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Informationen zum Autor THE AUTHORS KATHERINE S. McKNIGHT, Ph.D., associate professor at National-Louis University and an onsite consultant for the National Council of Teachers of English, is coauthor of Teaching Writing in the Inclusive Classroom MARY SCRUGGS, is an actress, director, playwright, and educator. She is currently the head of writing and education programs for The Second City Training Center in Chicago. Klappentext THE SECOND CITY 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 groundbreak- ing 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 TO IMPROV 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 > --DONNA OGLE, Ed.D., professor, National-Louis University and past president, International Reading Association > --JESSICA ROGERS, National Board Certified Teacher, Daniel Boone Elementary School, Chicago Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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
