Offers suggestions for sketches and role-playing in English for adults: a sketch about doctor and patient, a 3-hour study project to provide experience in understanding in visual context, in proper voice register, in writing a related story, etc. (IFS/WGA)

This workbook helps adolescents learn how to take charge of their own lives and happiness. The underlying idea is to teach them how to live responsibly. By learning to live responsibly, adolescents have the best chance of avoiding drugs, alcohol, and other addictive behaviors such as overeating and overspending. The workbook explains the steps to…

One approach used to teach a group of six hard-of-hearing and deaf children to solve word problems in addition and subtraction at the first- and second-grade levels is described. (Author/MK)

Several short improvised skits were used in a class on language usage for foreign teachers of English. The dramas were successful in getting the class to use idiomatic English and to induce even the self-conscious to speak. (CHK)

Describes a classroom skit intended to depict negative and positive discussions of issues raised by the O.J. Simpson trial as a way of heightening racial awareness. Adaptations of the skit for other current events related to race relations are suggested. (SK)

This text attempts to "put a face" on the statistics surrounding drug abuse. It presents real problems, real people, and real dilemmas through the use of plays or skits that tell the story of substance abuse. It attempts to challenge readers--both teachers and students--with hard questions and asks them to look at their own behaviors and to…

Interactive theater typically involves the presentation of a short skit tied to a socially relevant issue such as teenage pregnancy or the use of illegal substances. Interactive theater, with some cautions considered, holds much promise as an educational tool to be used by a school counselor. Cautions requiring consideration include: thorough…

In this play, aliens from a distant galaxy visit an Earth site in three time periods, observing people as they deal with the environment. The aliens bring their wisdom and vision of the future to show children of the present what to do to avoid a grim fate. The lessons are suitable for grades 3-6, and include from 18-32 speaking parts plus cues…

This paper provides a basic framework for using creative drama to achieve a wide range of objectives in educating students with mental disabilities; these objectives include enhanced communication skills, discipline and teamwork, self-concept, and creativity. Drama techniques such as movement exercises, games, structured play, role playing, and…

Play-acting is a natural human instinct; role-playing, disguising, game-playing are all favorite activities for people of all ages. In a foreign language course, dramatization is especially appropriate and can be used in many ways both in class and as an extra-curricular or supplementary activity. Much language learning occurs during the…

These units of study will help students in grades five through nine understand the effects various crimes have on individuals, families, and communities. They can be used by teachers, police departments, boy and girl scouts, and community groups. The units deal with shoplifting, buying stolen goods, employee theft, and vandalism. Each lesson…

Three lesson plans for grades seven through nine explore the social, moral, and financial impact of auto and bicycle theft and drinking and driving. Used individually or together as a complete unit, the lesson plans contain dramatic skits derived from real-life experiences of adolescents. Students simulate tough decision making in the face of…

This paper presents a training model, Skill Development in Teaching (SKIT), designed for use in improvement programs for inservice teachers and in teacher education programs for preservice trainees. An introductory section notes the early use of Flanders' interaction analysis as a feedback tool for teachers, outlines a 1962 model in which it was…

This (London) group teaches English by presenting short humorous skits, in which a language problem is unobtrusively presented. Afterwards the audience repeats the pattern(s), which a member of the group pronounces for them. At the end of each unit, a rousing song is sung, with all joining in the refrain. (IFS/WGA)

Discusses some of the ways that rocks can be used to enhance children's creativity and their interest in science. Suggests the creation of a dramatic production involving rocks. Includes basic information on sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks. (TW)