'13'

Thirteen weeks of drama class gave me better information on plaay,theatre or drama. Exposure is the best word to describe my experience. I know nothing much about theatre before, but now I am well informed.

Such a great thing, the art of the art - drama-. It is a very beautiful creative works. Creative mind who create and write such thing as drama. Imagination and briliant thought needed. I think now I fell in love with drama, play or theatre.

It is a great opportunity to be in this class, ' Teaching The Language of Drama'. Next semester, will be Theatre. I need to act somehow. I cannot wait for it..

Simulated Teaching - 'Ways to become better'

Presentation of the weakness and strength for our simulated teaching really gave me some idea. What would you do to become a good teacher? Your look? Your speech? or what?

In teaching, firstly a teacher must be one step ahead of the students. Do more research and reading. Search about what you are going to teach about. Deep understanding. Then, learns from the others. As you see your friends making mistake, if you spot a mistake, do learned from it, so that you won't do the same.

Well preparation is important. Do not do your preparation in the last minutes. well prepared gives you your self confidence. You may look confidence with your explanation and so on.

Do not forget to dress-up for your simulated teaching. It is a training for you to become a future teacher.

Check on your language. Your fluency, body language, eye contact and voice projection is important. Polish up your language.

Simulated Teaching (part III)

My own reflection:

It was the biggest mistake i made for my simulated teaching. I got only one chance to present, but I myself ruined it. I have learned my lesson now, at least this memory will always remind me to be more careful, detail and well prepared.

It is because I am not well prepared, last minute preparation cost me a lot. What a waste, I should prepare earlier next time. Hope soon I will become a better and better person as well as a better teacher one day.

I have learned mine, what did you learned from yours?

Simulated Teaching (part II)

Presentation Day:

I went to class, with my nervousness inside. My heart is pumping very fast...Oh my God...

I went to ask Miss Kastoory about my plan, what am I going to do and the activities. Unfortunately she said, 'you cannot used the whole text. You must have the extract, but we will see what do you have....' Ohh my..... I was like..urghhh.. I forgot about the extract, I thought if it is a short play, I can use the whole text for teaching. But I went wrong...

I was totally frustrated. Tired and mad of myself. not anyone else... When it ccomes to my turn to teach, I just walked in front and start my teaching session. I don not care much about anything else except my teaching. But seriously, I am not happy that day..it was all my fault, my biggest mistake. It may effect my marks..but at least I will never ever forgot about the extract. my bad, my bad.....

Simulated Teaching (part I)

Preparation:

what am I going to do...hmmm...aha!
I choose the play which I think nobody will expected it. I have learned a short play entittle 'The Ring'. It is about a troublesome boy Raj and a demon. A girl demon, as Raj says she is cute. Weird huh? Yup it is weird.

As for set induction, I choose a picture of a demon. I think it going to be alright, ask some questions about demon and so on. The activity is simple not so tough for my students. Searching for Raj and the demon , Lela characteristics, finding the textual evidence for several characteristics.

I hope I am going to be Okay, by the way honestly I am not well prepared.

King and King and King

Oedipus the King, one of the ancient play that I learned from Dr Edwin. Oedipus the king who at first kind of heroic character. Oedipus solve the riddle that save Thebes. But then he realized that he is a bad person where he killed his own father and then he married his own mother which is both he do not know about; the truth. How pathetic marrying your mother? Killing your father? It is so very bad.

Then, the next play i learned is King Lear. Lear throw out his own daughter because of Cordelia, cannot say in words how much she love her father, King Lear. Lear divided his power, to make himself less of burden. Lear show his irresposibility, divided his power, to make his life easy, and making a sudden decision towards her daughter. At last, Cordelia is the one who save and stay with Lear not the other two.

After this...what else? I mean another king? KING KONG maybe...haha..just joking..Why do Dr Edwin pick up dramas related to king? Most of them. Also in Swordfish Then The Concubine. Why....

'Theatre Live'

I never thought that I am going to watch any theatre, theatre in English to be specific. Before this, I have went for theatre twice, but both in Malay. I am force to or I have to watch theatre as one of my task for EDU 3217. It is compulsory. For the first time I heard about it, urrghh...its such a burden.

My friends fazzli, amir, kero, fahmi and I went to KLpac by motorcycle. For your information, we did not know where the KLpac is. All five of us search for the info on the internet, so we have the map to KLpac. But, the biggest problem is, we are not familiar with the area where KLpac is. We just try our best, until we reached at Sentul Timur LRT station.

We ask the taxi drivers there the way to KLpac, but unfortunately most of them did not know or never heard of KLpac. Only one 'uncle' know where is it.He took us there. Thank God, we arrived at KLpac just on time. The play just started.

My very first step inside the hall, I was impressed. This is not what I expected. I thought the stage will be larger, and the hall itself. But still, it is nice. There were 3 sided seating, where the audience can watch very close to the actors. It is not just it, there were only 2 actors on stage and just a simple sofa set and a table as the prop.

As the play moving from one scene to another, I felt so overwhelmed by the play. It was great. the actors voice projection was good, their expression and action, I was impressed. It was a great feeling until the end of it. 'Secret Love Life of Ophelia' the play entittled. I wish i will have another chance to watch theatre soon.