imaginary object ask them to visualize the object and describe the
object using the five senses. The same is true if you are having
them participate on a guided imagery trip. Never ask them to
pretend. Words used by the creative drama teacher using guided
imagery technique should always encourage students to focus on the
visualization not on the pretense of the visualization. Word
suggestions should always be clear and deliberate.
3. As the exercise progresses the creative drama teacher must use
words suggesting the use of the five senses. The students should
be asked how they feel as they are moving through the imaginative
drama. They need to be asked what they see, smell, taste, touch
and hear all in relationship to what they are experiencing on the
guided imagery trip.
4. Debriefing--Discussion of the exercise should take place after
all creative drama exercises. Students need to be asked the
following in a non threatening way: How do you feel? What did
you see? What did you hear? What did you smell? What did you
taste? Every answer has merit. There is no right or wrong
answer-the debriefing is non judgmental. This type of debriefing
is done in order to encourage the student to take risks and to
build self esteem. After the students are asked to discuss and
share their visualization they will be asked to form a graphic
organizer of their own, by listing the five senses and their
feelings and writing down any items from the visualization that
relate to the senses. From the graphic organizer they will be
asked to write about their experience into a rough draft, then