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Author Cremin, Teresa

Title Jumpstart! Drama : Games and Activities for Ages 5-11
Edition 2nd ed
Published Milton : Routledge, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (131 pages)
Series Jumpstart Ser
Jumpstart Ser
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Drama and literacy; Introduction; The benefits of drama; The creative nature of drama; Drama and the curriculum; Drama, speaking and listening; Drama and writing; Drama and reading; Leading drama in the school; The drama conventions; 2 Exploring story through drama conventions; Thought tracking; Ritual; Group sculpture; Role on the wall; Role play; Teacher in role; Decision alley; Forum theatre; Freeze frame; Hot seating; Improvisation; Sound collage; 3 Exploring poetry through drama conventions; Drama and poetry for Key Stage 1
Drama and poetry for Key Stage 24 Exploring non-fiction through drama conventions; Drama and recounts; Drama and explanations; Drama and instructions; Drama and persuasion; Drama and reports; Drama and discussion; 5 Developing role play areas; A lighthouse; A spaceship; A café; A circus; A bakery; The garden; At the seaside; Under the sea; A World War II air raid shelter; A Victorian workhouse
Summary Jumpstart! Drama contains more than forty engaging, practical, easy-to-do and highly motivating drama activities which will appeal to busy primary teachers who wish to enliven their practice and make more use of drama in line throughout their teaching. Suitable for use across a variety of subjects and for a wide range of learning styles, the book introduces teaching practitioners to a range of drama conventions and demonstrates how to use them in the primary classroom. Organised in five clear parts, this new edition of Jumpstart! Drama covers the following topics: The relationship and link between drama and literacyAnalysing both fiction and non-fiction texts through drama conventionsExploring poetry through drama conventionsDeveloping role play and learning through imaginary worlds With all activities connected to well-known texts, this fully updated second edition now reflects picturebooks and novels published in the last five years, and is ideal for busy primary teachers who wish to encourage their pupils in drama using texts in a dramatic and motivating way
Notes Print version record
Subject Drama in education.
Education, Elementary -- Activity programs.
Language arts -- Correlation with content subjects.
Education, Primary -- Activity programs.
Drama.
Drama 5-11.
Emma Godd.
Jumpstart!.
Key Stage 1.
Learning.
Louise Blakemore.
Primary Drama.
Primary Teaching.
Roger McDonald.
Teaching.
Teresa Cremin.
Education, Primary -- Activity programs.
Drama in education.
Education, Elementary -- Activity programs.
Language arts -- Correlation with content subjects.
Form Electronic book
Author McDonald, Roger
Longley, Emma
Blakemore, Louise
ISBN 9781351038171
1351038176