This document discusses using drama and role plays to make English classes more dynamic and motivate students. It proposes using short dramas or role plays focused on values, stories, science, or other topics to give students opportunities to use English in a pragmatic way. Sample lesson plans are provided, such as a role play of the rhyme "Coffee and Tea" to practice vocabulary through games, memorization, and performance. The conclusion states that drama in the classroom encourages communication and using English in different simulated situations.

1. TEACHERS:
RONALD PRADO OLIVO
CAROL MORELA MIRANDA
GimNaSiO dEl NoRtE
Valledupar
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3. Early Immersion Program
It involves instruction in different areas.
They are approached in English.
Strong emphasis on the content.
It aims to develop not only language skills but
also thinking and social skills through the use
of the English in context.
FIRST QUESTION: What is the best strategy to
apply so that our classes can be more dynamic
and the students can be more motivated?

6.  Real communication involves ideas, emotions,
feelings, appropriateness and adaptability.
 The conventional English class hardly gives the
learners an opportunity to use language in this
manner and develop fluency in it.
 So, as Wilga Rivers (1983) states, "the drama
approach enables learners to use what they are
learning with pragmatic intent, something that is
most difficult to learn through explanation.“
 We want our students to get an opportunity to
use the language in operation.

8.  General Objective:
To teach English through drama/role plays as an
attractive alternative for our students to:
1. Develop their skills in communication.
2. Use what they are learning with pragmatic
intent in a context for listening and meaningful
language production.
3. Gain the confidence of using the language
embedded in a context and a situation, in and
outside the class.

10. We asked for permission to work on this
project.

11. We prepared the following activities:
1. Humpty Dumpty – Values Program –
Obedience.
2. The Lion and the Mouse – Reading
and Writing – Actions.
3. It’s raining, it’s pouring – Science –
The states of water.
4. Coffee and Tea – Language Arts –
Food.

12.  We came up with an informal lesson plan for
each activity. e. g.
ROLE PLAY: “COFFEE AND TEA”
1. Warming up: ωVideo about the story. ωGame
about identifying the names of the characters in
the story.
2. Presentation: ωThe rhyme through pictures.
3. Practice: ωMemorization of the characters’
speech through a game: “Who wants to be…”
4. Wrapping up: Role Play presentation.

14. Drama used in the classroom can be considered
a communicative activity since it fosters
communication between learners and
provides opportunities to use the target
language in various 'make believe' situations.