The Drama Book: Lesson Plans, Activities, and Scripts for the Classrooom

Title: The Drama Book: Lesson Plans, Activities, and Scripts for the Classrooom
Author: Alice Savage
Price: $31.99

This book has everything you need to start using plays and drama activities in the classroom. Even if you've never done drama before.

Drama is a powerful and versatile tool to teach a broad range of skills including verbal and nonverbal communication, oracy skills, pronunciation, pragmatics, and grammar. Give students effective fluency practice. Engage them in project-based learning.

Everything you need is inside this book, including:

Playing drama games to build community
Teaching pronunciation through drama
Performing monologues to practice communication skills
Organizing roleplays and improv
Exploring pragmatics through sketches and skits
Producing Reader's Theater performances and podcasts
Teaching vocabulary and grammar with scripts
Staging a one-act play production
Writing and workshopping a script
Introducing academic content with process drama
Assessing and giving feedback
And 10 original photocopiable scripts that let you put the lessons into practice immediately.

Written in a clear and concise style, Alice Savage carefully balances theory and practice, leading you through the steps of an activity and explaining the benefits. With a foreword by Ken Wilson, this book is a must-have for anyone who has any interest in doing drama for English learners or theater in the classroom at any level.

ISBN: 9781948492324
Publishing status: AU Other [indent]