Dramatizing Myths and Tales Creating Plays for Large Groups: Grade 3 - High School - Softcover

Louise Thistle

 
9780866518321: Dramatizing Myths and Tales Creating Plays for Large Groups: Grade 3 - High School

Synopsis

Ideal for teacher training and college education courses. This unique approach to theatre arts draws upon the richness and diversity of five cultures--West African, Mayan, Native American, Japanese, and British--to involve every student in dramatic performance. Uses the narrative mime approach with multicultural myths and tales in groups of up to 35 students.

Features:
>five full-length, reproducible scripts
>warm-up acting exercises
>illustrated dance step instructions
>the mechanics of producing and directing a play
>information on creating your own costumes, sets and musical instruments
>methods for both formal and informal performances
>directions for writing your own script
>playful, dramatic illustrations that set the scene for each culture
>follow-up research questions on culture
>history and theatrical traditions
>and annotated bibliography

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About the Author

Louise Thistle teaches Poetry Dramatization and Story Dramatization to students and directs the plays in her book in classrooms. She also teaches literature dramatization to teachers at the University of California San Diego Extensions and has taught at San Diego State University, Point Loma Nazarene University, Brigham Young University, at Walla Walla College and San Diego City Schools.

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