Author: Annabelle Howard
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Why Aren’t More Plays Being Read in K-12?
“Let me tell you a story . . .” We hear this and we lean in. Students lean in. People love stories and they learn deeply from them — especially when there’s lots of dialog and the story is crafted by a great writer. I’m talking about plays. And yet so few plays are read…
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Getting Students to Relate to Classic Work
Even contemporary work is “sold” to its audience using media, so with the idea that late is better than never, I wrote a prequel to the 17th century classic play, Life Is A Dream (La Vida es Sueno), using Google’s StoryBuilder. To be completely immodest — it worked like a charm. 3rd grade students from…