The book aims to provide ready-made drama lesson ideas, in the three key areas of movement, voice and character. These activities will considerably reduce the workload for many overburdened teachers, and can be easily adapted to suit varying levels of ability. Offering links to many curriculum areas, this resource will provide a strong base of accessible ideas to enhance drama education in the primary classroom. The companion website to accompany the book will offer unique scripted scenes from great literary works which will offer the teacher further ideas for not just one lesson, but a series of lessons, as well as a Teachers Notes' section. An essential tool to help bring creativity to life in the classroom!

Table of Contents

Introduction Part 1 Movement Fingertips Mirror Work Starters (solo) Starters (pairs) Starters (groups) Fun Games Circle Work Objects (pairs) Object Shapes (groups) (The Fridge) Object Shapes (groups) Letters and Words More Letters and Words Numbers Leading with the Nose (part 1) Leading with the Nose (part 2) Changing Direction Monsters More Monsters Even More Monsters Walking Character Walks Animal Movement (The Cat) Animal Movement (Fish) Animal Movement (The Tortoise ) Animal Movement (Birds) Animal Movement (Kangaroos and Cuckoos) Looking and Listening Making Statues All Aboard! Expressive Mime (The Letter) Expressive Mime (The Window Cleaners) Expressive Mime (The Tramp) Expressive Mime (The Report and The Cake) Gesture More Gestures Dramatic Change Melodrama Movement (part 1) Melodrama Movement ( part 2) Group Movement Double-Glazed Window Period Movement Comedy Movement Visualisation Pip, Squeak and Wilfred More Games Use of Props Crowd Work Using the Five Senses Changing Shapes Movement and Voice Part 2 Voice Sing Up! Witch Voice? Sound Effects (part 1) Sound Effects (part 2) Playing with Words Nonsense Words Repetition and Variation War Chants Once Upon a Time (part 1) Once Upon a Time (part 2) Character Work with the Voice (part 1) Character Work with the Voice (part 2) Character Work with the Voice (part 3) Character Work with the Voice (part 4) Melodrama (Voice Work) Choral Speech The Travellers and the Bear, a fable by Aesop (part 1) The Travellers and the Bear, a fable by Aesop (part 2) The Ant and the Grasshopper, a fable by Aesop The Hare and the Tortoise, a fable by Aesop The Fox and the Crow, a fable by Aesop Pronouncing Difficult Words Soundscapes The Splendour Falls on Castle Walls, a poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson Improvisation Starters (Family Life) Spoken Improvisation Work Character Box Conversations Loopy Dialogues (part 1) Loopy Dialogues (part 2) Stating Intentions Dramatic Pause The Owl and the Pussycat, a poem by Edward Lear (part 1) The Owl and the Pussycat, a poem by Edward Lear (part 2) Group Sounds (part 1) Group Sounds (part 2) Talking in Sounds (part 1) Talking in Sounds (part 2) The Daffodils, a poem by William Wordsworth Householder The Eagle, a poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson Shopkeeper Spooky Stories The Land of Counterpane, a poem by Robert Louis Stevenson Waiter, There's a Fly in My Soup! What Really Annoys Me is... Peter and The Wolf Television Channels Books Nursery Rhymes At the Zoo, a poem by William Makepeace Thackeray Part 3 Character Oliver Twist (The Board) Oliver Twist(Picking Straws) Oliver Twist (Meeting his new Employer) Oliver Twist (Fagin) The Secret Garden (Mary Lennox in India) The Secret Garden (Mary Lennox in England) The Secret Garden (Arrival at Misselthwaite) The Secret Garden (At Misselthwaite) A Midsummer Night's Dream (Supernatural Characters) A Midsummer Night's Dream (The Mechanicals) The Cuckoo Clock (Griselda Meets Her Aunts) The Cuckoo Clock (Griselda Sees the Clock) A Christmas Carol (Scrooge and His Nephew) A Christmas Carol (Scrooge and the Charity Collectors) A Christmas Carol ( Scrooge and Cratchit) A Christmas Carol (Unearthly Characters) Great Expectations (The Convict) Great Expectations (The Tickler) Great Expectations (Stealing the Pie) Goodbye, Mr Chips (Teacher's Nightmare)