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Children's Plays

12 Fabulously Funny Fairy Tale Plays: Humorous Takes on Favorite Tales That Boost Reading Skills, Build Fluency & Keep Your Class Chuckling With Lots of Read-Aloud Fun!
by Justin McCory Martin
Students will have oodles of fun building essential reading skills with rib-tickling versions of beloved fairy tales turned into read-aloud plays! Even your most reluctant readers won't be able to resist these hilarious twists on their favorite tales. 
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Cinderella Outgrows the Glass Slipper and Other Zany Fractured Fairy Tale Plays: 5 Funny Plays with Related Writing Activities and Graphic Organizers That Motivate Kids to Explore Plot, Characters, and Setting
by J. M. Wolf
What happens when Cinderella wears shoes she's made from recycled materials to the ball? Tap into students' sense of humor with five lively plays that take the plots, characters, and settings of traditional fairy tales and turn them on their heads!
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20 Terrific Mini-Plays that Build Reading Skills: 20 Engaging, Easy Read-Aloud Plays To Kick Off and Enrich The Key Social Studies, Science, and Language Arts Topics You Teach--And Build Reading Fluency
by Tracey West
Foster reading skills with plays on the 50 States, the Underground Railroad, Nellie Bly, space, and more.
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Easy-to-Read Folktale Plays to Teach Conflict Resolution: 10 Reproducible Plays From Around the World With Engaging Activities That Help Kids Build the Skills They Need to Prevent and Resolve Conflicts
by Kathleen M. Hollenbeck
These short plays based on classic tales such as the Frog King, the Ugly Duckling, and the Lion and the Mouse emphasize ways of preventing and resolving conflicts.
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Plot and Setting


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Grand Teton National Park
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Character Development

Top Questions for Fictional Characters -- Questions to Help in Creating Characters
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1. Where does your character live?
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2. Where is your character from?
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Top Questions for Fictional Characters -- Questions to Help in Creating Characters
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3. How old is your character?
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Top Questions for Fictional Characters -- Questions to Help in Creating Characters
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4. What is your character called?
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5. What does your character look like?
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6. What kind of childhood did he or she have?
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7. What does your character do for a living?
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8. How does your character deal with conflict and change?
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9. Who else is in your character's life?
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10. What is your character's goal or motivation in this story or scene?
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