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Shakespeare Plays Adapted for Readers Theater with Scripts & Activities Gr 2-4 - by David McAleese (Paperback)
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Highlights
- These adapted plays, each between 5 and 25 minutes long, will instill a love of Shakespeare and boost literacy skills!Background information provided to enrich the plays themselves, a program for easy staging and costumes are included.
- 11.0" x 8.5" Paperback
- 82 Pages
- Juvenile Fiction, General
Description
About the Book
These adapted plays, each between 5 and 25 minutes long, will instill a love of Shakespeare and boost literacy skills!
Book Synopsis
These adapted plays, each between 5 and 25 minutes long, will instill a love of Shakespeare and boost literacy skills!
Background information provided to enrich the plays themselves, a program for easy staging and costumes are included. Character roles are written at easy, moderate, and challenging reading levels.
Arranged in two sections, the teacher section includes ideas for presenting, discussing, and working with the plays in the book. The student section includes the scripts, and a variety of worksheets and activities that allow students to demonstrate their comprehension of the materials at hand, and improve writing skills.
Plays Include:
- A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Antony & Cleopatra
- Henry V
- Hamlet
- King Lear
- Macbeth
- Romeo & Juliet
Review Quotes
Extremely satisfied: As an English Major have looked for a simple reader's theatre of some of his plays. Absolutely LOVE this resource.... my students really were engaged and had meaningful conversations with parents about the different characters they portrayed in Shakespeare's works. Priceless! Terry N
Great resource! Lisa L.
Amazing speaking practice for my ELLs Jamie R.
Love that so many of the plays are introduced.
The kids really enjoyed this and was easy to use. Katherine D