Contents
Chapter 1. Methodology
Galina Zalta. Using drama with children ........................................5
James Hanley. Using drama skills in the classroom ......................13
Romeo and juliet in one hour ........................................................17
Matt Buchanan. Hand animals ......................................................25
Seasons and weather ......................................................................27
Around the world in thirty minutes ...............................................28
A tree grows. (Narrative pantomime) ............................................30
Three words ...................................................................................33
Making the story real .....................................................................35
Drama and your pupils ..................................................................38
Worksheet 1 ...................................................................................40
Worksheet 2 ...................................................................................41
Worksheet 3 ...................................................................................41
Worksheet 4 ...................................................................................42
Worksheet 5 ...................................................................................43
Worksheet 6 ...................................................................................43
Worksheet 7 ...................................................................................44
Worksheet 8 ...................................................................................45
Worksheet 9 ...................................................................................46
Tatiana mykhailenko. Plays for very young children ....................47
Some advice on how to prepare a play ..........................................48
Little red riding hood .....................................................................50
Three bears ....................................................................................53
Three little kittens ..........................................................................55
Three little pigs ..............................................................................57
Father frost .....................................................................................60
The little kitten ...............................................................................62
Chapter 2. Acting out ........................................................................63
Beginner
Подорож до казкового лісу. Інсценування казки “теремок” ....64

Elementary level
Lazy jack ........................................................................................66
Pre-intermediate level
Snow white ....................................................................................69
The king’s feast ..............................................................................74
The magic bell ...............................................................................77
How the tail of the fox became white ............................................84
The empty box ...............................................................................87
Compiled by Natalia Vakulenko. Peggy the pint sized pirate ........90
Intermediate level
Larisa Potapova. From the history of kyiv ....................................94
Liudmila Lukyanova. The princess and the beggar-girl .................96
David copperfi eld ........................................................................100
The prince and the pauper ...........................................................106
My fair lady .................................................................................112
Liudmyla Los’. “Lord of all, to you we raise
our hymn of grateful praise!” ......................................................119