Order the STSD Journal on-line PLEASE NOTE The name of the Journal has been changed from Speech and Drama to Word Matters. See article in the News Items. Spring 2008 Contents Editorial                                                                   2 Five Voices and the Effective Teacher               3 Arts Educational Launch Youth         Music Theatre                                               10 Speech & Drama: Bridging the         Gap with GCSE, AS & AS2                         12 Drama and Modern Languages                       17 The War Poets                                                      20 It was the best of times.. .         it was the worst of times...                          23 Unit 2 Text in Performance           Solos & Duologues                                   26 Behind the Scenes at the National Theatre    30 Speak Your Way to Success                              33 Scheme of Work Exploration in Drama            38 Book Reviews                                                       42 Poetry Book Reviews                                           50 Literature Quiz                                                       52 Subscription Form to receive future Journals 53 News Board                                                           54 Five Voices and the Effective Teacher is essential reading for teachers of every subject in all sectors of education. It has been devised by Lesley Hendy and is of and comes from years of experience in training teacher’s voices and encountering the many vocal problems teachers incur during their teaching career. “When asked what they want from a voice workshop most teachers will say ’I want to make my voice louder’ or ‘how can I stop getting sore throats?’ These are very practical concerns about behaviour management” Speech & Drama: Bridging the Gap with GCSE, AS & AS2                          A feature which shows how mainstream drama teachers, and teachers of speech and drama, both compliment and mirror each other is written by a visiting examiner for Edexcel on the A level Drama & Theatre Studies and who has taught GCSE, A level drama and theatre studies as well as Speech & Drama, Scheme of Work Exploration in Drama            In every copy there will be a scheme of work, lesson plans or workshops which teachers can use freely. In the current issue is a 6 week scheme, using the play Dancing at Lughnasa and Stanislavski’s techniques. This scheme can be used to teach students about Stanislavski, as a character study or for a unit in the A level Drama and Theatre Studies papers. Unit 2 Text in Performance - Solos & Duologues    New plays, premiered last year, are reviewed specifically for all drama teachers, with solos and duologues in mind. There are prizes to be won: Nick Hern Books have donated new play texts as prizes to be given to the first eight readers who submit a year’s subscription to Word Matters. [These and other articles outlined in the Contents above, are published in the Spring Journal, which may be purchased by non-members at this link.] Editor Salli Felling email: Fampell@aol.com Editorial Consultant Frances Hughes Advisory Editors Anne Harvey, Mary Greenslade. Production Manager Ben Felling Advertising Manager David Felling Closing date for contributions for Autumn 2008 edition 1st August 2008. Advertisers to book by 1st August, print ready art work by 31st August Word Matters is distributed to members of The Society of Teachers of Speech & Drama or can be ordered on a yearly subscription from: Penny Charteris, 8 Colebrook Road, Southwick, Brighton BN42 4AL Annual Rates for non-members UK £10.00 including postage. OS £16.00 including airmail, in Sterling, drawn on a London Bank. Cheques payable to: STSD Online payment www.stsd.org.uk (Nochex or PayPal). Published by: The Society of Teachers of Speech & Drama. 73, Berry Hill Road, Mansfield, Notts. NG18 4RU. Reg.No.38759673 Printed by: Oxuniprint, Unit Ten, Oxonian Park, Langford Locks, Kidlington, Oxon OX5 1FP The views in this Journal are not necessarily those of the Editorial Board or of the STSD.