Cover -- HalfTitle -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- PART 1 DRAMA AND WRITING -- 1 Breathing Life into Writing -- Why does writing matter? -- What skills and experiences do we need in order to become effective writers? -- What can go wrong when we try to write? -- How can drama help us as writers? -- Drama provides contexts for writing -- Drama provides purposes for writing -- Drama provides audiences for writing -- Drama provides motivations for writing -- Drama can make writing a supportive, social experience -- Drama can help build children's confidence and self-esteem as writers -- Drama generates ideas for writing -- Drama provides structure to support and develop the writing -- Drama uses and develops the thinking skills necessary for writing -- Drama helps children acquire, use and apply knowledge needed by writers -- 2 How Drama Strategies Support Writing -- What are drama strategies? -- The role of the teacher -- What do drama strategies actually do? -- Examples of how drama strategies work together to support writing -- 3 Drama Strategies -- Meeting and becoming people -- Making decisions and judgements -- Making images -- Asking questions -- Tracking thoughts -- Making meaning through sound -- Making meaning through movement -- Working in role -- Telling stories -- Improvising -- Devising and performing -- Forum theatre -- PART 2 DRAMA UNITS -- Introduction -- The Units -- Using the unit grids -- Reading, speaking, listening and writing -- Challenge and support -- The writing opportunities -- Creating your own resources -- Unit 1 Mary Maguire: Housemaid -- Introduction -- Themes -- Writing opportunities -- Writing resources -- Other resources -- Mary Maguire: Housemaid -- Unit 2 The King's Daughters -- Introduction -- Themes.

Writing opportunities -- Writing resources -- Other resources -- The King's Daughters -- Unit 3 The Year of the Rats -- Introduction -- Themes -- Writing opportunities -- Writing resources -- Other resources -- The Year of the Rats -- Unit 4 The Lost Bag -- Introduction -- Themes -- Writing opportunities -- Writing resources -- Other resources -- The Lost Bag -- Unit 5 Lorry -- Introduction -- Themes -- Writing opportunities -- Writing resources -- Other resources -- Lorry -- Unit 6 When the Bees Died -- Introduction -- Themes -- Writing opportunities -- Writing resources -- Other resources -- When the Bees Died -- Unit 7 Invisible -- Introduction -- Themes -- Writing opportunities -- Writing resources -- Other resources -- Invisible -- Unit 8 Once They Get Started -- Introduction -- Themes -- Writing opportunities -- Writing resources -- Other resources -- Once They Get Started -- PART 3 WRITING RESOURCES -- Introduction -- Unit 1 Mary Maguire: Housemaid -- Unit 2 The King's Daughters -- Unit 3 The Year of the Rats -- Unit 4 The Lost Bag -- Unit 5 Lorry -- Unit 6 When the Bees Died -- Unit 7 Invisible -- Unit 8 Once They Get Started -- References and Further Reading -- Index.