Author: AesopPublisher: Wordsworth Editions
ISBN: 9781853261282
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
A collection of animal fables told by the Greek slave Aesop.
Aesop's Fables on Stage
Author: Julie MeighanPublisher: Julie Meighan
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 75
Book Description
Enter Aesop's imaginative and wacky world of Brave MICE SLY FOXES and Proud PEACOCKS. Follow the adventures of the grateful LION who repays a debt, a slow andsteady TORTOISE who wins the race and a very lazy GRASSHOPPER whofinally gets his comeuppance. Aesop's Fables On Stage is a collection of delightful, fantastic fables that have been adapted into children's plays. The scripts can be used as performance plays, readers' theatre or just read for pure enjoyment.
Aesop's Fables on Stage: A Collection of Plays for Children
Author: Julie MeighanPublisher: Jembooks
ISBN: 9780956896698
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
This book is a collection of plays that have been adapted from Aesop's most famous fables. They can be used as performance plays, readers theatre or just used to promote reading in groups. Each play is between five and ten minutes long. The plays can be adapted to suit the various needs of the group. The cast list is very flexible - more characters can be added. Characters can be changed or omitted. In addition, the teacher/group leader can assume the role of the storyteller if the children are unable to read or not at the reading level required. Also included in this book is a variety of drama activities. These activities are designed to be fun and enjoyable as well as promoting group cohesion, character development and creativity. The plays in the collection are: The Lion and the Mouse The Ants and the Grasshopper The Hare and the Tortoise The Boy Who Cried Wolf The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse Belling the Cat The Miller, his Son and the Donkey The Fox and the Crow The Cockerel and the Fox The Goatherd and the Wild Goats The North Wind and the Sun The Fox and the Cat The Fox that lost his tail The Cat and the Hen The Peacock and the Crane The Dog and the Bone The Ant and the Dove The Crow and the Pitcher
Aesop's Fables Deluxe
Author: John HeathPublisher:
ISBN: 9781886588158
Category : Aesop's fables
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
WHAT IT IS: This fun and hilarious musical play helps you teach the standards while bringing your classroom to life! Easy-to-do play comes with script, audio CD, and teacher's guide. NO music or drama experience is required--you don't have to sing or play a note! Go big and perform on stage, keep it simple with a classroom performance, or simply do reader's theater in class. No fancy sets, costumes, or performance spaces are needed, so it's all up to you! Flexible casting for 8-40 students and permission to edit the script and songs make it easy to tailor the play to the needs of your class and community. Your purchase of one copy per teacher includes permission to photocopy the script for students. /// WHAT IT TEACHES: This play is composed of separate skits about nine of Aesop's fables--do them all or pick and choose your favorites! The songs are simple and playful, encouraging young students to delight in the sounds of language while they practice basic word-building skills. The play is a great tool for helping students build phonemic awareness and improve reading, spelling, and reading comprehension skills. It can also serve as a springboard for conversations about character and values. 5-25 minutes; grades K-3. /// WHAT IT DOES: "Aesop's Fables Deluxe" is a great complement to your curriculum resources in language arts. And, like all Bad Wolf Press plays, this show can be used to improve reading comprehension, vocabulary, performance and speaking skills, class camaraderie and teamwork, and school engagement and parental involvement--all while enabling students to be part of a truly fun and creative experience they will never forget!
Author: AesopFables of Power
Author: Annabel PattersonPublisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 0822382571
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
In this imaginative and illuminating work, Annabel Patterson traces the origins and meanings of the Aesopian fable, as well as its function in Renaissance culture and subsequently. She shows how the fable worked as a medium of political analysis and communication, especially from or on behalf of the politically powerless. Patterson begins with an analysis of the legendary Life of Aesop, its cultural history and philosophical implications, a topic that involves such widely separated figures as La Fontaine, Hegel, and Vygotsky. The myth’s origin is recovered here in the saving myth of Aesop the Ethiopian, black, ugly, who began as a slave but become both free and influential, a source of political wisdom. She then traces the early modern history of the fable from Caxton, Lydgate, and Henryson through the eighteenth century, focusing on such figures as Spenser, Sidney, Lyly, Shakespeare, and Milton, as well as the lesser-known John Ogilby, Sir Roger L’Estrange, and Samuel Croxall. Patterson discusses the famous fable of The Belly and the Members, which, because it articulated in symbolic terms some of the most intransigent problems in political philosophy and practice, was still going strong as a symbolic text in the mid-nineteenth century, where it was focused on industrial relations by Karl Marx and by George Eliot against electoral reform.
Paul Sills' Story Theater
Author: Paul SillsPublisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9781557833983
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
(Applause Books). The creator of Story Theater , the original director of Second City , and one of the greatest popularizers of improvisational theater, Paul Sills has assembled some of his favorite adaptations from world literature. Includes: The Blue Light and Other Stories, A Christmas Carol (Dickens), Stories of God, Rumi .
More Aesop's Fables on Stage
Author: Julie MeighanPublisher: Jembooks
ISBN: 9781916319585
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Passed down through the ages, Aesop's fables have captivated children's imagination for centuries. Aesop crafted simple stories that featured adventures of animals, birds, and beasts, each ending with a moral. There are a variety of plays in this collection. From the clever fox and the greedy bear to the boastful oak tree and the foolish frogs to the silly ass in the lion's skin, these narratives have captivated generations of readers.
Hans Christian Andersen's Stories on Stage
Author: Julie MeighanPublisher: Jembooks
ISBN: 9780993550621
Category : Children's plays
Languages : en
Pages : 39
Book Description
This book is a collection of plays that have been adapted from well-known Hans Christian Andersen stories. The scripts can be used as performance plays, readers' theatre or just used to promote reading in groups. The plays in the collection are The Ugly Duckling The Money Pig The Emperor's New Clothes The Little Mermaid The Brave Tin Soldier The Princess and the Pea The Little Match Girl The Snowman Thumbelina The Fir Tree The Rose Tree and the Snail. The Snowdrop
Author: Paul Sills