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Ed Gonsalves

Knowledge of Praxis (Theory & Action as Dialectic Sense Making

!"o#r Skit Perfor$ance% Design & Assess$ent #'ric

otes for Tea$ Skit Design)

Design

Skit writing* which $irrors real life sit#ations* and conversation and will hel+ yo#r +eers'eco$e knowledgea'le of the week,s to+ic 'y learning in ways that lead to integrated#nderstanding

Tea$ -riting and Perfor$ing yo#r skit involves reading acade$ic +a+ers on the the$eof the week and integrating that into $irrors of real life. the skit/

egotiate the $eanings* gra$$ar r#les* ex+ressions* and c#lt#ral iss#es with yo#ra#dience 'y asking the$ to share what the learn after 0T 'efore yo#r +erfor$ance/

1o$$#nicate with yo#r +eers and change their ass#$+tions2

evise others, writing and 'e revised 3 the chance to t#rn and acade$ic +a+er or towinto a $ini.skits

1o$+are with others, writings

"o# decide what to learn and test if it is i$+ortant to yo#r +eers

Benefits

Skits are #sed 'y yo# to 'ring acade$ic reading & literat#re to life for yo#r +eers/ 4t is$ore dyna$ic than si$+le text and hel+s the vis#al learners as well as recycles newvoca'#lary/ -hile skits do have a characteristic of recreation* the f#n as+ect sho#ld not

'e #nder.esti$ated/ -hen yo# are en5oying an activity* yo# are learning and letting yo#rg#ard down/ The shyness and fear of #sing English very often 'locks learning/ -henyo# are s#'$erged in an active f#n activity* yo# are $ore o+en to new conce+ts andlearning will occ#r/ -hen yo# are having f#n* yo# let yo#r second lang#age g#ard downand 'eco$e less inhi'ited/ "o# will tend to relax and sto+ 'locking o#t the conce+ts ofthe $od#le/ "o# will forget how hard it is and start a'sor'ing the ideas +resented/1hanging yo#r +erce+tion of the s#'5ect and learning fro$ a negative to a +ositive is ah#ge +l#s for yo#r learning +rocess/

A good exa$+le of the attri'#tes of skits 'eing #sed o#tside the classroo$ is the ga$eof theatre s+orts/ Starting o#t in 6oose Moose Theatre 1o$+any in 1algary* 1anada(7ohnstone*8999/ These activities have grown to 'eco$e an international endeavo#r*taken #+ 'y +ractitioners the world over* which involves the a#dience as $#ch as theactors in creating a very s+ontaneo#s event/ Theatre s+orts de$onstrates how +owerf#la $otivating force role.+laying can 'eco$e for yo# as the actor* learning* as well yo#rlearning a#dience/ There are +resently tea$s in $any different co#ntries #sing differentactivities who +#t on an #nrehearsed skit for co#ntless s+ectators and the a++eal is onlygrowing/

The Human Condition-hen yo# think a'o#t it* yo#r skit is a $ethod to reveal as+ects of the h#$an condition*life is nothing $ore than a grand series of i$+rovisations (Price 89:;/ Thro#gh yo#r

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acting and +erfor$ance* yo# 'egin to reali