A Practical Guide to Shakespeare for the Primary School: 50 Lesson Plans using Drama - Softcover

Doona, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415610427 ISBN 13: 9780415610421

Publisher: Routledge, 2011

Synopsis

John Doona A book that will inspire and motivate pupils and teachers alike to engage with Shakespeare in a fresh and accessible manner and provide clear, tried and tested schemes of work which demonstrate how engagement with the plays and their language can have a dramatic impact on children's literacy and writing. As well as providing practical guidance to classroom delivery and performance, techniques, approaches and attitudes, this handbook also promotes learning outcomes linked to literacy targets and cross-curricular units of learning. Publisher: Taylor & Francis Paperback ISBN 9780415610421

About this title

Review:

 

"John Doona is an artist and a teacher of exceptional quality. He brings both artistic and human integrity to a wide range of drama work from the classroom to performance of the highest standards. His significant practice is firmly rooted in principle and knowledge of
drama and children and young people. I recommend him to you as an exceptional and effective teacher and practitioner."

Professor Jonathan Neelands, Professor of Drama and Theatre Education, WBS Professor of Creative Education, Lead Academic RSC/Warwick Centre for Teaching Shakespeare, University of Warwick

 

"John Doona has followed up his imaginative take on Shakespeare for the Primary School with this practical resource, chock-a-block with ideas ... The detailed explanation of each lesson coupled with the wide range of topics makes the book suitable for the novice as well as the most seasoned drama practitioner ... Luckily, with the help of books like this, drama is still available to the creative teacher as a tool to motivate learning and understanding."

David Farmer, September 2012, DramaResource.com

About the Author:

John Doona is the creator and director of the Children’s Shakespeare Festivals, a series of projects now in its fourth year. He is a qualified Advanced Skills Teacher with a wide experience of secondary and primary Drama practice, a Visiting Lecturer in Drama at the University of Chester, and a professional writer; with dramatic work broadcast on Radio 4 and performed by the Royal Court Young People's Theatre and elsewhere.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0415610427
• ISBN 13: 9780415610421
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192