Creating Drama, 2e

	Bruce Burton            ISBN:  9780733964022      ISBN10:  0733964028      RRP inc. GST:  $41.95    Published:  3/11/2003      Format:  Paperback      Pages:  186

Description top Creating Drama Second Edition has been extensively re-written and redesigned to provide a complete class text for students studying Drama in Years 9 and 10 across Australia. This edition also links closely with Living Drama Third Edition which is the standard text for senior Drama and Theatre Studies nationally.

Features and Benefits top Contains eight units which comprehensively cover the essential drama learning's in all state syllabuses. Each unit is designed to be approximately a term in length. Chapter outcomes reflect the outcomes-based nature of all syllabuses making it easy for students and teachers to identify exactly what knowledge and skills need to be developed. Key Terms - a running glossary - and notes - additional information and practical tips - are included in the margin. Activities (Workshops) are integrated throughout the text and are structured around the key headings of Forming, Performing and Reflecting. Assessment support in the form of a Core-Assessment Task at the end of each chapter, Model Assessment Forms and blank photocopiable Assessment Forms. Journal writing activities are clearly identified throughout. A broad range of play and script extracts are included as the basis for performance, improvisation and other drama activities, to provide a complete drama course.

Table of Contents top Creating the Drama Characterisation Developing Expressive Movement Developing Effective Voice  Focus Tension Creating Dramatic Environments Ritual and Symbol The Nature of Theatre On Stage!