Synopses & Reviews
Enliven your literature and drama programs with these terrific Readers Theatre scripts! Featuring 16 original scripts that have been adapted from classic works of English literature, this book is perfect for use with young adults and ESL students. The scripts are easy to read and bring out the spirit and essence of each literary work. Each script comes with an introduction, background information, presentation suggestions, prop recommendations, and an overview of the characters. Your students will thoroughly enjoy themselves as they learn about the subject 0rea and improve their vocal and presentation skills. And you will be pleased to support your school's English literature or language arts curriculum in a lively, unconventional fashion!
Review
Those who are willing to try almost anything with their students to spark an interest in English literature and the language arts may want to give it a try.School Library Journal
Synopsis
Whether you are a novice or pro, this book tells you how to get started and how to make Readers Theatre fun. Drawing upon 16 classic works of literature -- from short stories to novels -- each script additionally provides you with author information, staging suggestions, and prop recommendations. The scripts include well-known works such as Little Women, The Necklace, Hard Times, Rappacini's Daughter, and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Your students are guaranteed to enjoy themselves as they learn about the subject area and improve their vocal and presentation skills.
Synopsis
Enliven your literature and drama programs with these terrific Readers Theatre scripts! Featuring 16 original scripts that have been adapted from classic works of English literature, this book is perfect for use with young adults and ESL students.
About the Author
JENNIFER L. KROLL is Senior Editor at Weekly Reader.
Table of Contents
Little women / Louisa May Alcott -- Episodes from Don Quixote / Miguel de Cervantes -- The necklace / Guy de Maupassant -- A Christmas carol / Charles Dickens -- Hard times / Charles Dickens -- The luck of Roaring Camp / Bret Harte -- Rappaccini's daughter / Nathaniel Hawthorne -- A retrieved reformation / O. Henry -- The legend of Sleepy Hollow / Washington Irving -- Captains courageous / Rudyard Kipling -- Zorro!, or, The curse of Capistrano / Johnston McCulley -- The oblong box / Edgar Allan Poe -- Frankenstein / Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley -- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde / Robert Louis Stevenson -- The lady, or the tiger? / Frank R. Stockton -- The prince and the pauper / Mark Twain.