Meadowbrook Press
Giggle Poetry: "Don't Suck Your Thumb" Poetry Theater
In "Don't Suck Your Thumb", students will participate in a poem in two voices. Adapted from the poem by Bruce Lansky in If Pigs Could Fly, And Other Deep Thoughts, students will dramatize a poem about a child who finds a substitute for...
Meadowbrook Press
Giggle Poetry: "Don't Pinch!" Poetry Theater
In "Don't Pinch!", students will participate in a poem in three voices. Adapted from the poem by Bruce Lansky in his My Dog Ate My Homework! poetry collection, students will dramatize a poem about a child who discovers why his friends...
Meadowbrook Press
Giggle Poetry: "When the Bubble Burst" Poetry Theater
In "When the Bubble Burst", students will participate in a poem in three voices. Adapted from the poem by Bruce Lansky in If Pigs Could Fly, And Other Deep Thoughts, students will dramatize a poem about a child who gets in trouble for...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Understanding Drama
Make complex inferences in a play and use textual evidence to support your understanding.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Monologues and Soliloquies (English I Reading)
Recognize monologue and soliloquy and explain how they function in a play.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Review of Dramatic Elements: Practice 4 (English I Reading)
Recognize the functions of monologue, soliloquy, and dramatic irony in a play.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Dramatic Irony (English I Reading)
Recognize dramatic irony and explain how it functions in a play.
Shmoop University
Shmoop: Henry Higgins in Pygmalion
This site lists and discusses the characters and themes in Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw. Shaw wants the reader to think about the problems caused by "common" language, and how language can separate people from different places and...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Excerpts From "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare
A learning module that begins with "Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Archetypes, Motifs, and Plot in Drama (English Ii Reading)
Understand and analyze how archetypes and motifs in drama affect the plot of plays.
Meadowbrook Press
Giggle Poetry: "A Lesson Learned" Poetry Theater: A Poem in Two Voices
In "A Lesson Learned", students will participate in a poem in two voices. Adapted from the poem by Bruce Lansky in My Dog Ate My Homework! and If Pigs Could Fly, And Other Deep Thoughts, students will dramatize a poem about a skydiver...
Meadowbrook Press
Giggle Poetry: "Samantha Cinderella Scott" Poetry Theater
In "Samantha Cinderella Scott," students will participate in a poem in three voices. Adapted from the poem by Kenn Nesbitt in When the Teacher Isn't Looking, students will dramatize a poem about a doctor telling a child that a shot isn't...
Meadowbrook Press
Giggle Poetry: "Bad Baxter Barton" Poetry Theater
In "Bad Baxter Barton," students will participate in a dramatization of a poem. Adapted from the poem "Bad Baxter Barton" originally published in Tall Tales of the Wild West (And a Few Short Ones) by Eric Ode, students will assume roles...
Meadowbrook Press
Giggle Poetry: "My Violin" Poetry Theater
In "My Violin," students will participate in a poem in three voices. Adapted from the poem by Bruce Lansky in My Dog Ate My Homework, students will dramatize a poem about a child who causes problems at home whenever he plays his violin.
Meadowbrook Press
Giggle Poetry: "Stop Sniffling!" Poetry Theater
In "Stop Sniffling!," students will participate in a poem in two voices. Adapted from the poem by Bruce Lansky in My Dog Ate My Homework, students will dramatize a poem about a child who learns the importance of blowing his nose.
Meadowbrook Press
Giggle Poetry: "Out of Control" Poetry Theater
In "Out of Control," students will participate in a poem in eleven voices. Adapted from the poem by Bruce Lansky in If Pigs Could Fly, And Other Deep Thoughts, students will dramatize a poem about a remote that mysteriously flips through...
Meadowbrook Press
Giggle Poetry: "My Dog Has Got No Manners" Poetry Theater
In "My Dog Has Got No Manners," students will participate in a poem in two voices. Adapted from the poem by Bruce Lansky in Rolling in the Aisles, students will dramatize a poem about a child who complains about his dog's bad behavior to...
Meadowbrook Press
Giggle Poetry: "Bad Hair Day" Poetry Theater
In "Bad-Hair Day," students will participate in a poem in three voices. Adapted from the poem by Linda Knaus in If Kids Ruled the School, students will dramatize a poem about how one child's messy hair interrupts the class.
Meadowbrook Press
Giggle Poetry: "My Noisy Brother" Poetry Theater
In "My Noisy Brother," students will participate in a poem in two voices. Adapted from the poem by Bruce Lansky in My Dog Ate My Homework! students will dramatize a poem about a child who imitates the annoying sounds that his brother...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Excerpt From the Tempest
A learning module that begins with "Excerpt from The Tempest" by William Shakespeare, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Excerpts From Three Sisters
A learning module that begins with "Excerpts from Three Sisters" a play by Anton Chekhov, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
American Movie Classics Company
The Film Site: A Streetcar Named Desire
This resource offers good material on Tennessee Williams' play "A Streetcar Named Desire," including a quote from Williams on art, and information on the original 1947 production of the play and the 1950s film version.
Leaf Group
E How: William Shakespeare Costume Ideas
This article by Boze Herrington focuses on ideas for costumes for Shakespeare productions. He offers background information on Shakepeare and the historical setting. He provides pictures of costumes and discusses costumes for commoners...
BBC
Bbc Bitesize Revision: How to Set Out a Play Script
As part of a revision and writing section of BBC Bitesize, this site goes over several tips involved in writing a play, including information on the specific layout of the script.