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Delgado, Ramon – 1984
The skills of playwriting are correctable, the craft of playwriting is teachable, and the art of playwriting is encourageable. In the area of craft, students can learn through models how accomplished playwrights deal with plot, characterization, dialogue, and theme. For the first element, plot development, students can look at written models to…
Descriptors: Characterization, Drama, Higher Education, Language Styles
Cheifetz, Dan – Teachers and Writers, 1979
Describes the use of improvisation in English instruction, focusing on understanding the elements of fiction, writing monologues and playscripts, and collaborating. (RL)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Dramatics, English Instruction, Integrated Activities
Blake, Robert W. – 1987
Intended for middle school teachers interested in helping students (especially those with no experience attending theater) learn how to read and see a play by themselves, this paper provides a lesson plan based on W. W. Jacobs's dramatic play, "The Monkey's Paw." After furnishing a rationale for reading this particular play, the paper…
Descriptors: Characterization, Class Activities, Classroom Communication, Drama
