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Which part of your drama techniques integrated story book activity went well and which part needs more improvement?  I honestly thought my group did not do too bad since it was only two of us and we were missing two other group members. The book we had was "The Paper Bag Princess" and I think it was honestly a really good book choice for this project. The book had multiple opportunities to use different drama techniques throughout the book. I think all of our techniques went well but there was two that needed little work. Narrative pantomime; it went well and would be easy enough for young students to follow but I can tell it needed a little more prep work before I read that page. Person in a mess is the other one and I think that's just because we got a little mixed up with another one and people did not interact as much as the other techniques. I think the best drama technique we used for the book was person in a hot seat; I acted as I was the princess and had the class...

 For week 12 I learned about creative drama and how it can be used in the classroom. In class we learned about the different drama techniques and how they can be used in the class; we also got a demonstration in class when Dr.Won read a book and used creative drama. I think 'person in a mess' is my favorite way to engage students because it is fun for the kinds and encourages them to use critical thinking or how to solve the problem.  I think using drama techniques as a teaching tool would be such a creative and cool way to engage the children. I think it gives kids a new way to learn, it can help them stay focus and may even help them remember what we are talking about during class.  Like I wrote right above I think it can affect children's learning in a positive way. I think this fun and different way of learning can keep students engaged longer and have them pay attention more. With students paying attention more I think this way of learning may help students retain in...