The New Dramathemes

The New Dramathemes
Author: Larry Swartz
Publisher: Pembroke Publishers Limited
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2002
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1551381419

This remarkable book includes more than one hundred games and drama activities, all with a clear learning focus. The activities use themes as a springboard for easy drama through games, movement, tableau, role playing, improvisation, readers theatre, choral speaking, and much more. Teachers will find opportunities to explore literary genres that include the picture book, novel, rhyme, folktale, poem, script, and photograph. New drama structures look at relevant topics that range from personal narrative and the immigrant experience to bullying and building a community. This comprehensive approach to drama illustrates how teachers can reach each learner in the classroom.

Dramathemes, 4th Edition

Dramathemes, 4th Edition
Author: Swartz, Larry
Publisher: Pembroke Publishers Limited
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2014-09-19
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1551383004

In this totally revised 4th edition, Larry Swartz digs deeply into the riches of the past three books and considers the experiences of language arts teachers who have used all three versions for almost three decades. Full of engaging new ideas, the book includes many new sources and carefully chosen strategies for exploring challenging issues with students, including identity, poverty, diversity, bullying, and immigration. Literary sources are at the root of this amazing book, and encompass picture books, novels, poetry, scripts, and photographs. Compelling strategies throughout the book are designed to enrich interactive possibilities amongst learners in the language arts classroom. By reading, writing, and talking both in and out of role, students can develop and share their responses, stories, and ideas. A bestselling classroom resource for almost thirty years, Dramathemes is an ideal book for teachers who want to put drama into literacy programs, and literacy into drama programs.

The Cambridge Companion to George Bernard Shaw

The Cambridge Companion to George Bernard Shaw
Author: Christopher Innes
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 380
Release: 1998-09-24
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780521566339

This volume covers all aspects of Shaw's drama, focusing both on the political and theatrical context, while the illustrations showcase productions from the Shaw Festival in Canada.

Drama Themes, Schemes, and Dreams

Drama Themes, Schemes, and Dreams
Author: Larry Swartz
Publisher: Pembroke Publishers Limited
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2010
Genre: Active learning
ISBN: 1551387913

This book "offers a comprehensive outline of improvisation and interpretation strategies that teachers can incorporate in classroom instruction."--Page 4 of cover.

Indian English Drama: Themes and Techniques

Indian English Drama: Themes and Techniques
Author: Dipak Giri
Publisher: Vishwabharati Research Centre, Lature, Maharashtra, India
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2017-01-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9383109629

The book Indian English Drama: Themes & Techniques is a volume of research articles on contemporary Indian dramatists and their works starting from Rabindranath Tagore to nearly all present generation of dramatists like Girish Karnad, Vijay Tendulkar, Mahesh Dattani, Badal Sirkar, Habib Tanvir, Utpal Dutt, Mahasweta Devi, Usha Ganguli, Manjula Padmanabhan, Mahesh Elkunchwar and Manoj Mitra. The book will be helpful in giving critical insight to understand the art and vision of contemporary Indian dramatists both from thematic and technical points of view. The introductory chapter of the book is very resourceful to understand the growth and development of Indian English drama. Authors have presented their critical viewpoints on almost every aspect of dramatic arts, themes and techniques pertaining to Indian playwrights and their works. The book will give many ground breaking concepts and ideas on Indian English drama and is useful for both researchers and learners.

This Book Is Not about Drama...

This Book Is Not about Drama...
Author: Myra Barrs
Publisher: Pembroke Publishers Limited
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2012
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1551382695

" Part food for thought, part instruction manual, part stories and scripts to explore, and part encouragement to recharge, this practical book offers a comprehensive approach to using role play and discussion to build meaningful language experiences. It explores issues around storytelling, silent speech, writing, and imagination and shows teachers how to be effective observers and support the deeper meaning that comes from working inside and outside the text. This authoritative resource is full of simple strategies and texts that have been chosen for their ability to engage students, get them out of their chairs, and let them learn actively and socially. The strategies begin with simple games, and evolve into more complex learning opportunities. The model texts give teachers a great place to start, and anecdotes from real classrooms put them into context. These classroom glimpses illustrate the real power that students can bring to their learning as they share within groups and find ways to involve their audience."--Publisher.

How Drama Activates Learning

How Drama Activates Learning
Author: Michael Anderson
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2013-08-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1441194169

How Drama Activates Learning: Contemporary Research and Practice draws together leaders in drama education and applied theatre from across the globe, including authors from Europe, North America and Australasia. It explores how learning can be activated when drama pedagogies and philosophies are applied across diverse contexts and for varied purposes. The areas explored include: · history · literacy, oracy and listening · health and human relationships education · science · democracy, social justice and global citizenship education · bullying and conflict management · criticality · digital technologies · additional language learning Drawing on a range of theoretical perspectives, the contributors present case studies of drama and applied theatre work in school and community settings, providing rich descriptions of practice accompanied by detailed analysis underpinned by the theoretical perspectives of key thinkers from both within and beyond the field of drama.

Jacobean Drama

Jacobean Drama
Author: Pascale Aebischer
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2010-07-30
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1137066695

The plays of Shakespeare's contemporaries are increasingly popular thanks to a spate of recent stage and screen productions and to courses that set Shakespeare's plays in context. This Reader's Guide introduces students to the criticism and debates that are specific to the drama of playwrights such as Jonson, Middleton, Dekker and Webster. Pascale Aebischer explores recent critical developments in key areas including: - How the plays were staged and printed - Innovative editions of plays - How the plays represent and contest the dominant ideologies of the Jacobean period - Dramatic genres - The representation of the human body and of social, gender and race relations - Modern productions on stage and screen Featuring suggestions for further research and reading, and a filmography of commercially available film versions of non-Shakespearean drama, this is an invaluable resource for anyone with an interest in the diverse plays of the Jacobean age.

All New Dramathemes

All New Dramathemes
Author: Larry Swartz
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2006
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9781869683047

Provides the non-specialist with a flexible and practical guide to implementing drama in the classroom.