Story Drama: Creating Stories Through Role Playing, Improvising, and Reading Aloud. 2nd ed.

David E. Kemp is professor emeritus of drama at Queen’s University.

David Booth is a professor emeritus at the Ontario Institute for Studies
in Education, University of Toronto. Internationally recognized as a
teacher and consultant, he is the author of many books for teachers and
parents as well as award-winning picture books and anthologies for
children.

This revised and expanded edition of a classic resource for teachers
explores ways to use drama and story to engage students in learning
through all areas of the curriculum. Each chapter features effective
frameworks that can be easily implemented by any non-specialist teacher
in any classroom. Teachers will discover the theoretical background they
need to create a powerful story community through drama. Practical
examples of interactive and co-operative role playing with students are
indicated. There are strategies for helping students develop skills as
storytellers, story builders, and story makers, and innovative ways to
incorporate a variety of drama processes: improvisation, role playing,
mime, storytelling, play-making, and performing. Overshadowing these
detailed techniques are resources for exploring and developing personal
responses through all the arts.

But Story Drama is much more than a wealth of workable strategies that
can be used by any teacher. It is also a compelling account, by
Canada’s best-known expert in the field, of drama education in this
country over the last four decades.