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New Year's Writing & Drama IdeasNew Year Ideas & Games for Teaching School & Homeschool Writers
January New Year writing prompt tips & drama game ideas to teach language arts skills like plot, dialog, setting, fictional story writing, oral presentation & vocabulary.
Fun Ways to Teach Language Arts in JanuaryThe New Year is a great time to renew kids' interest in learning with fun writing ideas and drama games that teach writing skills. Drama is a natural way to practice developing characters, stories, and settings while having a good time. A Teaching Tip: A Bowl of New Years Writing Ideas Print ideas for writing ideas on slips of paper, fold, and put in a bowl. Let children pick a slip and see what creative writing they can come up with from the word, concept, or phrase. Kids can even help come up with ideas of their own. Some ideas to write on the slips include:
For those who seem to write more slowly than they can think, consider allowing dictation to another student or into a tape recorder. It may turn out that a child with poor handwriting skills still has a lot of creativity to share. Handwriting can be taught as a separate subject at another time. Drama or Theater Arts Lesson Plan Builds Language Arts Skills with PuppetsOften, children who are fearful of speaking in front of a group may come alive with a puppet to speak for them. Here are some puppet ideas to help in teaching students writing skills.
When completed, spend a few days enjoying the puppets and the skits. Premier the newly written skits, hand out pre-written scripts to try, mix puppets and skits up and see what happens. Try to keep everyone's puppets "in character." (Skills learned: creative writing, reading, pre-writing and rewriting, improvisation and quick thinking, character development, and plot enhancement.) Besides language arts writing skills, puppetry students learn hand-eye coordination through art and puppet manipulation, both of which are important to improving handwriting. Drama games teach many language arts skills. These are just a few ideas to get the children going. Brainstorm with kids to come up with other writing and drama-type games to play over the year and bring some unique joy into the learning of language arts. Other articles of interest to language arts teachers may be Teach Writing Without Handwriting: Ideas for Teaching Writing with No Penmanship Needed and Getting Kids Writing Published: Tips for Getting Children's Creative Written Work in Print or Online. Homeschoolers, check out The Homeschool Writing Page.
The copyright of the article New Year's Writing & Drama Ideas in Curricula/Lesson Plans is owned by Janienne Jennrich. Permission to republish New Year's Writing & Drama Ideas in print or online must be granted by the author in writing.
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