Creating Drama with 7-11 Year Olds

<p>This practical book gives you all the ideas you need to make drama a regular and integral part of your school’s curriculum, offering detailed suggestions of drama work for ages 7 to 11. The teaching units are arranged around four strands: drama for literacy; drama and the whole curriculum; drama film, media, and ICT; and drama for performance. The authors provide a wealth of practical activities throughout. Each unit includes:</p><ul> <ul> </ul> <li>explicit links to the <em>Renewed Framework for literacy</em> and the wider curriculum </li> <li>a list of resources needed</li> <li>clear learning objectives and outcomes</li> <li>steps for teaching and learning including how to modify activities to suit your school</li> <li>links to writing </li> <li>assessment guidance. </li> </ul><p>Based on the authors’ experience as teachers and in-service trainers, this book provides a wide range of ideas and activities for inspiring drama across Key Stage 2, and is essential reading for all those interested in bringing drama into their school.</p> <p>1. How to use this book 1 Unit 3L – Gentle Giant Unit 3C – The Romans Unit 3F – Dr Xargle’s Book of Earthlets Unit 3P – All about our town Unit 4L – Theseus and the Minotaur Unit 4C – Change in the Environment Unit 4F – Space Unit 4P – The Comedy of Errors Unit 5L – The Listeners Unit 5C – Howard Carter and Tutankhamen Unit 5F – The Invention of Hugo Cabret Unit 5P – Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Unit 6L – Leon and the Place Between Unit 6C – Shipwrecked: making for survival Unit 6F – Silent Film Unit 6P – Coriolanus Appendix 1 Appendix 2 </p>