Grammar Wars 2: How to Integrate Improvisation and Language Arts

By Tom Ready

Book Overview

The original and very popular Grammar Wars improv text has been workshopped in classrooms throughout the U.S. Now a new text to answer questions about this unique and valuable technique for learning language and theatre arts. In addition to over 130 new games, the author explains productive and defensive behaviors that students exhibit in the performance of the exercises. By encouraging productive behavior, students learn performance skills as well as punctuation, grammar, and parts of speech. An excellent supplemental theatre text.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566080800
• ISBN13: 9781566080804
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Meriwether Publishing
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

great experience

in both books i had the honor to help write some games. also the ability to travel with mr. tom ready to help teach kids english was not only fun, but it also helped me with my speaking and writing abilities. the grammar wars program is a program that works regardless of the age of the targed audience.peace out pv2 brian r. kelley

Strengths English skills

Students and aspiring actors of all ages here receive a blend of dramatic improvisations to hone acting skills and language arts instruction on phonics, storytelling, sentence structure and more. The result is a drama-based guide which does more than provide actors with scenes to rehearse: it strengths English skills.