– Drama Units for Junior and Middle Primary
This two-book series provides first steps into drama for young primary school students at the junior and middle primary levels. The resource includes units designed to integrate drama into the curriculum and inclusively allow students to participate in drama activities, develop literacy in drama and broaden their understanding of drama and its role in society. Learning outcomes will increase students’ ability to express themselves, develop higher order thinking skills, increase their awareness of dramatic structures and conventions and raise psychomotor and aesthetic skills.
Units are based around 4 key areas:
- Creating Dramatic Space
- Using Dramatic Structures
- Working in Role
- Responding to easy-to-follow structure of approximately 30-minute lesson plans
Book A contains the following drama units:
- The Sea
- Pirates
- Fairytale Friends
- Puppets
Book B contains the following drama units:
- Spaced Out
- Storytelling
- How the Leopard Got his Spots
- Act Watch and Think.
