Includes approaches to pantomime, improvisation, expanding a character, role playing, reader's theater, live stage, and script writing. (DD)

Discovers the lack of attention given to plays for young adults in most published booklists, and follows with a list of recent works for junior and senior high readers. (CRH)

Demonstrates the usefulness of readers theater in the literature class. (DD)

Suggests that slowing down the pace of reading instruction may help to make students lifetime readers. (DD)

Provides an annotated bibliography of sources that will help teachers select materials and structure activities in oral interpretation, readers theatre, improvisation, and creative speaking for the English classroom. (MM)