Love That Dog

Love That Dog

Author: Sharon Creech

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2002-01-01

Total Pages: 113

ISBN-13: 0747557497

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This is an utterly original and completely beguiling prose novel about a boy who has to write a poem, and then another, and then even more. Soon the little boy is writing about all sorts of things he has not really come to terms with, and astounding things start to happen.


Reader's Theater Scripts--Texas History

Reader's Theater Scripts--Texas History

Author: Timothy Rasinski

Publisher: Teacher Created Materials

Published: 2014-08-01

Total Pages: 179

ISBN-13: 1425896049

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Improve students' reading fluency while providing fun and purposeful practice and performance through Reader's Theater Scripts. Engage students through Reader's Theater to make learning fun while building knowledge of Texas history and the significant people, events, and places that make Texas what it is today. Improve vocabulary and comprehension with repeated practice and performance of the scripts along with TEKS-based activities in the lesson plans, which include word study, comprehension questions, and extension activities. Make your classroom a Reader's Theater classroom today!


What Makes This Book So Great

What Makes This Book So Great

Author: Jo Walton

Publisher: Macmillan + ORM

Published: 2014-01-21

Total Pages: 488

ISBN-13: 1466844094

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“A remarkable guided tour through the field—a kind of nonfiction companion to Among Others. It’s very good. It’s great.” —Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing As any reader of Jo Walton’s Among Others might guess, Walton is both an inveterate reader of SF and fantasy, and a chronic re-reader of books. In 2008, then-new science-fiction mega-site Tor.com asked Walton to blog regularly about her re-reading—about all kinds of older fantasy and SF, ranging from acknowledged classics, to guilty pleasures, to forgotten oddities and gems. These posts have consistently been among the most popular features of Tor.com. Now this volumes presents a selection of the best of them, ranging from short essays to long reassessments of some of the field’s most ambitious series. Among Walton’s many subjects here are the Zones of Thought novels of Vernor Vinge; the question of what genre readers mean by “mainstream”; the underappreciated SF adventures of C. J. Cherryh; the field’s many approaches to time travel; the masterful science fiction of Samuel R. Delany; Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children; the early Hainish novels of Ursula K. Le Guin; and a Robert A. Heinlein novel you have most certainly never read. Over 130 essays in all, What Makes This Book So Great is an immensely readable, engaging collection of provocative, opinionated thoughts about past and present-day fantasy and science fiction, from one of our best writers. “For readers unschooled in the history of SF/F, this book is a treasure trove.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)


Hedgie's Surprise

Hedgie's Surprise

Author: Jan Brett

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2016-04-26

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 0399549307

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Jan Brett's beloved character Hedgie stars in this charming story about a little Tomten who gets tired of porridge for breakfast and starts stealing Henny's eggs. But Henny wants a brood of chicks and she needs her eggs. With the help of clever Hedgie, she substitutes an acorn, a strawberry, a mushroom and finally a potato in her nest. But nothing stops that Tomten until the little hedgehog hides in Henny's nest: when the Tomten reaches in to get his morning treat, all he gets is a handful of prickles. He runs home for porridge and never comes back again! Intricate needlepoint patterns of Scandinavian designs frame the characters reacting from the borders in this beautiful picture book set in Denmark.


Around The World Through Holidays

Around The World Through Holidays

Author: Carol Peterson

Publisher: Libraries Unlimited

Published: 2005-12-30

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13:

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Around The World Through Holidays: Cross Curricular Readers Theatre includes scripts for twelve plays adaptable for any of the reading or performance methods of Readers Theatre presentation. Each play introduces students to a specific world culture by looking at holidays celebrated in that culture. The structure of the book introduces holidays chronologically throughout a calendar year—one play per month. Grade level 4-6. Around The World Through Holidays: Cross Curricular Readers Theatre includes scripts for twelve plays adaptable for any of the reading or performance methods of Readers Theatre presentation. Each play introduces students to a specific world culture by looking at holidays celebrated in that culture. The structure of the book introduces holidays chronologically throughout a calendar year—one play per month. The focus is on literacy and social studies, so the book is not tied to the traditional nine-month school calendar. Any play can be read when the student is studying its culture, rather than during the month in which the holiday is celebrated. In addition to social studies and literacy activities, science and math activities are also included. Suggestions for creating a classroom party to celebrate each holiday and helpful appendices are included as well. Grade level 4-6.


