Teaching Literacy through Drama

<p>This book provides teachers of children at Key Stages 1 and 2 with a much-needed source of exciting and creative drama-based activities designed to improve literacy. As useful for the drama novice as for the busy literacy co-ordinator these flexible activities are designed to help teachers meet National Curriculum and National Literacy Strategy (NLS) requirements particularly through speaking and listening.<br>The book is divided into three parts:<br><br><strong>Part 1</strong> looks at literacy and the power of drama as a 'brain-friendly' medium for teaching and learning.<br><strong>Part 2</strong> contains ten structured practical units of work each based on a different story poem play or traditional tale or rhyme and each linked directly to the requirements and objectives of the NLS and the QCA objectives for speaking and listening.<br><strong>Part 3</strong> contains photocopiable Literacy Support Sheets for teachers to use and adapt for their own classroom needs.<br><br>All units of work have been tried and tested by the authors giving teachers a springboard from which to enhance and extend their literacy lessons and engage the imagination of their pupils. The book is also the ideal resource for student teachers.</p>