Lewis, Mack.

Read-aloud plays : classic short stories / original play adaptations by Mack Lewis. - New York : Scholastic, c2011. - 72 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. - Teaching resources . - Teaching resources. .

"Grades 4-8"--Cover. "8 fluency-boosting plays with easy activities that teach key literary elements"--Cover. "Teaches about plot, setting, character, theme, and more!"--Cover. "SC-520456"--Cover p. [4].

The legend of Sleepy Hollow / by Washington Irving -- The nose / by Nikolai Gogol -- The tell-tale heart / by Edgar Allan Poe -- A Christmas Carol / by Charles Dickens -- The necklace / by Guy de Maupassant -- Rikki-Tikki-Tavi / by Rudyard Kipling -- The gift of the Magi / by O. Henry -- The open window / by Saki (H.H. Munro).

Contains eight plays with activities designed to promote fluency and understanding of literary elements in students in fourth through eighth grade.

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Drama in education.
Literature--Study and teaching (Elementary)
Children's plays.
Children's theater.
Teaching--Aids and devices.
Drama in education.
Literature--Study and teaching.
Elementary education.
Children's plays.
Theater.
Teaching--Aids and devices.

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