‘Tableau’ is a drama strategy.
How do you do it?
Students create a scene from a painting, a book, a movie, real life, ANYWHERE! They do this by choosing a scene, choosing a role and acting it out.
They freeze the action in the scene at a point in time- altogether.
They then explore, through questionning, the feelings, actions and thoughts of the character they are depicting. This helps students understand character traits, why characters behave the way the do and empathy. It helps develop vocabulary and narrative skills for Writing.
It’s just great fun too!
Have a look at Stage 2 participating in ‘Tableau’ by clicking on the link at the top of the page.