Really Useful Drama Book

<p>The Really Useful Drama Book offers busy primary school teachers a collection of step-by-step drama sessions inspired by high-quality picturebooks that will engage children and promote enjoyable learning across the curriculum. </p><p>Lively and thoughtful the interactive drama sessions are structured around a wide range of texts including wordless picturebooks postmodern picturebooks short stories well-known texts by recognisable authors and some you may not have come across before all chosen for their power to foster curiosity. The step-by-step sessions can also be adapted to incorporate your own ideas and passions allowing you to structure them for the topics you’re exploring with your class. </p><p>Each session is structured around two texts and offers a guide to the drama strategies used teaching objectives ideas for writing opportunities problems emotions and challenges to explore and a clear guide to exploring each text. Ten key themes are explored:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>Suspense</li> <p> </p> <li>Prejudice</li> <p> </p> <li>Friendship</li> <p> </p> <li>Rhyme and rhythm</li> <p> </p> <li>War and conflict</li> <p> </p> <li>Nature </li> <p> </p> <li>Overcoming fear</li> <p> </p> <li>Possessions and obsessions</li> <p> </p> <li>Dreams</li> <p> </p> <li>Short stories</li> </ul><p>With a focus on the crucial role of imagination in the classroom <i>The Really Useful Drama Book</i> helps reclaim a purposeful passionate pedagogy and shows teachers how drama can place children right at the heart of a story encouraging their desire to ask questions solve problems and search out new information.</p>