Jumpstart! Drama

Games and Activities for Ages 5-11
2. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-138-48925-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 130 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 308 g

Reihe: Jumpstart

Jumpstart! Drama contains more than forty engaging, practical, easy-to-do and highly motivating drama activities which will appeal to busy primary teachers who wish to enliven their practice and make more use of drama in line throughout their teaching.

Suitable for use across a variety of subjects and for a wide range of learning styles, the book introduces teaching practitioners to a range of drama conventions and demonstrates how to use them in the primary classroom. Organised in five clear parts, this new edition of Jumpstart! Drama covers the following topics:

- The relationship and link between drama and literacy

- Analysing both fiction and non-fiction texts through drama conventions

- Exploring poetry through drama conventions

- Developing role play and learning through imaginary worlds

With all activities connected to well-known texts, this fully updated second edition now reflects picturebooks and novels published in the last five years, and is ideal for busy primary teachers who wish to encourage their pupils in drama using texts in a dramatic and motivating way.

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cremin, Teresa

Mcdonald, Roger

Longley, Emma

Blakemore, Louise

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Drama and Literacy Introduction The creative nature of drama Drama within the curriculum Drama and speaking and listening Drama and writing Drama and reading Leading drama in the school The drama conventions Chapter 2: Exploring story through drama conventions Thought tracking Ritual Group sculpture Role on the wall Role play Teacher in Role Decision alley Forum theatre Freeze frames Hot seating Improvisation Sound collage Chapter 3: Exploring poetry through drama conventions Drama and poetry for Key Stage 1 Drama and poetry for Key Stage 2 Chapter 4: Exploring non-fiction through drama conventions Drama and recounts Drama and explanation Drama and instruction Drama and persuasive texts Drama and reports Drama and discussion Chapter 5: Developing role play areas A lighthouse A space ship A café A circus A bakery The garden At the seaside An underwater scene A World War II air raid shelter A Victorian workhouse

Über Autor(innen)

Teresa Cremin is Professor of Education at the Open University, UK, and author of numerous bestselling books, including Learning to Teach in the Primary School and Storytelling in Early Childhood.

Roger McDonald is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Greenwich, Vice President of the United Kingdom Literacy Association and author of The Really Useful Drama Book and The Primary Teacher's Guide to Speaking and Listening.

Emma Longley is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Greenwich, a primary school governor and a deputy regional leader/achievement coach for an inclusion charity.

Louise Blakemore is an experienced class teacher, curriculum subject leader and leading literacy teacher across the South-East specialising in drama and the spoken voice.