Teaching Literacy through Drama

Patrice Baldwin is an LEA Adviser for the Promotion of Arts in Schools., Kate Fleming is a Senior Lecturer in Drama and English education at the University of Brighton. Both authors are educational scriptwriters for the BBC.

• Part I Introduction 1. Drama and Imaginative Role Play 2. Drama as a Creative Teaching and Learning Medium 3. Drama and Literacy 4. Drama and Thinking Skills 5. Drama and ICT 6. Assessment in Drama 7. Drama Strategies and Conventions Part 2 Introduction Unit 1 - Queen of Hearts; Unit 2 - Katie Morag and the Two Grandmothers; Unit 3 - Voices in the Park; Unit 4 - The Last Wolf; Unit 5 - The Man Who Sold his Shadow; Unit 6 - Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters; Unit 7 - Theseus and the Minotaur; Unit 8 - The Lady of Shallot; Unit 9 - The Asrai; Unit 10 - Macbeth Part 3 - Literacy Support Sheets Introduction; Literacy Support Sheets 1 - 11

'This is a well thought-out book, covering all current aspects of the subject in great detail ... This book will be most useful for training purposes and inexperienced literacy coordinators who have been landed with the job of reintroducing drama to their primary school.' - Ruth Bamford, NATE'The richest section of the book is devoted to drama strategies and conventions. Clear, user-friendly guidelines take the teacher through a resource bank of lively tasks. These are supplemented by a set of practical units connecting the activities to a range of texts. The units are full of writing opportunities and there is a range of supporting material, including photocopiable pictures and activity sheets. If, like me, you need a bit of prompting to venture into the realms of drama, here's your prompt. Step out!' - Huw Thomas, Junior Education