* Contains over twenty creative, engaging drama ideas to help develop reading for meaning in the primary school
* Highly practical structured and fun drama activities will appeal to all primary practitioners
* Shows how drama can develop some of the skills associated with reading for meaning such as engaging with characters' feelings, exploring settings and themes and making inferences
* Provides a broad introduction to using drama as a learning medium, with advice on how to set the ground rules and clear explanations of the drama strategies.
* Each chapter has a detailed explanation of what to do, followed by a number of examples linked to quality texts, including poetry and non-fiction.
