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Published: 2012-01-31

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ISBN-13: 9781886588530

WHAT IT IS: This fun and hilarious musical play helps you teach social skills while bringing your classroom to life! Easy-to-do play comes with script, audio CD, and teacher's guide. NO music or drama experience is required¿you don't have to sing or play a note! Go big and perform on stage, keep it simple with a classroom performance, or simply do reader's theater in class. No fancy sets, costumes, or performance spaces are needed, so it's all up to you! Flexible casting for 8-40 students and permission to edit the script and songs make it easy to tailor the play to the needs of your class and community. Your purchase of one copy per teacher includes permission to photocopy the script for students. /// WHAT IT TEACHES: In "Good Manners: A Medieval Quest for Polite Behavior," a wicked spell has been cast on the kingdom: good manners have suddenly disappeared! It¿s up to Sir Gwendolyn and Sir Dancelot to go on a quest to bring them back. They'll meet lots of helpful characters: An alchemist has invented hygiene, a baron teaches them social etiquette, the Black Knight encourages them to learn to help others, a damsel (definitely not in distress) reveals the importance of asking permission, a spoon-loving abbot shares the joys of table manners, and a dragon explains why it¿s mean to call people names. 30 minutes; grades 2-6. /// WHAT IT DOES: Filled with humor and fantastic songs, "Good Manners: A Medieval Quest for Polite Behavior" is a safe and wildly fun way to offer some gentle instruction on manners. And, like all Bad Wolf Press plays, this show can be used to improve reading comprehension, vocabulary, performance and speaking skills, class camaraderie and teamwork, and school engagement and parental involvement¿all while enabling students to be part of a truly fun and creative experience they will never forget!