Literary Drama

Because The Taming of the Shrew deals with relationships between several different "courting" couples, it can capture…

The Taming of the Shrew

Subjects:

Reading and Literature

Literary Drama

Shakespeare

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Backyardigans Finger Puppets

Encourage creativity outside the classroom with these printable finger puppets from The Backyardigans. Children will…

Subjects:

Drama and Performing Arts

Art, Music and Drama

Children's Book Characters

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Readers Theatre is an oral reading activity that invites children to become the characters in favorite books and…

Readers Theatre

Subjects:

Reading and Literature

Literary Drama

Theater

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ASSESSMENT

Scoring Rubric: Drama

The organization, elements of drama writing, grammar, usage, mechanics, and spelling of a written piece are scored in…

Subjects:

Reading and Literature

Literary Drama

Language Arts and Writing

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Write a Harry Potter Script

Students learn to summarize one chapter from a Harry Potter book and write a one scene script for it.

Subjects

Reading

Reading Comprehension

Literature

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Enhance understanding with a teaching guide for Shakespeare's Othello provides a variety of ideas and activities to…

Othello

Subjects:

Reading and Literature

Literary Drama

Banned Books and Censorship

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Teacher's Guide to Studying Shakespeare

Explore teaching activities to be used before, during, and after reading Shakespeare's plays.

Subjects:

Reading and Literature

Literary Drama

Shakespeare

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Explore Shakespeare's Richard III includes a variety of activities and discussion questions to stimulate students'…

Richard III

Subjects:

Reading and Literature

Literary Drama

Shakespeare

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Explore Macbeth includes a literary overview, suggestions for teaching the play, extended learning activities, and…

Macbeth

Subjects:

Reading and Literature

Literary Drama

Banned Books and Censorship

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A Doll's House Teacher's Guide

Build background knowledge in 19th-century history and culture with the lesson planning resources in this teacher's…

Subjects:

Literature

Suffrage and Women's Rights

Drama and Performing Arts

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Enhance understanding with a teaching guide for Hansberry's Raisin in the Sun contains an annotated list of characters,…

A Raisin in the Sun

Subjects:

Reading and Literature

Literary Drama

Banned Books and Censorship

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Love, villainy, friendship, parent-child relationships, society, and customs – Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing…

Much Ado About Nothing

Subjects:

Reading and Literature

Literary Drama

Shakespeare

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Pygmalion Teacher's Guide

Utilize the resources in this teacher's guide to explore the historic, cultural, and linguistic significance of…

Subjects:

Reading and Literature

Literary Drama

Social Studies and History

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The Merchant of Venice Teacher's Guide

Introduce students to the common themes in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice through the pre-reading activities in…

Subjects:

Reading and Literature

Literary Drama

Banned Books and Censorship

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The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane Reader's Theater

Bring The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane to life by having pupils practice dramatizing and reading aloud from this…

Subjects:

Reading and Literature

Literary Drama

Drama and Performing Arts

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The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays Teacher's Guide

This 24-page teacher's guide to The Importance of Being Earnest focuses on themes, character analysis, and drama-based…

Subjects:

Literary Drama

Drama and Performing Arts

Literature

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Social Studies Readers Theater

To use Readers Theater with social studies, students read an historical novel, then select one part of it to script.…

Subjects:

Reading and Literature

Literary Drama

Social Studies and History

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Readers Theater Sample Script

This sample script can be used as a basis for a Readers Theater production.

Subjects:

Reading and Literature

Literary Drama

Theater

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Use a printable that contains three different brief rhymes that students can perform with accompanying gestures.

Family Finger Plays

Subjects:

Reading and Literature

Poetry

Literary Drama

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Student work in groups of three or four to pick a scene or event that they will present as a skit.

Present a Skit

Subjects:

Reading and Literature

Literary Drama

Drama and Performing Arts

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Teacher's Guide to Anton Chekhov: The Major Plays

This printable teacher's guide to Anton Chekhov: The Major Plays focuses on The Sea Gull, The Three Sisters, and The…

Subjects:

Reading and Literature

Literary Drama

Russia

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Folfer Library Midsummers Night's Dream Curriculum Guide

A Midsummer Night's Dream Curriculum Guide

Use performance-based teaching techniques to unlock the language of Shakespeare's romantic comedy A Midsummer Night's…

Subjects:

Reading and Literature

Literary Drama

Shakespeare

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