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MORE Frantic Frogs and Other Frankly Fractured Folktales for Readers Theatre
Anthony D. Fredericks
Illustrated by Rebecca N. Purvis
Book Code: TIP8628
ISBN: 1-59158-628-3
ISBN-13: 978-1-59158-628-9
168 pages, illustrations
Teacher Ideas Press, an imprint of Libraries Unlimited
Publication: 12/30/2007
List Price: $25.00 (UK Sterling Price: £13.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Paperback
Trim Size: 8 1/2 x 11
Subjects:
Series Title: Readers Theatre
Reviews:
  • The author includes background information on the value, presentation, and steps to follow when teaching students how to generate their own stories. Her description of 12 English/Language Arts standards that are addressed by the use of readers' theatre, such as seeing language in action, will give educators reasons to justify the inclusion of this type of performance in their curriculum.
    —School Library Journal     June 2008
Description: Long-time successful Teacher Ideas Press author Tony Fredericks presents all-new scripts in this book of fractured folk- and fairy tales middle-grade readers theatre. Have you heard about "The Boy Who Cried 'Amphibian'" or the story about when Little Red Riding Hood punched that Big, Bad Wolf right in the mouth? Fredericks tells those stories and offers more than 25 additional reproducible, satirical scripts for rip-roaring dramatics. His side-splitting send-ups and wacky fractured folk and fairy tales are guaranteed to bring snickers, chuckles, and belly laughs into the classroom, get everyone involved in production, and engage all audiences as well. The book also contains guidelines and tips for using readers theatre in the classroom to promote reading fluency and motivate young students to read! Grades 4-8.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Part I: A Bunch of Educational Stuff You Gotta Know Before You Read All the Fun Stuff in the Rest of ThisBook (a.k.a. The Introduction)
  • Part II: Are You Ready? Here's All the Really Wild and Wacky Scripts That You've Been Waiting For
  • Part III: Frog Central - A Really Hopping Place
  • Part IV: Stories That the Author of This Book Didn't (or Couldn't) Finish
  • (But Maybe You and Your Students Can)
  • Part V: Appendixes
LC Card Number: 2007030916
LCC Class: PS3606
Dewey Class: 812'
PDF Catalogs:
LU School Library Spring 2008.pdf
LU Public Library Spring 2008.pdf
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