This curriculum guide for the teaching of composition at the fifth grade level includes lessons in six categories: Observing, Recalling Experiences, Character Identity, Feelings, Time/Space Relationships, and Using Imagination. Additional lessons are included for fifth grade students. The lessons include a statement of purpose, a description of…

A revised version of the 1968 Michigan Speech Association Curriculum guide (ED 026 391), this volume is intended to provide the student between the ages of 11 and 14 with learning experiences which enable the student to acquire and utilize oral communication skills. The guide is divided into six units--interpersonal communication, group…

The nineteenth-century scientism of Stanislavsky has produced actors who are mechanical and unspontaneous. An alternative to this traditional approach is based on the application of new psychological insights to the production of drama. This approach not only allows the actors to explore their "being," but also allows the audience to feel a…

This curriculum guide presents syllabi for seventeen ten-week "midi-courses" for juniors and seniors in high school. For each course, the syllabi contain a course description, goals, subject matter, materials, an annotated list of audio-visual aids, a list of behavioral objectives, some suggested activities, a glossary of terms, and a…

This paper attempts to show a one-to-one relationship between the various activities involved in dramatic interpretation and specific language arts skills: reading, writing, speaking, and listening. The skills listed in this model reflect both the cognitive and the affective domains and include concentration, perception, factual recall,…

This book explores the art of oral interpretation of literature and presents exercises designed to encourage awareness of various aspects of the interpretation process. Chapter one, "Harnessing Resources," examines the awakening of the body and voice and discusses basic sensory training. Chapter two, "Responding to Literary Worlds," details the…

Reports on the success of a remedial English class that read and performed plays by Euripides, William Shakespeare, and Arthur Miller. Describes the practical details of the course's organization and classroom management that other teachers can adapt. (RL)

A monthly exchange of tips, projects, ideas and resources. (Editor)

Outlines theatrical and teaching techniques for classroom discussion of Shakespeare's plays, including scene preparation and performance, sound/movement exercises, and improvising scenes that Shakespeare "might have written but discarded." Provides questions for post-performance discussion. (RL)

This study explored the relationship between symbolic representation in dramatic play and art and cognitive and reading readiness levels of kindergarten children. Results indicated children at different cognitive levels performed significantly differently on the Metropolitan Reading Readiness Test and spent significantly different amounts of time…

Classroom teachers can help children with speech and language impairments to use their language more effectively and with greater variety through activities encouraging and promoting student leadership, social interaction, dramatic play, and nonverbal adaptation. (CB)

Describes a college-level course on "Oral and Dramatic Presentation of Hispanic Literature," covering such techniques as dramatization and rehearsal and other ways in which students were encouraged to study and appreciate foreign language literature. (CB)

The use of a play as a teaching tool in social work research was investigated. A randomized factorial experimental design compares groups receiving materials in the form of a lecture or a play, and reactions of both groups are discussed. (Author/MH)