Speaking and Listening through Drama 7-11

Foreword by Gavin Bolton Introduction Strategies/Techniques for Use in the Dramas PART ONE: How to Approach Speaking and Listening through Drama How to Begin with Teacher in Role How to Begin Planning Drama How to Generate Quality Speaking and Listening Authentic Dialogue - teacher and pupil talk with a difference How to use Drama for Inclusion and Citizenship How to Generate Empathy in a Drama How to link History and Drama How to begin using assessment of Speaking and Listening (and other English skills) through Drama PART TWO: The Dramas Introduction 'The Wild Thing' - based on 'Where the Wild Things Are' by Maurice Sendak (ages 7-9) 'Daedalus and Icarus' - based on the Greek Legend (7-9) 'The Snow Queen' - based on the story by Hans Christian Andersen (7-9) 'Charlie' - based on 'Voices in the Park' by Anthony Browne (7-9) 'The Massai Boy' (7-10) 'The Governor's Child' - based on 'The Caucasian Chalk Circle' by Bertolt Brecht (8-11) 'The Highwayman' - based on the poem by Alfred Noyes (9-11) 'The Victorian Street Children' (9-11) 'The Workhouse' (9-11) 'The Egyptians' (9-11) 'Macbeth' - based on the play by William Shakespeare (10-11) 'Ebenezer Scrooge' based on A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (10-11) 'Christopher Boone' - based on 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night' by Mark Haddon (10-11) 'The Dream' - based on 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' by William Shakespeare