They will be required to reflect carefully upon the drama through which they have worked, re-examine the focus of the work and be able to articulate clearly what it is they wish to communicate with their collective creation. The teacher's responsibility as director of the collective creation begins here. If the students commit themselves to performing their collective creation, their work must be rehearsed and polished whether the audience is to be another class of their peers, younger students, the whole student body, their parents, the entire community or a video camera. Their first collective creations may be as short as ten minutes in length. Either the teacher or students, who are keenly interested in directing, may function as director.
Reflection can take a variety of both public and personal forms.
Whole group discussion, tableaux, prepared improvisation, drawing, writing in role, journal writing and other strategies can tap into students' thinking about their work. Times for reflection should be structured into each drama and will be required spontaneously as the work unfolds. Reflection must also occur as a summative or final experience for each drama and, when one is developed, for each collective creation.