Dramatics - A Drama Resource for Primary Teachers
Authors: Hazel Edwards & Goldie Alexander
Publisher: Teaching Solutions
ISBN: 978-1-921454-27-1
A completely revised edition of The Primary Drama Resource Book, providing activities suitable for middle and upper primary students (years 3—6/7). Photocopiable.
- Includes choral scripts, multi-age 'buddy' scripts and community festivals
- Issues such as bullying
- Activities incorporate key learning areas, using drama for research
- Supports creative collaboration, team-building and negotiation
- Learning by doing
Activities include creating catchy titles, a short play, sample texts, dramatic hints, script writing, improvisation, adaptation of story to script, video and TV show ideas, mime dance and puppet scripts, eventing on- site, book and internet collaborations, and multimedia scripts.
Review
DRAMATICS
Reviewed by South African bookseller Audrey Hitchcock's newsletter 'Off the Shelf'
Sept 2009
Edwards, Hazel and Goldie Alexander (Teaching Solutions)
What a gem! Extensively researched, packed with excellent ideas, here is a treasure for making drama come alive in the classroom and on stage! In addition to the plays, there are hints on adaptation, improvisation and script writing among many other skills required to get the best out of performers.
From short quickies, to longer plays there is something for everyone- and especially for the teacher wishing to put drama into an exciting phase of education. 'The attraction of drama is that it is active; children move and learn by doing. Indirectly, they learn to work with others, to explore new areas and to enjoy new concepts.'