The opinions of producers, directors, actors, and designers of plays for child audiences under 10 years old were solicited in this study; based upon author's doctoral research at the University of Denver, 1968. (Author/RD)

Children can become script masters if they have a teacher/director who follows certain procedures, such as: (1) select a script that has relevancy to the cast; (2) audition the children via an interview process prior to reading the script for the first time; (3) cast the children based on appearance, sound of the voice, and personality more than…

This historical dramatization, prepared for presentation at the 1985 Wyoming Chatauqua, contains three dialogues, set during the administration of President Thomas Jefferson and presenting the issues surrounding the drafting and ratification of the U.S. Constitution. The dialogues are designed to be presented in three segments to permit discussion…

Bringing the world of work into the classroom may be facilitated by means of a teacher-prepared slide presentation. Suggestions for 75 slides depicting various occupations and commentary to accompany them provide guidelines for teachers wishing to develop their own collection of slides. (AG)

Favorite stories, poems and plays set the scene for critical reading, creative drama and student pride. (Editor)

Students should be invited to write dramatic scripts rather than reporting or discussing. (JH)

Instructional materials used in a FLES (foreign language in the elementary school) experiment during a three-year period are presented in this booklet. Tapescripts of dialogues, made by American children in grades 2, 3, and 4 and their native French counterparts who participated in the intercultural exchange program comprise the body of the text.…

Shows how plays can be modified and used effectively in remedial reading classes. (RL)

Reading and writing plays can be a good way to learn reading, listening, and writing skills. This paper contains suggestions for using plays in adult literacy courses. Ideas are given for reading and writing plays, including developing a plot and characters, drafting a script, and editing and finalizing a script. Various methods of transcribing…

This study describes the syntactic features of Black English Vernacular (BEV) spoken by black characters in three black situation comedies on American television: "The Jeffersons,""Good Times," and "What's Happening." Using scripts and audio tapes of three episodes from each series during the 1977-78 television season, transcripts were made of…

The research presented here is a descriptive account, consonant with ethnographic methods, of interactions between and among family members in selected segments of documentary, prime time and soap opera television programming. The analysis of each program format was based on kinship relationships of participants, topics of conversation involving…