readers' theater

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President Lincoln, Willie Kettles, and the telegraph machine

2011
Fifteen-year-old Willie Kettles awaits good news from Richmond, Virginia, while working during the Civil War as a telegraph operator in the War Department building in Washington. Includes a readers' theater script and performance tips.

Ellen Craft's escape from slavery

2011
Ellen Craft poses as a white slave owner while traveling north with her husband, William, in an attempt to escape slavery. Includes a readers' theater script and performance tips.

Twelfth night

1994
An adaptation of Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night," written in rhyming couplets especially for young readers and performers. Includes illustrations and comments by children, as well as suggestions for activities based upon the story.

A midsummer night's dream for kids

1997
Presents an adapted version of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream," written in rhyming couplets especially for young readers and performers. Includes illustrations and comments by children as well as suggestions for activities based upon the story.

Macbeth for kids

1996
An adaptation of Shakespeare's "Macbeth," written in rhyming couplets especially for young readers and performers. Includes illustrations and comments by children, as well as suggestions for activities based upon the story.

How and why stories for readers theatre

2004
Presents a collection of forty theater scripts for the first through fifth-grade classroom that are based upon traditional multicultural folktales and Native American legends.

Frantic frogs and other frankly fractured folktales for readers theatre

1993
More than twenty reproducible scripts of wacky folktales and fairy tales that will act as energizers for middle school language arts programs.

Presenting reader's theater

plays and poems to read aloud
1987
A collection of over 50 read-aloud scripts.

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