The Drama Discovery Curriculum

Proven turnkey curriculum for helping non-readers become readers Dramatic and interactive teaching techniques for students with emotional problems Can be customized for thousands of books and plays aimed at young people The new book The Drama Discovery Curriculum presents an imaginative, effective, and proven reading curriculum designed to help students with emotional and behavioral problems learn and improve their reading skills. The book shows how to apply youth-oriented fictional narratives--in this case Jack Gantos' Joey Pigza Series--to develop acting exercises, drama games, and discussions to teach reading and reflecting. Drama Discovery includes objectives, 48 original activities, strategies and assessments. In this widely adopted curriculum, you will find lesson plans, graphic organizers, worksheets, and adaptations for remediation. There is a direct correlation to standards for all aspects of the curriculum. Students achieve goals through participating in oral reading, improvisational theater games, and acting exercises. This book will help deprived students learn to communicate and read in a well-organized setting. Moreover, its techniques can be utilized with thousand of literary works, allowing teachers to customize the curriculum and find just the piece that appeals to a given group of students. Contents (selected) Introduction to Drama Discovery Teacher Key Curriculum Outline Lesson Plans Vocabulary Drama Discovery Activities Student Sheets Glossary Assessment Rubric Interview Questions References, Index