Classroom drama is now a widespread component of the language arts. Yet there has not been an overall analysis of theory, practice, and assessment until the publication of this book by Gavin Bolton.

In Acting It Out, you’ll discover how to use drama in your ELA and social studies classrooms to boost student participation and foster critical thinking. With years of experience supervising arts integration programs in Chicago Public Schools, authors Juliet Hart, Mark Onuscheck, and Mary T. Christel offer practical advice for teachers in middle and high schools. Inside, you’ll find... Group activities to improve concentration, harness focus, and engage students of all abilities and learning styles in teamwork Close reading exercises that encourage students to think critically and build personal relationships with the text Strategies for integrating active approaches to dramatic literature, such as improvisation and scene work Ideas for using dramatic literature as a springboard for studying history and interdisciplinary studies Annotated reading lists that highlight each play’s content and recommended uses in ELA or social studies Throughout the book, you’ll also find handy tools such as reflection questions, handouts, and rubrics. By implementing the strategies in this book and allowing students to step into different roles from a text, you’ll improve reading comprehension and energize your classroom!

Packed full of drama games, ideas and suggestions, Drama Menu is a unique new resource for drama teachers.

Acting Right is the leading work on using drama to teach behavior. This step-by-step approach integrates engaging aspects of drama with effective elements of classroom management to empower students to take ownership of and be responsible for their own behavior. Used in classrooms across the country, these strategies help create the behavioral literacy necessary for students to concentrate, cooperate, collaborate and establish a sense of calm, focus, and balance in the classroom. Sean Layne is the founder of Focus 5, Inc., an arts education consulting company providing professional learning opportunities to schools, school districts, performing arts centers, arts organizations, and museums around the country. Sean has worked in the field of arts integration for 30 years. He is a national teaching artist for The John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington, DC. He designs arts integration training seminars for teaching artists for The Kennedy Center and is also a course leader and arts coach for their Changing Education Through the Arts program. For over a decade Sean was a professional actor as well as a Master Artist for the Wolf Trap Institute Early Learning Through the Arts program.

Explores Dorothy Heathcote's approach to the use of drama to teach across the curriculum.

Body movement, gesture, voice and interaction are all essential parts of this large selection of games and exercises. Within its twelve chapters are games for getting acquainted, over forty games on how to warm up the actor's tools, and over one hundred games and exercises for improvisation and public speaking. Also included are over seventy monologues and poems for dramatic presentation together with over ten plays and scenes. This total drama book tells about how to assess dramatic performances and covers all drama terms and the essentials about a career in theatre. Each unit can stand alone. Enough resource material for several semesters of study. A must resource book for every drama library.