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Literary ideas and scripts for young playwrights

This collection presents techniques for tapping a broad range of literary sources to inspire young writers. Drawing upon poetry, folk tales, story jokes, popular nursery rhymes, and more, this book walks students through the process of creating new stories and scripts for choral readings, readers theatre, and classroom plays. The process inspires creativity, problem solving, observation, and listening skills within a writing and theatrical framework
Print Book, English, ©2004
Teacher Ideas Press, Portsmouth, NH, ©2004
Juvenile works
xii, 176 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
9781591580713, 1591580714
53084055
Poetry for choral readings
Fairy tales for reader's theater
Fairy tale plays
Fairy tale alterations for reader's theater
Fairy tale variation for plays
Modern fairy tale plays
Story joke plays
Poetry plays
Historical plays
Cultural myth plays
Original story plays