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Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: Cookies

For Students K - 1st Standards
This interactive is a little ebook play with dialogue among Mother, Girl, and Boy. Click on Words to complete an activity.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Translating in Your Own Words: Pride and Prejudice

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will work in groups to select a "scene" from Pride and Prejudice and translate the scene into contemporary English.
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Website
British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Henry Fielding

For Students 9th - 10th
Familiarize yourself with the life and works of Henry Fielding. This source contains a quick fact sheet, a short biography, links to related articles, collection items, and works.
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Website
British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: John Dryden

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Familiarize yourself with the life and works of John Dryden. This source contains a quick fact sheet, a short biography, links to related articles, collection items, and works.
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Website
British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: She Stoops to Conquer

For Students 9th - 10th
Read an overview of "She Stoops to Conquer" by Oliver Goldsmith and view additional resources such as articles and collection items.
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Website
British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Volpone

For Students 9th - 10th
Read an overview of the play "Volpone" by Ben Jonson and view additional resources such as articles, and collection items.
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Activity
British Library

British Library: Teaching Resources: Macbeth: Lady Macbeth

For Students 9th - 10th
This varied series of activities is designed to encourage learners to exercise independence of thought when exploring the presentation of Lady Macbeth throughout the play. The tasks draw learners' attention to the varied ways in which...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Math + Arts: Stage Props, Blocking, and Graphs

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
In this lesson, students will block a scene on a graph and act out the scene. Media resources and teacher materials are included.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Math + Arts: Jack & the Giants: Jack Spends His Pay

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this instructional activity, students will create and solve word problems involving money (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of decimals), and develop a script for a short scene and perform it using the elements of...
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Lesson Plan
ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Acting Out the Adverb, but What About the Adjective? [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
In this lesson, learners will compare and contrast adjectives and adverbs. They will explore how acting out an adverb is easier than an adjective. While they can reach for the adjective, they are often difficult to physically...
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Lesson Plan
ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Acting Hot and Cold [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd
In this lesson, 3rd graders will explore heating and cooling through pantomime. By enacting the effect of sunlight on a snowman and a growing seed, students will learn scientific information kinesthetically.
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Unit Plan
Cengage Learning

Houghton Mifflin: Tennessee Williams

For Students 9th - 10th
Designed as an online companion for teachers to the "Heath Anthology of American Literature," this website offers analysis of Williams' "Portrait of a Madonna," with sections on theme, style and original audience for his work.
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Website
ibiblio

Ibiblio: Web Museum: Baroque

For Students 9th - 10th
Read extensively about the history of the period and the life and works of the artists.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Tragedy

For Students 9th - 10th
This encyclopedia entry from Wikipedia about tragedies discusses its Greek origins; the typical characteristics of a tragedy; and lists some examples of ancient Greek, Roman, English, and modern-day writers of tragedies.
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Activity
Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Frog or Toad? [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A reader's theater adaptation of Patricia Lynch's early childhood book, Frog or Toad?, is provided on this script. Three character roles, along with a chorus of all other students, are needed in this performance.
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Activity
Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: The Burp Champion [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st
Originally published in a 2009 issue of The Reading Teacher, this reader's theater script was written by two of Dr. Chase Young's second grade students. Two character roles are needed in this activity about a burping contest.
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Activity
Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: The Poem "Simile" [Pdf]

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
A reader's theater script for "Simile", a poem, is provided on this script. Eleven character roles are needed in this performance.
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Primary
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Author: J. M. Synge

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers links to two novels and three plays by J. M. Synge; the novels include The Aran Islands and Two Penniless Princesses.
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Handout
Northern Virginia Community College

Introduction to Theatre Six Parts of a Play Character

For Students 9th - 10th
This site tells of Aristotle's six parts of a play. It goes into detail on the Character and the different terms that describe different character types.
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Handout
Other

Critical reading.com: Drama

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Discusses what the literary form of drama consists of in relation to its content, language, and structure.
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Graphic
Other

Der Wandrer/johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features a translation of Goethe's verse play "Der Wandrer" as well as interpretive music and artwork to enhance our enjoyment of the play.
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Activity
Other

Obras Completas De Federico Garcia Lorca

For Students 9th - 10th
Superb reference to the complete works of Federico Garcia Lorca. Famous works in Spanish from the drama, poetry and prose of this famous Spamish author.
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Website
IMDb

Internet Movie Database: Edna Ferber

For Students 9th - 10th
This unique take on the author offers biographical tidbits, a listing of the films that are based on Edna Ferber's (1887-1968 CE) work, and her own work as a screenwriter.
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Website
Other

Abwag: Learn About Acting

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Student awareness and appreciation of acting will be enhanced after discovering the tricks of the trade. They will learn how to act, feel and think in an acting environment.