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‘Drama’ strategies are great teaching tools that can easily become part of every teacher’s toolbox. 40+ ‘Drama’ Strategies to Deepen Whole Class Learning is a practical handbook for teachers of any subject. It can help teachers to confidently incorporate ‘drama’ strategies within their lessons. This book provides step-by-step instructions on setting up and effectively using strategies to make lessons more interactive, inclusive, engaging, enjoyable, and memorable, whilst acknowledging the benefits of each and demonstrating how they may be applied within different subjects.

Divided into two distinct parts, this essential guide unpacks topics including the following.

Applicable to both primary and secondary teaching, across all subjects in the curriculum, this book is an essential resource for any teacher looking to engage their pupils through incorporating ‘drama’ teaching and learning strategies within their lessons.

‘Drama’ strategies are great teaching tools that can easily become part of every teacher’s toolbox. 40+ ‘Drama’ Strategies to Deepen Whole Class Learning is a practical handbook for teachers of any subject. It can help teachers to confidently incorporate ‘drama’ strategies within their lessons. This book provides step-by-step instructions on setting up and effectively using strategies to make lessons more interactive, inclusive, engaging, enjoyable, and memorable, whilst acknowledging the benefits of each and demonstrating how they may be applied within different subjects.

Divided into two distinct parts, this essential guide unpacks topics including the following.

Applicable to both primary and secondary teaching, across all subjects in the curriculum, this book is an essential resource for any teacher looking to engage their pupils through incorporating ‘drama’ teaching and learning strategies within their lessons.

This book provides teachers of children at Key Stages 1 and 2 with a much-needed source of exciting and creative drama-based activities, designed to improve literacy. As useful for the drama novice as for the busy literacy co-ordinator, these flexible activities are designed to help teachers meet National Curriculum and National Literacy Strategy (NLS) requirements, particularly through speaking and listening.The book is divided into three parts:Part 1 looks at literacy and the power of drama as a ''brain-friendly'' medium for teaching and learning.Part 2 contains ten structured, practical units of work, each based on a different story, poem, play or traditional tale or rhyme and each linked directly to the requirements and objectives of the NLS and the QCA objectives for speaking and listening.Part 3 contains photocopiable Literacy Support Sheets for teachers to use and adapt for their own classroom needs.All units of work have been tried and tested by the authors, giving teachers a springboard from which to enhance and extend their literacy lessons, and engage the imagination of their pupils. The book is also the ideal resource for student teachers.

This book provides teachers of children at Key Stages 1 and 2 with a much-needed source of exciting and creative drama-based activities, designed to improve literacy. As useful for the drama novice as for the busy literacy co-ordinator, these flexible activities are designed to help teachers meet National Curriculum and National Literacy Strategy (NLS) requirements, particularly through speaking and listening.The book is divided into three parts:Part 1 looks at literacy and the power of drama as a ''brain-friendly'' medium for teaching and learning.Part 2 contains ten structured, practical units of work, each based on a different story, poem, play or traditional tale or rhyme and each linked directly to the requirements and objectives of the NLS and the QCA objectives for speaking and listening.Part 3 contains photocopiable Literacy Support Sheets for teachers to use and adapt for their own classroom needs.All units of work have been tried and tested by the authors, giving teachers a springboard from which to enhance and extend their literacy lessons, and engage the imagination of their pupils. The book is also the ideal resource for student teachers.

This book helps professionals to understand the importance and potential of drama for learning and offers step by step practical examples of how drama can work in schools across a range of curriculum subjects.

Drama motivates children and is a powerful way of building skills such as speaking and listening, enhancing children's self-esteem, and connecting learning creatively across the curriculum. The book presents information, advice and a range of practical material that helps to explain drama skills and strategies at an introductory level. It also contains a sample drama unit for each year group.

This book covers a wealth of topics, including:

- What do we mean by drama?

- Playing, players and plays

- Where is drama in the curriculum?

- Why is drama important ?

- Where and when can drama happen in schools?

- What is the role of the adult?

- How can we start drama?

- Agreeing a Drama Contract

- Introducing some basic drama strategies

- How to plan a drama lesson

- What happens if…. A section that gives short answers to common questions asked by those who are new to working with classes of children doing drama.

The book is ideal for primary NQTs and teaching assistants, as well as those more experienced teachers who are not yet confident using drama techniques and whole class drama.

Patrice Baldwin is Adviser for Arts Development and Improvement, with Norfolk County Council Children's Services and Chair of National Drama.

This book helps professionals to understand the importance and potential of drama for learning and offers step by step practical examples of how drama can work in schools across a range of curriculum subjects.

Drama motivates children and is a powerful way of building skills such as speaking and listening, enhancing children's self-esteem, and connecting learning creatively across the curriculum. The book presents information, advice and a range of practical material that helps to explain drama skills and strategies at an introductory level. It also contains a sample drama unit for each year group.

This book covers a wealth of topics, including:

- What do we mean by drama?

- Playing, players and plays

- Where is drama in the curriculum?

- Why is drama important ?

- Where and when can drama happen in schools?

- What is the role of the adult?

- How can we start drama?

- Agreeing a Drama Contract

- Introducing some basic drama strategies

- How to plan a drama lesson

- What happens if…. A section that gives short answers to common questions asked by those who are new to working with classes of children doing drama.

The book is ideal for primary NQTs and teaching assistants, as well as those more experienced teachers who are not yet confident using drama techniques and whole class drama.

Patrice Baldwin is Adviser for Arts Development and Improvement, with Norfolk County Council Children's Services and Chair of National Drama.