This well-written book on dramatizing literature through the narrative-mime approach is directed at teachers of children grades preschool through six.  It’s chock-full of good information!  Not only does the text provide eight fables adapted and scripted for classroom dramatization, it also includes 27 additional fables with instructions for adapting them for dramatization.  Perhaps most valuable, the book outlines step-by-step techniques to use when dramatizing any fable or folk tale.  With its cross-curricular approach, every fable includes critical-thinking questions, suggestions for further reading and research projects, and art and other drama activities.  From the opening chapters on ways to implement simple principles of good acting to the annotated bibliography of fables, picture books, and other related resources, this book is a must for every elementary teacher.  The material in this book has been tested in the classroom with a wide range of students, including ESL and gifted.

(104 pages, 8½ x 11, paperback)

ISBN

Textbook

978-0-86651-653-2