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Featuring scripts for well known classical fantasy stories, as well as more current entries into the genre, Wings of Fancy addresses subgenres such as: Fairies and Enchanted Creatures; Fantastic Beasts and Talking Animals. Each script offers a summary of the story with background information on the author and story, plus suggested further readings. Staging and presentation directions are included, as is a glossary of new and unfamiliar terms. Unlike most other books of this type, lesson plans and project ideas are also included for each story. Grades 4-8The Readers Theatre series presents original scripts written for the purpose of teaching a specific literary genre. Each book is composed of 24-28 scripts, keyed to published books, plays, poems or stories in that genre, encouraging students to read the originals to accomplish the correlated project. Staging and presentation directions are included. Two-leveled (lower and higher level) projects with all needed lesson plans, forms and discussion are also provided for each script.

Playesque (in the manner of a play), Volume 1 features original plays for performances in high school, junior college, and other amateur venues. The plays are reproducible and royalty free for educational and nonprofit performance. They are easily duplicated and performed, and provide complete directions for costuming and staging.Each volume of the Playesque series offers one full-length play, three shorter one-act plays, staging directions, play summaries and other helpful information. This first book in the series features the full-length drama, Americana, as well as three short plays: Erstwhile, a comedy; The Cronus Offence, a science fiction drama; and It's Nothing, a contemporary farce. Each play features character analysis, degree of difficulty rating, and complete production and director's notes. Grades 9-12.

Introduce students to the magic of theatre and help them develop important dramatic skills with this enchanting collection of short plays. With characters and story lines that will especially appeal to young people, these reproducible scripts are complete and offer full acting and production opportunities without elaborate sets or costuming.Introduce students to the magic of theatre and help them develop important dramatic skills with this enchanting collection of short plays. With characters and story lines that will especially appeal to young people, these reproducible scripts are complete and offer full acting and production opportunities without elaborate sets or costuming. Designed around the guidelines for the theatre discipline of the National Standards for Arts Education (NSAE), the scripts are short in length and affordable to produce. They offer educators a fresh and simple approach to teaching students acting, design, directing, and research.

Featuring scripts for well known classical fantasy stories, as well as more current entries into the genre, Wings of Fancy addresses subgenres such as: Fairies and Enchanted Creatures; Fantastic Beasts and Talking Animals. Each script offers a summary of the story with background information on the author and story, plus suggested further readings. Staging and presentation directions are included, as is a glossary of new and unfamiliar terms. Unlike most other books of this type, lesson plans and project ideas are also included for each story. Grades 4-8The Readers Theatre series presents original scripts written for the purpose of teaching a specific literary genre. Each book is composed of 24-28 scripts, keyed to published books, plays, poems or stories in that genre, encouraging students to read the originals to accomplish the correlated project. Staging and presentation directions are included. Two-leveled (lower and higher level) projects with all needed lesson plans, forms and discussion are also provided for each script.

Playesque (in the manner of a play), Volume 1 features original plays for performances in high school, junior college, and other amateur venues. The plays are reproducible and royalty free for educational and nonprofit performance. They are easily duplicated and performed, and provide complete directions for costuming and staging.Each volume of the Playesque series offers one full-length play, three shorter one-act plays, staging directions, play summaries and other helpful information. This first book in the series features the full-length drama, Americana, as well as three short plays: Erstwhile, a comedy; The Cronus Offence, a science fiction drama; and It's Nothing, a contemporary farce. Each play features character analysis, degree of difficulty rating, and complete production and director's notes. Grades 9-12.

In dieser neuartigen Romanausgabe beweisen die Autoren erfolgreicher Serien ihr großes Talent. Geschichten von wirklicher Buch-Romanlänge lassen die illustren Welten ihrer Serienhelden zum Leben erwachen. Es sind die Stories, die diese erfahrenen Schriftsteller schon immer erzählen wollten, denn in der längeren Form kommen noch mehr Gefühl und Leidenschaft zur Geltung. Spannung garantiert!Judy hörte ein aggressives, gefährliches Bellen. Fast wie bei einem wilden, ungebändigten Tier! Ihr blieb keine Zeit, darüber nachzudenken, denn plötzlich wurde sie von einer eiskalten Windbö erfaßt. Judy hatte mit Wind und sogar Regen gerechnet. Doch der Windstoß, der sie nun traf, war so eisig kalt, daß die junge Frau unwillkürlich erstarrte. Die Kälte schnitt in Judys Körper wie ein Messer. Bis tief in ihr Innerstes drang sie vor und ließ Judy von einem Moment auf den anderen voller Entsetzen erstarren. Judys Hände fanden plötzlich keinen Halt mehr am Gemäuer des Schornsteins. Völlig gefühllos, wie abgestorben fühlten sich ihre Finger an. Nun war Judy für den Wind leichte Beute. Er traf sie genau vor die Brust und schleuderte sie von dem Schornstein zurück. Unfähig, einen Schrei auszustoßen, taumelte Judy zurück und stürzte über die Dachkante in die Tiefe…Schlurfende Schritte hallten dumpf in dem hohen düsteren Korridor des alten Castles wider. Die achtarmigen Kronleuchter, die in großen Abständen an mächtigen Ketten von der Decke hingen, tauchten den Gang in ein schummriges Halbdunkel. Die Türen, eingerahmt von wuchtigen, reichverzierten Zargen, lagen ebenso im halbdunkeln, wie die Nischen, in denen funkelnde Ritterrüstungen standen, in deren Metallhandschuhen mittelalterliche Waffen steckten.Hinter den bogenförmigen Fenstern tobte ein nächtliches Gewitter. Der Sturm heulte um die verwinkelten Fassaden des alten ­Castles, peitschte den Regen gegen die Scheibe, wo das Wasser wie ein Vorhang hinabfloß.Die schlurfenden Schritte kamen näher. Der Schatten einer Gestalt fiel auf den Boden des Korridors, der mit kostbaren Läufern ausgelegt war, die allerdings schon