Synopsis
Teaching Drama in the Classroom
Published by Smith & Kraus
Subtitled A Handbook of Lessons for Middle & High School Students, the purpose of this book is to help those of you tasked with teaching a beginning drama class and looking for a solid place to start
It offers a complete curriculum for a one-year course, including stepby-step instructions, activities, lessons assessments and grading rubrics
Also covered are:
Basic Stage Knowledge
Mime v. Pantomime
Jobs in Theatre, Improvisation
Vocal Interpretation
Shakespeare Performance
Monologue Performance
And more!
REVIEWS
Impressively comprehensive, expertly organized, and thoroughly 'user friendly', Teaching Drama in the Classroom, A Handbook of Lessons for Middle & High School Students is unreservedly recommended for personal, professional, college, and university library ~ James A. Cox, Midwest Book Review, Wisconsin Bookwatch
About the Author
Jeana Whitaker is an award-winning actor, director, and educator
She graduated magna cum laude from Columbus State University in 1991 with a B.S. in Secondary Education and received her M.A. from Prescott College in 2001 in Theater Education
In addition to a life-long career of teaching, Jeana has worked in television, film and theatre
In 2015, she was awarded Teacher of the Year by the Arizona Thespians and was a BUSS Scholar with the English Speaking Union; studying Shakespeare performance at the Globe Theatre in London