Question About Actors

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1. Kristy J.

   August 14, 2018 at 1:42 pm

   What do you do in the opposite situation? I have a class that has already been used to stories. Before, I would put the jobs up on the board that we needed for the day, and students could sign up. I had students get upset because they weren’t getting to be the actors and others were. So in my situation, I think I will have multiple students wanting the role of actor. How have you handled it if more than 1 student gets up to take on the actor role?

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2. Ben Slavic

   August 14, 2018 at 10:15 pm

   Kristy’s question:
   …how have you handled it if more than 1 student gets up to take on the actor role?…
   My response:
   I just choose one. I base my decision on:
   (1) if the kid wants to act just to get attention, they are out.
   (2) if a kid has done a lot of acting that year, they are out.
   (3) if the kid has contributed positively to the story, either as creator of the character, positive co-creator of the story, etc., they are in.
   (4) any shy or quiet kid who unexpectedly wants to act, they are automatically in.
   So if two kids get up at the same time, it is my decision right in that moment to pick the one whom I think will help us build the best story. Simple. And I don’t have to explain why. That’s why I’m the teacher.

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