Author: Annabelle Howard

  • Why Aren’t More Plays Being Read in K-12?

    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…

  • Getting Students to Relate to Classic Work

    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…