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Fredericks, Anthony D. – 2002
This book presents science fiction readers theatre scripts for use with grades 4 through 8. The introduction provides information on what readers theatre is and its value, as well as presentation suggestions (e.g., preparing scripts, staging, props, delivery, and post-presentation). Each script includes staging directions and ideas for learning…
Descriptors: Creative Dramatics, Intermediate Grades, Middle Schools, Readers Theater
Cullum, Albert – 1995
This resource presents scripts for eight Shakespearean plays. The scripts are adapted for classroom presentation by intermediate level students. Each play includes introductory materials, instructions for staging and costumes, a vocabulary list, and a cast of characters. Enough roles are provided for participation by every child in the class. Many…
Descriptors: Acting, Comedy, Drama, Dramatics
Cullum, Albert – 1993
This resource presents scripts for 15 classical plays from ancient Greece and Rome. The scripts are adapted for classroom presentation by intermediate level students. Each play includes an introduction, instructions for staging and costumes, a vocabulary list, and a cast of characters. Enough roles are provided for participation by every child in…
Descriptors: Acting, Classical Literature, Comedy, Drama

Holbein, Marie F. Doan; Bristor, Valerie J.; Yahya, Noorchaya – Reading Horizons, 2001
Explores the effectiveness of using television and video to motivate student writing. Describes how, following a series of motivational and brainstorming sessions using television, video, and popular literature, 23 fifth-grade students wrote and videotaped dramatizations of short "teaser" scripts in cooperative groups. Notes that these…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Group Activities, Intermediate Grades, Popular Culture
Cheifetz, Dan – Teachers and Writers, 1977
Provides excerpts from scripts and students' self-reports on their participation in a class project that taught communication skills through playwriting and performing. (RL)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Communication Skills, Creative Dramatics, Intermediate Grades
Garner, Joan – 1995
Introducing students to the magic of theater and helping them develop dramatic skills, this book presents nine reproducible scripts for short plays (15 to 25 minutes) with characters and story lines that will appeal to young people. The scripts in the book encompass a variety of story types, from adaptations of well-known fairy tales to original…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Fairy Tales, Intermediate Grades, Production Techniques
Nguchu, Ruth Rukunga – 1981
This study surveyed parents, headmasters, and home economics teachers from 12 primary schools in Nairobi to collect information on the extent of radio use in home economics teaching, the reasons for use or non-use, and parental attitudes toward educational radio programs in general. Upper primary (standard 4-7) home economics teachers completed a…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Radio, Home Economics, Home Management
Smith, Chari R. – 2003
Readers Theater is a presentation by two or more participants who read from scripts and interpret a literary work in such a way that the audience imaginatively sense characterization, setting, and action. Traditionally, the primary focus of readers theater is on an effective reading of the script, not on a dramatic presentation. The scripts in…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Females, Intermediate Grades, Learning Activities
Bauernschub, Mary Beth – 2002
This curriculum unit introduces intermediate grade and middle school students to the work of Stephen Sondheim, one of the most talented composers of the contemporary American musical theater, and teaches them about the process of writing an original musical. The unit notes that in his musical "Into the Woods" Sondheim incorporates (and…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Fairy Tales, Intermediate Grades, Lesson Plans

Paulis, Chris – Maryland English Journal, 1984
A summer English class for gifted fifth- through eighth-grade students was designed to allow students to interact with literature by adapting short-stories into plays that the students then produced, performed, and filmed. During the prewriting phase, students discussed qualities most essential to a story or film, and compared a short story with…
Descriptors: Course Content, Drama, Elementary Education, Film Production
Minnesota State Dept. of Children, Families, and Learning, St. Paul. – 1998
Developed by classroom teachers during the development phase of Minnesota's Graduation Standards, this performance package is made up of locally designed assignments that, taken together, show whether a student has learned and can apply the knowledge and skills related to creating, interpreting, and evaluating a variety of artistic expressions. It…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Acting, Characterization, Childrens Literature
Delue, Norman; Hayward, Thomas B. – 1996
Intended especially for teachers who might be a little intimidated by the art of playwriting, this guide provides a step-by-step plan for using drama in the classroom in grades 4-8 to build children's language arts and thinking skills. The guide features a series of engaging activities where students will learn how to write dialogue, set scenes,…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Childrens Writing, Class Activities, Creative Activities

Hay, Louise – Computers in the Schools, 1997
Describes a grant-funded project that used technology to adapt the same instructional materials for 240 fourth-grade students by using captioned video scripts at different reading levels to provide individualization. A multiple-choice quiz of comprehension and vocabulary-related questions was developed as an assessment tool. Student reactions…
Descriptors: Captions, Computer Assisted Instruction, Grade 4, Individualized Instruction
Tyan, Nay-ching Nancy; Hu, Yi-chain – 1997
A study was conducted to determine if audience-tailored videotapes and the format of follow-up discussions can change audience attitudes. Sixth-grade students in Taiwan were given a survey on their attitudes toward elderly people. Scripts for videotapes were written based on the data obtained from the survey. Children found to have a negative…
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Aging (Individuals), Attitude Change, Audience Response