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American folklore, legends, and tall tales for readers theatre, Anthony D. Fredericks

eng

Includes bibliographical references (page 133) and index

index present

non fiction

American folklore, legends, and tall tales for readers theatre

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Anthony D. Fredericks

"Bring American history and literature to life with this collection of over 20 tales in the popular readers theatre format. Tony Fredericks presents a collection of best-loved stories to integrate with the U.S. History and Language Arts curriculum in elementary and middle schools. This collection will be invaluable to teachers as they do their usual units of study in American history and literature. Plays focus on traditional tales that will aid teachers in building fluency skills in their young readers. Tips for introducing and using readers theatre are included."--BOOK JACKET

Readers theatre series

Introduction -- Part I: Readers theatre in the classroom and library -- 1. Getting started with readers theatre -- 2. Performing readers theatre for an audience -- Part II: Folklore, legends, and tall tales -- 3. Heroes and heroines -- The legend of Casey Jones -- John Henry -- Johnny Appleseed -- Sweet Betsy from Pike -- 4. Tall tales and large lies -- Paul Bunyan -- The saga of Pecos Bill -- Stormalong -- Rip Van Winkle -- Febold Feboldson -- 5. Rascals and ruffians -- Brer Rabbit -- Mike Fink -- "That's once!" -- The widow and the robbers -- 6. Magic and myth -- The fountain of youth -- Sun and moon in a box -- The shark chief and the great wave -- The flea -- Grandmother Spider steals the sun -- 7. Ballads and songs -- Yankee doodle -- Old Smoky -- Home on the range -- Buffalo gals -- The cowboy's lament -- References -- More teacher resources