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Description of workshop created by me aimed at developing ATL skills

Activity Description:

1st part

The activity will start by introducing a ball, which will be thrown in a random order between participants. If one receives the ball they would tell one thing that they are grateful for today (i.e. the day the workshop takes place). It does not necessarily should be an intimate thing, since it will be shared in front of all classmates. The thing can be connected to a person, event or come from one’s mind. For example, ‘I am grateful for my mindset today’, even though they might not know the provenance of this overall good state of mind. 

2nd part

If there will be enough time, the order will be reversed, and each person will have to recall what the colleague from whom they received the ball for the first time told.

Important

The host of the workshop will start in the 1st part and end the 2nd part. Emphasized ATL skills will be written on the board

ATL SKILLS Developed:

Throughout the exercise, numerous ATL skills are emphasized. The main groups of ATL Skills Include:

Self-management skills

Social skills

Communication skills

The specific ATL skills developed include:

Affective skills: Managing emotions, self-motivation and Thinking Positively - By saying the things we are grateful for, we get to know our positive emotions while applying a positive mindset and self-motivating ourselves

Collaboration skills: Listening to others - In the second part when participants will have to recall the previous person’s thought, they will have to use listening skills to remember it. It also develops focus and concentration.

Communication through interaction and language: using non-verbal communication to pass the ball and verbal to formulate the thing we are grateful for

ATL Skills illustrations:

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WHAT DID THEATRE LESSONS GIVE ME SO FAR?

Throughout the more than 2 months of attending the MYP5 theatre course, I have learned numerous essential skills and reflected on important values not only connected to theatre.

I developed ATL skills, such as

-building consensus

-focus & concentration

-non-verbal communication

-listening to others

-being mindful

-being positive



Moreover, I practiced social and emotional awareness and self-expression skills

Furthermore, we watched numerous works of art, such as “The Maker” Animation and “Don Kichot” play directed by mr. Igor Gorzkowski

All of this was aimed and helped to express yourself on the scene and interpret theatre, and it succeeded to do so

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Lesson 5

On this meeting, we had a conversation about the Don Kichot play directed by mr. Igor Gorzkowski.

https://teatrsoho.pl/spektakl/don-kichot/

We exchange various interesting thoughts on the play, such as the view that Don Kichot was mentally unstable and his existence is senseless.

However, another interesting perspective is that one’s happiness and purpose of life is an individual thing and we should not take others opinion into consideration when choosing the values we want to cultivate throughout our life.

Don Kichot

Don Kichot

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Lesson 4

On today’s lesson, we created a collaborative exhibition; and throughout its creation we developed numerous skills, such as communication without words - non-verbal communication, focus, concentration and building consensus.

It was all done by a set of exercises in a following order:

1) everyone sat in a circle, and on the table in the middle a large piece of paper was placed. Then, the task was for everyone to draw on the paper, creating a connected painting; however, it was done without any verbal communication. By that we were forced to build consensus, communicate non verbally and also concentrate on each others drawings. At the end, we had to agree on a title, which was also aimed at building consensus.

2)in the same circle, everybody was given a separate a4 sheet, started drawing; and after few seconds the papers were passed to the next person on the right, who would continue the drawing. This was continued until the circle closed.

3) now, only one big sheet was passed around and one could draw as long as they want, provided that they didn’t pick up the pen from the paper

Afterwards, all the artworks were placed on the floor and two teams had 7 seconds to arrange a pose representing a particular painting, and the other team had to guess it. The roles were switched each round:

At the end, a beautiful exhibition of the works of art was created on the wall:

All these activities, as mentioned in the beginning were aimed to develop concentration, non-verbal communication and building consensus skills. It was done by applying past experiences, and listening to others.

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”The maker“- review

“The maker” - a stop-motion animation directed by Christopher Kezelos, is a short, yet deep and thought-provoking video. It is available on YouTube - it is free for everyone who has access to internet - it supports making art accessible more widely. In addition to that, there is no dialogue in the video, therefore, language barrier problem is eliminated.

This animation forces the audience to reflect on the purpose of our existence, the repeating circle of life. The plot is single- threaded, the main character is a doll and he has a certain amount of time to live, shown by a hourglass. His main purpose is to create another doll which will prolong his species. The instruction to do so is contained in a book and the book is passed from the creator to the next generation. The video stands as a metaphor of life, which is short and it questions its sense and continuously carry on with it.

The animation was performed outstandingly well and the character’s design, and their placement in the frame make the viewer feel like they are in the world of the animation. The face expressions design was tremendous, and the lack of dialogue made their role even more important

What is also worth noticing is the incredible music, fitting the scenes perfectly, one time creating tension, and the other sublime atmosphere, even though there is only one song throughout the whole video.

Summing up, “The maker” is a terrific animation, with multiple possible interpretations and possible messages, meanings despite its shortness and lack of language usage. It is definitely worth seeing, as it does not even require moving from your desk.

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Lesson 2

On todays lesson, we did another set of exercises aimed to practice focus & concentration ATL skills and integrate.

1. First exercise was making up words connected to a certain theme, such as cities or living room, and passing them to the other person. Then, we did few other rounds and the circle mixed up, and each one had to remember the order of passing the words

2. Then a stick passed on in a different order was added to the previous exercise and the two tasks had to be performed simultaneously

3. The final activity was making associations from two completely different words by two people simultaneously the game ended when two people had the same association

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Lesson 1

On today’s class we conducted various exercises aimed at developing our mental awareness, well-being and developing ATL skills, such as

-concentration

-interpreting and using modes of non- verbal communication - communication skills

All of the exercises were performed in a circle, siting on chairs or standing

1. The first activity started by giving each member a sheet of paper, where one would write their name at the top.

Then, the papers were passed on to the left side, and each person would write one good thing about the person whose name was in the circle.

This cycle continued till all the sheets came back to their original owners, and everyone had numerous good, honest things written about theirselves.

The purpose of this exercise was to improve everyone’s self confidence and well-being and practice communication.

2. The second activity was performed in a standed position, and its purpose was to practice giving and interpreting non-verbal type of communication.

3.the third exercise was a discussion in a circle connecting both verbal and non verbal type of communication and it was a conclusion to the whole class.