The Reasons Reader’s Theater is Successful with Our Students

The Reasons Reader’s Theater is Successful with Our Students When I was a little girl, I loved to read aloud.  I was good at it, too!  I think it’s where I realized performing was something I loved because by reading aloud it gave me an opportunity to try out characters and voices. My teachers readily […]

Fairy Tale Lessons for Drama Class

Fairy Tale Lessons for Drama Class

Fairy Tale Lessons for Drama Class About fifteen years ago, I taught at Smithton Middle School in Columbia, Missouri.  I thought I’d probably end up teaching in high school, instead I taught in a middle school–a large one at that! It was a great experience. Every five and a half weeks, seventy-five sixth graders would […]