Superscripts - The Canterbury Tales
Published on 5. March 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
72 pages
978-0-7487-5694-0 (ISBN)
Description
The demand for new drama literature for Key Stages 3 and 4 is met by these original scripts and adaptations of popular children's fiction. The curriculum requirements for studying genuine dramatic literature will be achieved by studying these accessible theatre scripts. The plays can be successfully performed by pupils as they have already been performed in public to popular acclaim. The sophisticated themes and complex plots have been specifically designed to appeal to 11-16 year olds, and have a language level accessible to all pupils. These dramatic adaptations of popular texts allow pupils to respond to the subject matter from a new angle.
The demand for new drama literature for Key Stages 3 and 4 is met by these original scripts and adaptations of popular children's fiction. The curriculum requirements for studying genuine dramatic literature will be achieved by studying these accessible theatre scripts. The plays can be successfully performed by pupils as they have already been performed in public to popular acclaim. The sophisticated themes and complex plots have been specifically designed to appeal to 11-16 year olds, and have a language level accessible to all pupils. These dramatic adaptations of popular texts allow pupils to respond to the subject matter from a new angle.
The demand for new drama literature for Key Stages 3 and 4 is met by these original scripts and adaptations of popular children's fiction. The curriculum requirements for studying genuine dramatic literature will be achieved by studying these accessible theatre scripts. The plays can be successfully performed by pupils as they have already been performed in public to popular acclaim. The sophisticated themes and complex plots have been specifically designed to appeal to 11-16 year olds, and have a language level accessible to all pupils. These dramatic adaptations of popular texts allow pupils to respond to the subject matter from a new angle.
More details
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Oxford University Press
Target group
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 208 mm
Width: 148 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
100 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7487-5694-0 (9780748756940)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Act 1: introduction; The Pardoner's Tale; The Friar's Tale; The Miller's Tale. Act 2: The Reeve's Tale; The Wife of Bath's Tale; The Nun's Priest's Tale. Activities: things to talk about; things to write about; bringing the play to life; staging the play; the tale of Canterbury; Chaucer's life and work.