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Instructor, 1987
Ways to perk up language arts instruction include skits, choral readings, and full-length plays. Ideas for putting a show together, from making the curtain to having a cast party, are covered. Two readings, a skit, and a play are appended. (MT)
Descriptors: Dramatic Play, Dramatics, Elementary Education, Language Arts
Passage, Sef – Levende Talen, 1973
Concerns dramatic enactment of a skit involving three major characters-the mannequin, the pirate, and the mayor-its preparation and presentation. (DD)
Descriptors: Creative Development, Dramatic Play, Dramatics, Group Activities
Boland, Jan – Levende Talen, 1973
Descriptors: Dramatic Play, Dramatics, Language Arts, Pantomime
Kelner, Lenore Blank – 1993
This book consists of creative drama activities that introduce, review, and reinforce content material across the curriculum. Step-by-step procedural outlines and actual scripts are included. Chapter 1, "An Overview," presents a definition of creative drama, describes the benefits of using it in the classroom, and outlines suggestions and…
Descriptors: Creative Dramatics, Creative Thinking, Dramatic Play, Dramatics
Roundey, William G.; Wheeler, Frederick E. – 1971
This resource book is based on the premise that dramatic play, or creative dramatics, should be an integral part of the language arts curriculum and that the child himself is a principal resource for material. The first chapter presents a philosophy of creative dramatics based on what the experience can provide to a child. The second chapter…
Descriptors: Creative Dramatics, Dramatic Play, Dramatics, Early Childhood Education
Download full textSloyer, Shirlee – 1982
Comprehensive instructions for selecting, staging, directing, and evaluating a program of readers theatre is provided for teachers of the elementary school grades. A step-by-step guide using a wide variety of detailed examples is presented in the first section of the booklet. Various chapters in this section discuss (1) readers theatre's unique…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques
Taylor, A. L. – CITE Newsletter (Centre for Information on the Teaching of English), 1969
In an experiment designed to involve reluctant learners in a creative learning experience, a class of youngsters assumed the role of a Sahara Desert tribe and talked about their perplexity in finding a chair washed up on the beach. Using this incident as the focal point for a project, the teacher divided the children into small groups to compose…
Descriptors: Acting, Class Activities, Creative Activities, Creative Dramatics
HENRY, MABEL WRIGHT, ED. – 1967
IDEAS FOR THE CREATIVE USE OF ORAL LANGUAGE IN THE ELEMENTARY CLASSROOM ARE PRESENTED IN THIS SYMPOSIUM. PART 1, "THE NEED FOR CREATIVE EXPERIENCES IN ORAL LANGUAGE" BY M.W. HENRY, IS CONCERNED WITH THE INTERRELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CREATIVE ORAL LANGUAGE ACTIVITIES AND THE ACQUISITION OF READING AND WRITING SKILLS. PART 2, "CHORIC INTERPRETATION" BY…
Descriptors: Choral Speaking, Creative Activities, Creative Dramatics, Creative Expression
