Let's Perform!: Monologues, duologues and poems for children to perform

Description

From 'They're Digging up my School Today' to 'The Giant African Land Snail's Rap', this book is full of brilliant, photocopiable scripts and poems to get children aged 7 to 11 confidently rhyming, moving and imagining. Let's Perform! offers fresh, fun material from Cath Howe, an experienced drama practitioner, for literacy lessons, drama classes, assemblies, after school and drama clubs. Drama and speaking opportunities can boost children's self-esteem and have a powerful impact on their confidence in school and in the wider world. Cath has included everyday dilemmas as well as surreal scenarios, ranging from funny and ridiculous to serious and emotional, to inspire all children. Perfect for encouraging creative writing and public speaking, each monologue, duologue or performance poem is accompanied by easy-to-follow performance tips and activities that can also be used in cross-curricular subjects. Additional creative activities for the book are also available online. This vibrant collection is a must-have text to set every child's imagination whirring.

Cath Howe is an author and teacher with a real passion for writing and creativity. She has been working at Fern Hill for over ten years as a 'Writer in Residence', running workshops on everything to do with writing and performing. She now visits other schools as an author and workshop leader, while also developing her 'Writer in Residence' role at Kingston University, UK.

Cath Howe is a talented writer of drama resources for children. Her work is a treasure trove of material for anyone who works with children in the fields of drama or literature. -- David Lawson Lean, Drama Practitioner and Children's Playwright A great pick-up-and-go resource, enticing great fun and engagement with the whole class. -- UKEdChat [Full of] unusual suggestions for memorising poems including - constant motion, changing direction at every comma and full stop; and surprisingly learning the poem backwards! -- The Irish Times This book is ideal for pieces for verse, speech and drama competitions, but children will have fun just performing these to each other in school or at home... Teachers will also find many of the lively poems and monologues will provide great material to read out to the class at story time or for creative inspiration. Highly recommended. * Drama Resource *