Setting the Scene

Who would have thought the expectation for a book review could be breached and creativity blossom. Asinate and Giselle went over and beyond the expectation of their book review to create a poem about Auggie, a young man with Treacher Collins Syndrome, from the book/movie 'Wonder.'  Todays lesson for me... never under estimate the power of compassion to drive creativity in our youth! So, I need to reconsider my Book Review expectations... the learners teaching the old learner! 

Can development of my students Inferential and Evaluative comprehension skills by integrating Process Drama into the Reading Program improve their Critical Literacy and consequentially their Reading Age? The key question for my Inquiry! For the design and development of a program in response to this question I knew I needed to include both fiction and non fiction, books, articles, short movies/animations... any kind of media I could find that was appropriate and also engaging. Text that could be developed further and had strong themes running through them.  The text/media also needs to support the insertion of process drama throughout creating a link that flows appropriately building understanding of the character, plot and differing perspectives. Alternatively, for non fiction, using dramatic inquiry based tools such as 'Mantle of the Expert.'  Implementation of my change in practise will be noted within each presentation where the text/media will be available alongside the l...