{"product_id":"searching-for-america-volume-one-the-new-world-teaching-american-literature-through-readers-theater-script-stories-9780982704967","title":"Searching for America, Volume One, The New World: Teaching American Literature through Reader's Theater Script-Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eHave you ever wanted to teach a thorough survey of American Literature, but could not find the time? \u003cem\u003eSearching for America \u003c\/em\u003etakes some of America's greatest works of fiction and non-fiction and adapts them into Reader's Theater script-stories. Now classic texts such as \u003cem\u003eThe Scarlet Letter \u003c\/em\u003ecan be experienced in a whole new way  Reader's Theater script-stories allow students to break away from silent reading and participate in a group \"acting out\" experience that brings literature to life. By making literature an exciting, group-learning event, this script-story strategy motivates reluctant learners, helps struggling readers become a part of the story, and encourages all students to dig deeper into the texts. American Literature has never been this exciting and engaging  The script-stories included in this series are designed for students grades 6-12. Each script-story is prefaced by a 2-page teacher guide providing a synopsis of the adapted text, relevant background information and commentary, anticipatory questions for pre-script discussion, essential questions to help analyze the \"big ideas\" behind each text, recall questions to check reading comprehension, and instructions for teaching commonly-tested terms and literary devices using each script.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume of 11 script-stories includes Native American myths like \"The Flying Canoe\" and \"Gluscabi,\" non-fiction selections from early American Literature such as \"The Explorers of the New World,\" \"Mayflower: The Voyage of the Pilgrims,\" \"The Journey of Olaudah Equiano,\" \"Captured by Indians: The Narrative of Mary Rowlandson,\" and fictional works like Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's \"The Courtship of Miles Standish\" and a four-part adaptation of Nathaniel Hawthorne's \u003cem\u003eThe Scarlet Letter\u003c\/em\u003e. In addition an interactive classroom strategy game gives students a chance to build their own New World colony while competing against their fellow classmates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eZachary Hamby is an author, illustrator, and experienced educator. He has spoken at many conferences including the NCTE National Convention on the benefits of using Reader's Theater script-stories in the secondary classroom. He is also the author of the \u003cem\u003eReaching Olympus \u003c\/em\u003eseries, which teaches world mythology. He also operates two websites, \u003cem\u003emythologyteacher.com\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ecreativeenglishteacher.com\u003c\/em\u003e . He currently teaches high school in the Ozarks where he lives with his wife and children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Hamby Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50331184464146,"sku":"9780982704967","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_13b0eddf-4270-4dff-9c2c-a60022af9434.jpg?v=1727808971","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/searching-for-america-volume-one-the-new-world-teaching-american-literature-through-readers-theater-script-stories-9780982704967","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}