1. DRAMATIZED EXPERIENCES

2. TABLE OF CONTENTS
 Formal Plays
 Pageants
 Tableau
 Pantomime
 Puppets
 Role-playing

3. WHAT IS DRAMATIZED EXPERIENCES?
 By dramatization, we can participate in a
reconstructed experience, even though the original
event is far removed from us in time. We relive the
outbreak of the Philippine revolution by acting out
the role of characters in a drama.
 A process of communication in which both
participant and spectators are engaged.

4. DRAMATIZED EXPERIENCES
 Dramatized experiences can range
from the formal plays, pageants,
to less formal tableau, pantomime,
puppets and role-playing.

5. FORMAL PLAYS
 Plays depict life, character, or culture
or combination of all three. They offer
excellent opportunities to portray
vividly important ideas about life.

6. PAGEANTS
 Pageants are usually community
dramas that are based on local
history, presented by local actors.
An example is a historical pageant
that traces the growth of a school.

7. TABLEAU
 A tableau a French word which means
picture is a picture-like scene composed of
people against a background. A tableau is
often used to celebrate Independence Day,
Christmas, and United Nations Day.

8. PANTOMIME
 A pantomime is the “art of conveying
a story through bodily movements
only”. Its effect on the audience
depends on the movements of the
actors.

9. PUPPETS
 Unlike the regular stage play, can
present ideas with extreme simplicity
– without elaborate scenery or
costume- yet effectively.

10. TYPES OF PUPPETS
 Shadow Puppets – flat black silhouette made from
lightweight cardboard and shown behind a screen.
 Rod Puppets – flat out cut figures tacked to a stick,
with one or more movable parts, and operated from
below the stage level by wire rods or slender sticks.
 Hand Puppets – the puppet’s head is operated by
the forefinger of the puppeteer, the little finger and
thumb being used to animate the puppet hands.
 Glove-and-finger Puppets – make use of old gloves
to which small costumed figure are attached.
 Marionettes – flexible, jointed puppets operated by
strings or wires attached to a cross bar and
maneuvered from directly above the stage.

11. ROLE-PLAYING
 Role-playing is an unrehearsed,
unprepared and spontaneous
dramatization of a “let’s pretend” situation
where assigned participants are
absorbed by their own roles in the
situation described by the teachers.

12. CONCLUSIONS
 Some forms of dramatic experiences are play,
pageant, pantomime, tableau, puppets and role-
playing. The last four are the most commonly used
in the classroom due to their simplicity and
practicality. Role-playing is highly effective for
lessons in the affective domain. If we want result,
we cannot afford to ignore the guiding principles
given by experts on the use of puppets and role-
playing.

13. QUESTIONS
 How did you, as actors, feel?
Would you act/think that way in real life?
 Any lesson learned?

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