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Ratliff, Gerald Lee – Secondary School Theatre Journal, 1980
Describes the use of Bertolt Brecht's theories regarding literature and performance. Details the selected use of Reader's Theatre techniques in analyzing and staging literature in the secondary classroom environment. (JMF)
Descriptors: Acting, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Creative Dramatics
Download full textRatliff, Gerald Lee – 2000
One of the primary principles of Readers Theater is to "dramatize" literature in classroom performance and to provide a visual and oral stimulus to students who are unaccustomed to using imagination to appreciate literary texts. Readers Theater may be used to enhance the critical study of language; to explore author meaning or point of view; to…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Higher Education, Introductory Courses
