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0787996505
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9780787996505
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The Second City Guide to Improv in the Classroom: Using Improv...
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Scruggs, Mary
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Publisher
Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
ISBN-10
0787996505
ISBN-13
9780787996505
eBay Product ID (ePID)
63108929

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
208 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Second City Guide to Improv in the Classroom : Using Improvisation to Teach Skills and Boost Learning
Subject
Classroom Management, Learning Styles, Teaching Methods & Materials / General
Publication Year
2008
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Education
Author
Mary Scruggs, Katherine S. Mcknight
Format
Trade Paperback

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Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
9.6 Oz
Item Length
9.1 in
Item Width
6.9 in

Additional Product Features

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Trade
LCCN
2007-047365
Dewey Edition
22
TitleLeading
The
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
371.39
Table Of Content
About This Book v About The Authors vi Acknowledgments xiii Chapter ONE: It Begins with Play 1 Montessori's Connection Between Play and Learning 2 Spolin's Connection Between Play and Learning 2 What Has Happened to Play? 4 Why Improvisation Works in the Classroom 5 The Second City Connection 6 Overview of the Book 7 Chapter TWO: Improvisation as a Pedagogical Tool for Engaged Learning 11 Connections Between Improvisation and Authentic, Engaging Teaching and Learning Experiences 12 Teaching and Learning Experiences 15 Improvisation for Engaged Teaching and Learning in the Diverse and Inclusive Classroom 17 The Brain Connection 19 Building a Community for Engaged Teaching and Learning 22 Chapter THREE: Literacy Learning and Improvisation 27 Potential Impact on Literacy Skill Development 28 Improvisation and Reading Links 28 Improvisation and Writing Links 33 Improvisation Links to Speaking and Listening 36 Some Concluding Thoughts 38 Chapter FOUR: Explanation of Improvisation Exercises 41 Getting Started 41 Time for Improvisation 42 Classroom Management 44 Sidecoaching and Reflection 46 Improvisation Games 48 Ad Game 48 Alphabet 50 Beginning, Middle, End 53 Bippity, Bippity, Bop 56 Bus Trip 58 Conducted Story 61 Deck of Cards 63 Dr. Know-It-All 64 Gibberish 67 Give and Take 70 Half-Life 73 Mirror 74 Object Work 76 One-Word Story 79 Panel of Experts 82 Parts of a Whole 84 Pass the Clap 87 Slide Show 89 Space Walk 91 String of Pearls 94 Take That Back 98 Throwing Light 100 Who Started the Motion? 102 Zip Zap Zop 103 Chapter FIVE: Skills and Teaching 105 Lesson: Lights, Camera Re-Action! 106 Alphabet Book 111 Story Generation Using Beginning, Middle, and End 114 Conducting an American Revolution Review 118 Speaking in Songs 121 Becoming Characters 129 Math Gibberish Translator 131 Building a Relationship 133 Geometric Object Work 136 One-Word Story, a Many-Word Story 139 Physicalizing Cell Structure 142 "Ten Days in a Madhouse" Human Slide Show 144 Geometry Walk 151 Painting Visualization 154 String of Ideas 157 Tableau Activity for Analytic Geometry 160 Picture Book Tableau 165 In-Class Field Trip--Using Tableaux to Explore the Role of Perception in Communication 167 Throwing Math Light 170 Chapter SIX: Engaging Students in Learning 173 Authentic and Engaged Learning 174 The Literacy Connection 175 Some Final Thoughts 175 Index 177
Synopsis
Guide to Improv in the Classroom Most people know The Second City as an innovative school for improvisation that has turned out leading talents such as Alan Arkin, Bill Murray, Stephen Colbert, and Tina Fey. This groundbreaking company has also trained thousands of educators and students through its Improvisation for Creative Pedagogy program, which uses improv exercises to teach a wide variety of content areas and boost skills that are crucial for student learning: listening, teamwork, communication, idea-generation, vocabulary, and more. The scores of ready-to-use exercises offered here can be used to teach a wide variety of subjects including language arts, math, science, and social studies as well as to build classroom community and develop cooperative learning skills. All of the lessons are linked to current national standards for the United States and Canada, and have been proven particularly effective with kinesthetic learners and students with attention difficulties. Praise for The Second City Guide toImprov in the Classroom "This lively book reminds us that both real teaching and real learning are essentially exploratory, empowering, and downright fun." Jeffrey D. Wilhelm, author, Imagining to Learn and You Gotta BE the Book, winner of the David H. Russell Award for Distinguished Research in English Education "The book offers wonderful resources for teachers interested in differentiating instruction and expanding the range of possibilities for students to think by visualizing, creating new possibilities, connecting and deepening meaning, sensing and feeling." Donna Ogle, Ed.D., professor, National-Louis University and past president, International Reading Association "The methods provided by McKnight and Scruggs are tried-and-true and have proven to be extremely successful with students of all ages." Jessica Rogers, National Board Certified Teacher, Daniel Boone Elementary School, Chicago, A dynamic new way to boost kids learning skills and get them engaged in classroom lessons The book is based on the educational programming offered by The Second City Training Centres in Chicago USA and Toronto, Canada., Most people know The Second City as an innovative school for improvisation that has turned out leading talents such as Alan Arkin, Bill Murray, Stephen Colbert, and Tina Fey. This groundbreaking company has also trained thousands of educators and students through its Improvisation for Creative Pedagogy program, which uses improv exercises to teach a wide variety of content areas, and boost skills that are crucial for student learning: listening, teamwork, communication, idea-generation, vocabulary, and more.
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LB1027.3.S38 2008

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