Improvisation with Favorite Tales: Integrating Drama Into the Reading/Writing Classroom

by Ruth Beall Heinig

Book Overview

Ruth Beall Heinig proves what a valuable medium improvisation drama is for the student of literature. Using nineteen traditional tales as a springboard for exploration, she explains some basic drama exercises and methods of teaching and then presents hundreds of drama activities based on the tales. Many of these tales-from "Beauty and the Beast" to "Snow White" are already wildly popular among children, who will certainly enjoy dramatizing their...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 043508609X
• ISBN13: 9780435086091
• Release Date: August 1992
• Publisher: Heinemann Drama
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 5