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Drama lessons for the primary school year : calendar based learning activities / John Doona.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Routledge, 2012Description: xxix, 217 pages ; 30 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0415681375
  • 9780415681377
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 371.399 23
LOC classification:
  • PN3171 .D66 2012
Contents:
The Schemes. Autumn Term. September: New beginnings: The wolf's teeth ; The Great Fire of London ; World Peace Day: Kensuke's Kingdom -- October: World Space Week: Yuri and the aliens ; World Food Day: The global garden ; Halloween: The Pendle witches ; Artists' Day: The world of Escher -- November: Bonfire Night: Guy Fawkes ; Remembrance Day: Harry Patch ; Anti-Bullying Week: Case study Cinderella -- December: Midwinter Lights: Multicultural celebrations ; A Christmas Carol -- Spring term. January: Antarctica Day: Captain Scott ; Holocaust Memorial Day -- February: Chinese New Year ; World Day of Social Justice: The Rainbow Fish -- March: World Water Day -- April: World Circus Day: Horace Morris ; World Book Day: Tick Tock Spock -- Summer term. May: VE Day, World War II: Evacuees ; Children's Mental Health Awareness Day: The Suitcase Kid -- June: Olympic Day: Ancient Greece ; World Refugee Day: Earthquakes -- July: Creativity Day: Alice in Wonderland ; Mandela Day: A South African Story.
Summary: "Looking to engage, enthral and educate your pupils in timely and topical drama- based activities? In need of dynamic and inventive cross-curricular exercises for single lessons, extended units or school assemblies? From the September blues of change, through Great Fires, Guy Fawkes, Antarctic penguins, Rainbow Fish and Chinese Walls to Mandela's mighty day, this book offers a fascinating array of lives to be lived and journey's to be made. Drama Lessons for the Primary School Year will enable teachers to develop their expertise and confidence in order to create active and imaginative schemes of drama for the classroom. It offers a programme of ready-to-run workshops linked to specific dates in the calendar and specific themes into which teachers can readily dip on a regular basis. The first section uncovers the author's own creative processes in generating drama experience and offers it to the reader in a set of simple, practical steps. The rest of the book is a wide-ranging compendium of schemes of work attached to specific calendar dates throughout the school year. These detailed drama lesson plans can be run as 'one-off' workshops or can be used by teachers as a basis for creating their own drama-led curriculum experiences. The book offers a practical structure to support these new creative planning tasks. This indispensable resource is for all Primary teachers looking for inspiration in developing effective drama sessions, exploring kinaesthetic learning, and developing creative cross-curricular approaches to their teaching"-- Provided by publisher.
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The Schemes. Autumn Term. September: New beginnings: The wolf's teeth ; The Great Fire of London ; World Peace Day: Kensuke's Kingdom -- October: World Space Week: Yuri and the aliens ; World Food Day: The global garden ; Halloween: The Pendle witches ; Artists' Day: The world of Escher -- November: Bonfire Night: Guy Fawkes ; Remembrance Day: Harry Patch ; Anti-Bullying Week: Case study Cinderella -- December: Midwinter Lights: Multicultural celebrations ; A Christmas Carol -- Spring term. January: Antarctica Day: Captain Scott ; Holocaust Memorial Day -- February: Chinese New Year ; World Day of Social Justice: The Rainbow Fish -- March: World Water Day -- April: World Circus Day: Horace Morris ; World Book Day: Tick Tock Spock -- Summer term. May: VE Day, World War II: Evacuees ; Children's Mental Health Awareness Day: The Suitcase Kid -- June: Olympic Day: Ancient Greece ; World Refugee Day: Earthquakes -- July: Creativity Day: Alice in Wonderland ; Mandela Day: A South African Story.

"Looking to engage, enthral and educate your pupils in timely and topical drama- based activities? In need of dynamic and inventive cross-curricular exercises for single lessons, extended units or school assemblies? From the September blues of change, through Great Fires, Guy Fawkes, Antarctic penguins, Rainbow Fish and Chinese Walls to Mandela's mighty day, this book offers a fascinating array of lives to be lived and journey's to be made. Drama Lessons for the Primary School Year will enable teachers to develop their expertise and confidence in order to create active and imaginative schemes of drama for the classroom. It offers a programme of ready-to-run workshops linked to specific dates in the calendar and specific themes into which teachers can readily dip on a regular basis. The first section uncovers the author's own creative processes in generating drama experience and offers it to the reader in a set of simple, practical steps. The rest of the book is a wide-ranging compendium of schemes of work attached to specific calendar dates throughout the school year. These detailed drama lesson plans can be run as 'one-off' workshops or can be used by teachers as a basis for creating their own drama-led curriculum experiences. The book offers a practical structure to support these new creative planning tasks. This indispensable resource is for all Primary teachers looking for inspiration in developing effective drama sessions, exploring kinaesthetic learning, and developing creative cross-curricular approaches to their teaching"-- Provided by publisher.

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