This guide aims to provide ready-made drama lesson ideas, in the three key areas of movement, voice and character. These activities reduce the workload for many overburdened teachers, and can be easily adapted to suit varying levels of ability. The companion website offers scripted scenes from literary works offering further ideas.
The ideas are presented in careful stages in the sort of simple, direct language that teachers themselves will use to stimulate work in the classroom. There are suggestions as to which age groups the different ideas are suitable for and how pieces of work can be further developed with individual lessons or through a course. Teachers will also find it a valuable resource for the Speaking and Listening profile component in English at key stages 3 and 4. The book is also aimed at the needs of student teachers who are either studying drama as a specialist subject or a subsidiary, especially when they are doing their teaching practice.