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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 learning process and insertion of the drama devices. There will be links to other readings making the process multi modal as much as possible.

I will be collecting information from many sources. My practise is very hands on with constant discussion with ideas written on the whiteboard by students. These are recorded via photography and uploaded onto the current slide deck where students can refer back to previous ideas and discussion making vocabulary ubiquitous. I will also be audio recording certain parts within the process so the quality of questions and responses of specific characters can be assessed for ongoing improvement. Constant reflection on the text or media used and the response of the class... as in, 'reading my audience' will allow me to tweak and get more of an idea as to what texts etc the students prefer, are richer in depth with themes aligning more appropriately with current learning and process drama. I will also be monitoring through observation and anecdotal notes. 

All of this information will be recorded on my Blog or digitally, ready for viewing and discussion when a conclusion of the outcome is to be drawn. 

A question that has been problematic school
is the 'Why' question. This being a question that reflects the end of all questioning... that of 'Reasoning.' 
This is part of the inferential and evaluative downfall... something I hope Process Drama and the discussions involved with character development, opinion, negotiation and differing perspective may support in the future.