This classroom tested resource presents the narrative mime approach. As students become personally involved with literature, they also learn to work together to develop confidence, and explore universality of their feelings. Carefully designed for all teachers, regardless of dramatic arts experience, this comprehensive guide contains:
8 reproducible fables adapted for the classroom, plus 27 more fables with instructions
Strategies for implementing principles of good acting: believing, control, and voice and movementCritical-thinking activities
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.