Jester, a dramaturg who has led a young writers' program at a UK repertory company, and Stoneman (teaching and learning, continuing professional development, and school-based action research,
Dame Elizabeth Cadbury Technology College and U. of Birmingham, UK) describe how to introduce playwriting in the English curriculum to students ages 11-14 using the UK's Teacher Effectiveness
Enhancement Programme framework, to help improve literacy and develop personal, social, and creative expression. They provide sequenced lesson plans for teaching the fundamentals of playwriting
in core lessons; to special education students, those learning English as a second language, and adults; or in relation to citizenship and community projects or personal, social, and health
education. Excerpts from plays and student work are included. No index is provided. Annotation 穢2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
