Games, ideas, and activities for primary drama / / Michael Theodorou

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910151594303321
• Autore: Theodorou Michael
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Harlow, England ; ; New York, United States : , : Pearson, , [2014]; ©2014
• ISBN: 1-292-00125-9; 1-292-00106-2
• Edizione: [Second edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (388 pages) : illustrations (some color)
• Collana: Classroom Gems
• Disciplina: 372.66044
• Soggetti: Drama in education
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Contents -- About the author -- Introduction -- Part 1 Movement -- Fingertips -- Mirror Work -- Starters (solo) -- Starters (pairs) -- Starters (groups) -- Moving Through Space -- Fun Games -- Circle Work -- Object Shapes (pairs) -- Object Shapes (groups) (The Fridge) -- Objects Shapes (groups) -- Robots -- Letters and Words -- More Letters and Words -- Numbers -- Leading with the Nose (part 1) -- Leading with the Nose (part 2) -- Changing Direction -- Monsters -- More Monsters -- Even More Monsters -- Walking -- Character Walks -- James Bond -- Animal Movement (The Cat) -- Animal Movement (Fish) -- Animal Movement (The Tortoise) -- Animal Movement (Birds and Insects) -- Animal Movement (Kangaroos and Cuckoos) -- Looking and Listening -- Making Statues -- All Aboard! -- Jobs (part 1) -- Jobs (part 2) -- Jobs (part 3) -- Expressive Mime (The Letter) -- Expressive Mime (The Window Cleaners) -- Expressive Mime (The Tramp) -- Expressive Mime (The Report and The Cake) -- Monsieur Hulot -- Gesture -- More Gestures -- Dramatic Change -- Melodrama Movement (part 1) -- Melodrama Movement (part 2) -- Group Movement -- Double-glazed Window -- Period Movement -- Comedy Movement -- Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde -- Visualisation -- Pip, Squeak and Wilfred -- Games -- Use of Props -- Crowd Work -- Using the Five Senses -- Changing Shapes -- Movement and Voice -- Part 2 Voice -- Sing Up! -- Witch Voice? -- Sound Effects (part 1) -- ; Sound Effects (part 2) -- Playing with Words -- Nonsense Words -- Repetition and Variation -- Newspaper Headlines -- War Chants -- Once Upon a Time (part 1) -- Once Upon a Time (part 2) -- Character Voices (part 1) -- Character Voices (part 2) -- Character Voices (part 3) -- Character Voices (part 4) -- Melodrama (Voice Work) -- Choral Speech -- Mobile phones -- The Travellers and the Bear (part 1).; The Travellers and the Bear (part 2) -- The Ant and the Grasshopper -- The Hare and the Tortoise -- The Fox and the Crow -- Pronouncing Difficult Words -- Soundscapes -- The Splendour Falls on Castle Walls -- Improvisation Starters (Family Life) -- Spoken Improvisation Work -- A Day at the Beach -- Character Box Conversations -- Loopy Dialogues (part 1) -- Loopy Dialogues (part 2) -- Stating Intentions -- The Crowd - Mrs Pankhurst -- Dramatic Pause -- The Owl and the Pussycat (part 1) -- The Owl and the Pussycat (part 2) -- Group Sounds (part 1) -- Group Sounds (part 2) -- Talking in Sounds (part 1) -- Talking in Sounds (part 2) -- The Daffodils -- Householder -- Helping Others -- The Eagle -- Shopkeeper -- Spooky Stories -- The Land of Counterpane -- Eating In and Eating Out -- Waiter, There's a Fly in My Soup! -- What Really Annoys Me is ... -- Peter and the Wolf -- Television Channels -- Books -- Nursery Rhymes -- At the Zoo -- Victorian Children up Chimneys -- Victorian Children in Factories -- Part 3 Character -- Oliver Twist (The Board) -- Oliver Twist (Picking Straws) -- Oliver Twist (Meeting his New Employer) -- Oliver Twist (Meeting Fagin) -- The Secret Garden (Mary Lennox in India) -- The Secret Garden (Mary Lennox in England) -- The Secret Garden (Arrival at Misselthwaite Manor) -- The Secret Garden (At Misselthwaite Manor) -- A Midsummer Night's Dream (Supernatural Characters) -- A Midsummer Night's Dream (The Mechanicals) -- Macbeth -- The Cuckoo Clock (Griselda Meets Her Aunts) -- The Cuckoo Clock (Griselda Sees the Cuckoo Clock) -- A Christmas Carol (Scrooge and His Nephew) -- A Christmas Carol (Scrooge and the Charity Collectors) -- A Christmas Carol (Scrooge and Cratchit) -- A Christmas Carol (Unearthly Characters) -- Dracula (part 1) -- Dracula (part 2) -- Great Expectations (The Convict) -- Great Expectations (The Tickler).; Great Expectations (Stealing the Pie) -- Goodbye, Mr Chips (Teacher's Nightmare) -- Appendix.
• Sommario/riassunto: A collection of 150 unique games and activities to help support teaching drama in the primary classroom. Designed with busy teachers in mind, the Classroom Gems series draws together an extensive selection of practical, tried-and-tested, off-the-shelf ideas, games and activities guaranteed to transform any lesson or classroom in an instant. Easily navigable, allowing you to choose the right activity quickly and easily, these invaluable resources are guaranteed to save you time and are a must-have tool to plan, prepare and deliver first-rate lessons.