Setting the Stage: Creative Drama in the Writing Classroom.

Sutton, Jan

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ERIC Number: EJ579157

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Publication Date: 1998

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Setting the Stage: Creative Drama in the Writing Classroom.

Sutton, Jan

Stage of the Art, v9 n7 p11-15 Spr 1998

Explores what creative drama is, why it should be included in the teaching of both expository and creative writing, and how language arts teachers can implement creative drama activities to increase student success in writing and to improve learning. Describes how using creative drama to enhance creative writing restores authority to students for solving their own problems. (CR)

Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Creative Activities, Creative Writing, Drama, Dramatic Play, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Activities, Problem Solving, Student Development, Writing Instruction

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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