By Patrice Baldwin
Foreword Andy Kempe \ thesaurus of Drama thoughts \ advent \ half 1: Drama and Writing \ 1. respiring existence into Writing \ 2. How Drama ideas help Writing half 2: Drama devices \ advent Unit 1: Mary Maguire: Housemaid \ Unit 2: The King's Daughters \ Unit three: The 12 months of the Rats \ Unit four: The misplaced Bag \ Unit five: Lorry \ Unit 6: while the Bees Died \ Unit 7: Invisible \ Unit eight: when they start \ half three: Writing assets \ References and extra examining \ Index
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Examples of how drama strategies work together to support writing What follows are sections taken from each of the drama units in this book, highlighting the contexts, within which various strategies are used and how they achieve both focus and flow in ways that support writing through a whole, sustained drama. The analyses take account of what the children have already experienced and practised in the lesson/s, prior to a specific strategy being used and explain the way that the children’s thinking, speaking and listening is being focused ‘in role’ as they move towards producing writing of different types.
Practising writing tends to involve children carrying out a series of one off and disconnected pieces of writing which are clearly just exercises and which are unlikely to be compelling unless the teacher has found some way of emotionally engaging the class with them. Many schools are increasingly creating opportunities for children to write to real people, companies and organizations as audiences, for real purposes. This is good practice and motivating for children. It gives a real purpose to the writing and sets up the likelihood of a genuine response.
They are ‘in the moment’ and present as ideas are generated, selected, used, played with and developed within the drama that will also feed their writing. If you don’t know what to write, drama helps you see other people’s ideas and that gives you ideas. (Child, age 8, Aldborough Primary School) (D4LC 2005) When working in this way (drama), they add ideas to each others work and the ideas build up. This boosts their confidence and when we actually get to the writing stage they are brimming with ideas and confidence.