Drama - Seomra Ranga

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"Since creative drama involves an entire class, the best place to begin in preparing students for activities that will involve movement and self-expression is where they are - at their desks".

Lehr (1983)

	Writing Activities - based on a drama
	Drama & Theatre Language - language you may wish children to learn about theatre and drama
	Stage Directions - know your way around a stage
	Drama Structure - an example of the structure of a drama lesson
	Gestures Game - drama warm-up game children can do in their desks
	Character and Other Walks - drama warm-up games
	Freeze-in-Role - drama warm-up games
	Morning Actions - drama warm-up activity
	A Set of Values for Drama in Language Development - from a book by Jonothan Neelands
	Famine Notice - notice for a famine ship to use as a starting point for drama.
	Book Review - "Drama for Learning - Dorothy Heathcote's Mantle of the Expert Approach to Education".
	"Oliver" - script for an abridged version of the stage musical. (not sure where I got this from)
	"Beyond the Orchard Wall - Learning Through Drama in the Primary School" - paper first presented to the ESAI Conference in 1997.
	"Rock Nativity" - spoken choral piece taken from the "Rock Nativity" musical.
	"The Wizard of Oz" - script for an abridged version of the stage musical. (original script from St. James' School)
	"The Story of the Willow Pattern Plate" - short script for a drama based on the story of the willow pattern plate. Use some music from "The King and I" to go with this.
	The Daniel Jazz - negro-spiritual choral piece for vocal dramatisation.
	I Wish I was Our Sammy - poem taken from "Blood Brothers".

"Unless it is necessary to do otherwise ............ drama should move slowly".

- Jonothan Neelands (1984)

"Start from where you yourself are happiest and most confident".

- Brian Way (1967)

"The teacher's purpose in drama is to make the children do all the work".

- Jonothan Neelands (1984)

	Step by Step Educational Drama: Joanna Parkes and Sarah Fitzgibbon (Book of drama schemes geared towards the Irish Primary School setting) Download order form from NAYD:
	100+ Ideas For Drama: Anna Scher & Charles Verall
	Another 100+ Ideas for Drama : Anna Scher and Charles Verall (Heinemann, London, 1987) ISBN: 0 435 18800 3
	Dramastarters: Graham Stoate (Nelson, Surrey, 1984) ISBN: 0-245-54065-2
	"The Gift": Eibhlín Milner (Veritas Publications, Dublin, 1998) ISBN 1 85390 399X (Nativity Play)
	"A Lad in a Manger": Michael Forster (Kevin Mayhew Ltd., Suffolk, 1997) ISBN 1 84003 036 4 (Nativity Pantomime)
	"The Late Wise Man": Denis O' Gorman & Barry Hart (Fountain Publications, Kent, 1989) ISBN 1 871975 30 1 (Seasonal Nativity Play)
	"Alas in Blunderland": Peter Gunning (O' Brien Press, Dublin, 1991) ISBN 0-86278-271-6 (Play)
	"Light of the World": Denis O' Gorman and Barry Hart (Fountain Publications, Kent, 1996) ISBN 1 84003 944 2 (Christmas Musical)
	"Gamesters' Handbook": Donna Brandles and Howard Phillips (Stanley Thornes Publishers, Cheltenham, 1977) ISBN 0 7487 0341 1
	"Primary Plays - Book 1: Junior and Senior Infants" (Folens, Dublin, 1995) ISBN 0 861 21 706 3
	"Primary Plays - Book 2: First and Second Class" (Folens, Dublin, 1995) ISBN 0 861 21 711 X
	"Primary Drama Handbook": Neil Kitson and Ian Spilby (Watts Books, London, 1995) ISBN 0 7496 1748 9
	"Bright Ideas - Drama": Fulford, J., Hutchings, M., Ross, A., Schmitz, H (Scholastic, 1990) ISBN 0-590-76386-5
	Take a Lesson in Drama - Kate Smith (Foulsham Educational, London, 1998) ISBN 0-572-02275-1