas
• Telling tales• Guided imagery• Mime• Scene writing• Our Town• Analogy• Mental Modeling
• Pre-enactments• Video Newscast• Headlining/Lead
Writing• Magic Schoolbus• Forums• A Day in the Life• Dance/Movement
Intervention Ideas
• Recasting/Reframing• What if?• Interrupted Action• slow motion• fast forward• Alternate endings• Intensifier• Temptations/Tension
• Two-sided story• Game Show• The Rest of the Story• Tunnel of Time• Third Rock from the
Sun• Past/Present/Future• MTV Videos• Debates/Trials
Chapter 8
Writing in Role: Radio Shows, Voice Collage, Memory Circles, and Other Correspondence Activities
Role Writing Ideas• Phone call/phone tree• Brochures• Political platform• Protest Manifestos• Songs/anthems/Videos• Horoscopes• Movie Casting• Play by play• Magazine Profile/Personals
• Secret messages• Myth/legend
• Formal letter• Business letter• Informal letter• Thank-you letter• Letter of Complaint• Postcard• Advertisement• PSA• Memorandum• Business Contract• Invitation
Chapter 9
Discussion Dramas: Rehearsing and Developing Our
Thinking
Notes• Real Talk• Defending your
position• Using what you
learned• Listening to others• Trying things out• Considering• Trial and Error• It’s NOT “Guess what
the teacher already knows”
Discussion Drama Ideas• Pose a Provocative
Question• Invite Brainstorming• Students choose role• Frame the enactment• Play radio host• Challenge callers• Choral Montage
(Intro w/note exchange)
• Voice Collage• Stimulating
statements
• Fold overs/match ups• Continuum Plus• TV coverage• Talk show• Quiz show• Trading rumors• Memory circle• Walkarounds• Forum• Guided Imagery• Four Corners
The Benefits
of Enactment Strategies
Enactments Make Reading a Transformative
Experience
Enactments Can Be Used Flexibly
Enactments Assist Students Before, During,
and After
Reading
Enactments Harness the Power of the Social
Nature of Learning
Enactments Invite Students to Think and
Imagine
Enactments Are Motivating
Enactments Help Students Achieve a State of “Flow”
Action Strategies for Deepening
Comprehension
Dr. Jeffrey WilhelmScholastic ISBN: 0-439-21857-8