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Above Image:  from G.T. production of "A Christmas Carol"

*** The plays my elementary students require adaptation for children and become, in a  sense, an adaptation of a grown up play tweaked for kids. 

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The plays my elementary students perform require adaptation for children. Typically, I have written our plays or parts of our plays so that each child, regardless of their age, experiences a REAL role and are not simply someone standing in the background. Our plays are always connected to what we are learning that year in G.T. and are directed toward affective development.  Most children in elementary school --especially in rural districts --have never seen a play, especially one with actors who look like them. Schools often do not have the means or the money to take elementary students to theater productions. As a result, our plays are FREE. At the performances where parents come, we do take donations to help us pay for our expenses. The purpose of all that we do is to get kids interested in theater, revealing an area they might want to participate in during high school --it is to create a love for acting and a stage and costumes and all that goes with it so that someday they will be theatergoers who find great joy in the stories they see on the stage. It is also to develop self-confidence, public speaking, responsibility, and perseverance --all BIG in today's world.




How can you possibly do theater with children ages 7 - 12, and WHY do you do it? It all begin with a group of high school girls in 2010, a valuable lesson I learned about the power of theater for students, and a woman named Charlotte Delbo...
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      • Letting Go of Testing
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    • Program Brochure
    • Scope and Sequence
  • Past Studies
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    • MATILDA AT HOME! AMI >
      • HUMAN Masterpieces
      • CORONA DISK JOCKEY!
      • "If I Were a Rich Man/Woman" >
        • Kylie's Gallery
        • Benton's Gallery
        • Xander's Gallery
        • Gentrye's Gallery
        • Ava's Gallery
        • Cannon's Gallery
        • Tyler's Gallery
        • Eli's Gallery
        • Jax Gallery
        • Madden's Gallery
        • Troy's Gallery
        • Brody's Gallery
        • Peyton's Gallery
        • Scarlet's Gallery
        • Mack's Gallery
        • Amelia's Gallery
        • Emily's Gallery
        • Rylee's Gallery
        • Cal's Gallery
        • Marley's Gallery
        • Sam's Gallery
      • Character in Action
    • Anthropomorphism >
      • LIST # 1 >
        • Black Beauty
        • Mrs. Frisby & the Rats of Nimh
        • Bunnicula!
        • Babe
        • The Sight
        • The Jungle Book
        • Tale of Despereaux
        • Wind in the Willows
        • Chronicles of Narnia
        • Mouse Called Wolf
        • One / Only Ivan
        • Watership Down
      • LIST # 2 >
        • Martin's Mice
        • Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
        • Fire Bringer
        • Never-ending Story
        • Trumpet Swan
        • Animal Farm
        • Cricket Times Square
        • Redwall
        • Nest for Celeste
        • Winnie the Pooh
        • WARRIORS
        • MOUSE/ Motorcycle
      • LIST # 3 >
        • Freddy Goes to Florida
        • The Capture
        • Ace the Very Important Pig
        • PAX
        • The Golden Compass
        • Stuart Little
        • The Underneath
        • Tales Beatrix Potter
        • Bambi
        • MAUS
        • Poppy
        • WAR HORSE
        • Masterpiece
      • Anthropomorphic Wisdom
      • MENTAL PUZZLES
      • ACTIVE Reading
  • Productions!
    • Putting on a Play
    • Charlotte's Web >
      • Charlotte's Web Activities >
        • SUMMARY WRITING
        • Chapter Activities
        • My OWN Farm
      • Iliad & Odyssey
      • Watership Down >
        • Characters
        • VOCABULARY
        • LAPINE lanaguage
        • Flora in Watership Down
        • Podcast - Leadership in Watership
    • Adventures of Matilda >
      • Roald Dahl & "Matilda!" >
        • Roald Dahl Activities
        • MORE Book Activities
        • MUSIC 4 fun!
        • The Musical
        • ENCOURAGING READING
        • Books
        • Dahl & WRITING! (Activities)
    • ANNIE >
      • Annie Dress Rehearsal PHOTOS
      • Roaring 20's Party!
    • Inside Out >
      • Newsela Emotions
    • BRUNDIBAR! >
      • All About Brundibar
      • Terezin Specialists
      • Remembrance SEDER
      • Holocaust Presentations >
        • Timeline
        • Anne Frank
        • Words from Dr. John Roth
        • WWII PHOTOS
        • Shedding Light on the Shadow
    • Cinderella Photos/Curriculum
    • "It's a Wonderful Life!"
    • "Who Will Carry the Word?"
    • The Taming of the Shrew
    • Bye, Bye Birdie
    • A Christmas Carol >
      • VIDEO of Play
      • Why A Christmas Carol? >
        • Essential Questions
        • Watership/Leadership Podcast
        • READ >
          • Response Questions
          • Vocabulary
        • Oliver Twist
        • Street Children
        • Carol Study Guide
        • Dickens' BIO
        • Research LINKS
        • Original Manuscript
        • Dickens and Art
        • Play INFO
        • G.T. Farewell PARTY
    • COMING TO AMERICA! >
      • Story of Annie Moore
      • Mrs. Dunn's Lovely Farm
      • The Hundred Dresses
      • Orphan Train
      • Immigration Terms
      • Statue of Liberty
    • Lights, Camera, Comedy!
    • Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
    • A Midsummer Night's Dream
    • Harvest Celebration
  • K/1 Enrichment
    • MORE K/1 Activities >
      • STILL More K/1 Activities >
        • What is Creativity?
        • Memory Frameworks
        • Creativity Analogy Task
        • Rudyard Kipling Project
        • Things that are Red
        • BEDS for K-1
        • Christmas!
        • Book of Kells
        • Tree Tunnels
        • Wired Animals
        • Flashlight
        • Originality Lesson
      • Helping Young Kids with Testing
  • Creativity
    • Creativity INTRO >
      • Creative Thinking Tools
      • Why Creativity Counts
      • Creativity Videos
      • Creativity Facts
  • Nurturing CULTURE
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      • Power Women!
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    • Recognition
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