The Memory Theater

The Memory Theater

Author: Karin Tidbeck

Publisher: Pantheon

Published: 2021-02-16

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 152474834X

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From the award-winning author of Amatka and Jagannath—a fantastical tour de force about friendship, interdimensional theater, and a magical place where no one ages, except the young In a world just parallel to ours exists a mystical realm known only as the Gardens. It’s a place where feasts never end, games of croquet have devastating consequences, and teenagers are punished for growing up. For a select group of masters, it’s a decadent paradise where time stands still. But for those who serve them, it’s a slow torture where their lives can be ended in a blink. In a bid to escape before their youth betrays them, Dora and Thistle—best friends and confidants—set out on a remarkable journey through time and space. Traveling between their world and ours, they hunt for the one person who can grant them freedom. Along the way, they encounter a mysterious traveler who trades in favors and never forgets debts, a crossroads at the center of the universe, our own world on the brink of war, and a traveling troupe of actors with the ability to unlock the fabric of reality. Endlessly inventive, The Memory Theater takes us to a wondrous place where destiny has yet to be written, life is a performance, and magic can erupt at any moment. It is Karin Tidbeck’s most engrossing and irresistible tale yet.


Introducing Readers Theatre

Introducing Readers Theatre

Author: Donna Cocking

Publisher: R.I.C. Publications

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 49

ISBN-13: 1863113614

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Theatre reading allows students to experiment with the use of language and to gain an insight into the interaction between text and the spoken word. For lower primary students.


Read and Write Sports

Read and Write Sports

Author: Anastasia Suen

Publisher: Libraries Unlimited

Published: 2011-04-12

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 1598846310

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What does it take to engage students and get them learning? Active participationùwhere kids are focused on a task within a social settingùis the first step. Readers theatre scripts are a perfect way to accomplish this. Secondly, add a component of genuine interest by incorporating popular sports and activities into the activity. --


Sci-fi Scenes and Monster Dreams

Sci-fi Scenes and Monster Dreams

Author: Jan Peterson Ewen

Publisher: Meriwether Publishing

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781566081979

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These highly creative and imaginative scenes will produce out-of-this-world laughs for both actors and audience! The 16-scene collection includes original stories as well as spoofs of popular movies, books, and television shows. Perfect for classroom use or performance, these sketches include 2 to 6 (or even more!) actors and run 5 to 10 minutes. Complete production notes make it easy to bring these royalty-free skits to life onstage! Actors of all ages and experience levels will appreciate the many roles that can be played by either gender, and the table of contents includes the cast size and running time for each scene. In addition to containing laugh-out-loud scenes, this valuable resource also focuses on important acting skills such as comedic timing, pantomime, using accents, and physical characterization.


Nonfiction Readers Theatre for Beginning Readers

Nonfiction Readers Theatre for Beginning Readers

Author: Anthony D. Fredericks

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2007-04-30

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13: 0313094659

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Teachers and librarians are continually looking for an interesting, fun way to input content knowledge to build that background information which will help push up student expository reading scores. Nonfiction readers theatre is one way to accomplish this. Professor Fredericks offers 30 short nonfiction readers theatre plays for the young reader (grades 1-3) on topics ranging from earth and natural science to community helpers, holidays, and government. Test scores across the country show American students are far more able to read narrative than nonfiction text. Some research speculates this is due to a great lack in the background knowledge of many children. Librarians are beginning to realize that a unique fit for the school librarian is as a provider of background knowledge materials for teachers to use.