Designed to demonstrate a variety of ways in which listening, speaking, reading, and writing activities can be built around the study of the drama in the classroom, this collection of materials, lessons, and activities deals with one of the plays most frequently taught in New York City ninth-grade classrooms. The document begins with a general introduction to teaching drama, including ninth-grade goals and objectives, and discussions of teaching drama as both literature and theater, and developing skills in playreading. Worksheets containing techniques for playreading and a checklist of questions for readers of plays are presented next. Material on approaches to teaching drama and on using drama to teach reading skills follows. Next is a description of a resource unit on teaching the play, "A Raisin in the Sun," by Lorraine Hansberry, which includes information on (1) ninth-grade performance objectives; (2) themes; (3) preparatory activities; (4) a classroom critics' checklist worksheet; and (5) a worksheet entitled "Guidelines for Classroom Drama Critics." Fourteen sample lessons centered around "A Raisin in the Sun" and a final worksheet on readers theater comprise the remainder of the guide. (SKC)