Provides an excerpt from the author's book by the same title in which he shares an account of how a playwright guides the children from start to finish in writing and performing their own plays. (MG)

Four play scripts written by elementary school students. (RL)

How to make and use shadow puppets in class activities. (RL)

The story of how a radio play was written, revised, produced and put on the air by elementary school students. (Includes the completed script.) (RL)

Provides excerpts from scripts and students' self-reports on their participation in a class project that taught communication skills through playwriting and performing. (RL)

Presents an edited transcript of a panel discussion entitled "Educating the Imagination" held to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of Teachers and Writers Collaborative. Discusses fabulous lies in folk tales, definitions of "imagination," the role of the teacher, using slides of artwork to motivate students to write, and playwriting. (SR)