Grammar Wars 2: How to Integrate Improvisation and Language Arts

by Ready, Tom

• ISBN13: 9781566080804
• ISBN10: 1566080800
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-05-01
• Publisher: Pioneer Drama Service

Summary

The original and very popular 'Grammar Wars' text has been worshipped in classrooms. Now the author has created a new text to answer questions about this unique and valuable technique for learning language and theatre arts. In addition to over 115 new games, the author explains productive and defensive behaviours that students exhibit in the performances of the exercises. By encouraging productive behaviour students learn performance skills as well as punctuation, grammar, and parts of speech. An excellent supplement text for English and theatre performance classes.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(4)
Background Issues	5	(14)
Tricking the World	5	(2)
Performance Learning Isn't Desk Learning	7	(2)
Is It Really Competitive?	9	(2)
Which Students Will Benefit?	11	(1)
Pioneering Creativity	12	(1)
The Good News and the Good News	13	(6)
Basic Skills Sequence	19	(35)
Opening Activities for Basic Skills	19	(1)
#1 What Are You Doing?	20	(2)
#2 Yes, and	22	(4)
#3 Q and A	26	(5)
#4 Word-at-a-Time	31	(3)
C.R.O.W E.	34	(2)
#5 Corridors	36	(9)
#6 Scene Practice	45	(1)
#7 The Form	46	(2)
#8 Typewriter	48	(1)
Other Exercises to Polish Basic Skills	49	(2)
Thoughts to All Reading Teachers	51	(3)
Assemblies and Workshops	54	(15)
Sample Scenarios	54	(3)
The Weave Model	57	(7)
Assembly Structure	64	(5)
New Games	69	(42)
Games for Grammar Wars II - New Games Index	70	(2)
New Games	72	(39)
Maximizing Student Involvement	111	(14)
Take No Prisoners!	111	(2)
Most Kids Are Just Being Entertained	113	(4)
The Learning Scaffold	117	(8)
Basic Mime	125	(5)
Manual Illusions	125	(2)
Illusions by Avoidance	127	(1)
Creating Space	127	(1)
Manipulation	128	(2)
Vertical Standards Strings	130	(31)
Using Standards Strand Ladders	130	(3)
Strand Ladder #1	133	(2)
Strand Ladder #2	135	(2)
Strand Ladder #3	137	(3)
Strand Ladder #4	140	(3)
Strand Ladder #5	143	(3)
Strand Ladder #6	146	(2)
Strand Ladder #7	148	(2)
Strand Ladder #8	150	(2)
Strand Ladder #9	152	(3)
Strand Ladder #10	155	(3)
Testing for Learning	158	(3)
Appendices	161	(39)
Sample Weave Model	163	(3)
Sample Vocabulary Bingo Card	166	(1)
Scavenger Hunt II Sample	167	(1)
Sample Assembly Script (four teams)	168	(2)
Grammar Wars Assembly Script	170	(12)
Micetro Assembly Script	182	(5)
Team Competition Performance (two teams)	187	(8)
Competition Bracket Samples	195	(5)
About the Author	200