LITERACY AND DRAMA

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LITERACY AND DRAMA
EXPLORING THE INTERACTION
BETWEEN LANGUAGE AND DRAMA
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Drama has a language all of its own
and draws on various forms of literacy.
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Students develop literacy skills in
many ways through the range of
activities they participate in during
a drama class.

• Here are some of them
• Communication of thoughts, feelings and ideas
• Use of sound, voice,movement and visual art
• Learning to negotiate through language
• Using and interpreting the language of others
• Developing text and dialogue
• Working with others to explore and create meaning
  of a text
• Interpreting and transforming text

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And, its FUN!
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February 1, 2005Literacy and the Arts in the News
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People are beginning To understand the power that
using the arts to teach literacy has. People are
beginning to wake up. People are beginning to
share. And its about time!