Drama for Reading & Performance <show description>
Drama adds interest and variety to your curriculum, develops speaking and listening skills, and builds students' confidence as they read or perform.
FEATURES
• Each anthology features contemporary one-, two-, and three-act plays by distinguished playwrights and authors
• A unique two-path approach lets you use the plays for literary analysis or classroom performance. Your students will learn about
• The Components of a Literary Analysis
—characterization
—motivation
—foreshadowing
—irony
—symbolism
—plot
—theme
—and more!
• The Fundamentals of a Performance
—the set
—movement and timing
—improvisation
—creating a character
—costumes and makeup
—character analysis
—lighting and sound
—and more!
• Multiple dramatic formats broaden your students' perspective of drama
—mime
—contemporary realism
—TV and radio
—commedia dell'arte
—Noh theatre
—farce
• A glossary defines key literary and theatrical terms.
TEACHER RESOURCES
• plot summaries
• support for teaching the anthology
• assessment opportunities
• enrichment activitie