ABSTRACT
Drama techniques play an important role within and beyond the Literacy Hour as a means of responding to a text. (The National Literacy Strategy. Module 5: Teachers' Notes DfEE 1998b)
In this chapter you can read about:
• the complexity of reading • how drama can assist the reading processes • a model of interaction between drama and reading • different levels of textual exploration • categories and sources of texts • reading interrogation strategies • the role of literature in drama.
