Dramatic Literacy: Using Drama and Literature to Teach Middle-Level Content

by J. Lea Smith, J Daniel Herring, J Lea Smith

Our students spend a large part of each day studying content that seems unconnected to the stories in their lives. J. Lea Smith and J. Daniel Herring have discovered that drama is the perfect medium for making that connection. By integrating the dramatization of childrens literature into content studies, we allow students to show their interpretation of the characters, plot, and setting. Literature dramatizations then become the lens through which...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0325000506
• ISBN13: 9780325000503
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Heinemann Drama
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Grades 6 to 8