Dramatic Arts and Their Impact on Literacy

1. Drama and Literacy: General

1.1. Drama and Reading Comprehension: Background and Objectives https://www.heinemann.com/shared/onlineresources/E00794/chapter2.pdf *source of background information

1.2. Integrated Arts Approaches in Education: Dramatic Arts as a Mediator for Literacy Learning https://www.kennedy-center.org/education/vsa/resources/Anderson_Krakaur_VSA.pdf *information on the general classroom in article is a great base to build research on

2. Using Drama to Promote Interest

2.1. Effects of Drama on the Use of Reading Comprehension Strategies and on Attitudes Toward Reading http://escholarship.org/uc/item/4d62r6p9 *real world example of drama integration into the classroom, and it’s effect on students

2.2. “Doing” Literature: Using Drama to Build Literacy http://www.bridgeac.com/uploads/6/1/4/2/6142844/drama_and_lit_art_2.pdf *useful when thinking about low performing readers, and how to gain their interest in reading

3. Drama Strategies

3.1. Drama Based Instruction: Teaching Strategies http://www.utexas.edu/cofa/dbi/teaching_strategies *useful as an example of a strategy of drama integration

3.2. Achieving Fluency in Reading with Reader’s Theatre http://www.nzla.org.nz/files/26d609bdbc683e22/folders/16/2013%20Conference/RdersTheatrenotes.pdf *useful as an example of a strategy of drama integration

3.3. Readers Theatre—Take Another Look—It’s More Than Fluency Instruction http://www.learninglandscapes.ca/images/documents/ll-no3/memckay.pdf *useful as an example of a strategy of drama integration

4. Teacher Education on Drama Integration

4.1. Activating Student Engagement Through Drama-Based Instruction https://www.utexas.edu/finearts/tad/sites/files/tad/content_files/escholarship_uc_item.pdf *provides quantitative data regarding student interest and engagement while being exposed to drama based instruction, as well as teacher perspectives regarding implementation

5. Drama and Different Learning Styles

5.1. Drama: Engaging All Learning Styles http://eprints.qut.edu.au/12261/1/12261a.pdf *focus on different learning styles

5.2. The Play's The Thing: Staging for Success in Reading Comprehension and Fluency with Theatre Infused Curriculum https://dlib.bc.edu/islandora/object/bc-ir:101829/datastream/PDF/view *information regarding students with disabilities and struggling readers and the the effect that a drama infused curriculum had on learning outcomes