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Musical Plays Add
Pizzazz
Recently a multi-age
gifted and talented teacher and contributor to the Gifted Education Communicator
shared his thoughts about how doing Bad Wolf plays changed and improved his teaching
practice. Read about it here.
Put on More Plays Each
Year Without Using Up More Time!
Meredith Fisher has
taught first through third grades throughout the years and astonishingly manages to
produce three to four musical plays a year. She shares her time-table and her tips
here with you. Don't pass this by - this article can help you improve the way you
direct plays. Check it out here.
Recent Releases
"The Case of the
Missing Paragraph: Bad Wolf's Guide to
Composition"
5 Song Samples Now Up! Have a Listen! Plus the first third of
the script!
In our new guide to writing techniques, students will have great time working through the
mystery as they review the basic elements of expository composition: construction of
introductory paragraph with topic sentence, multiple paragraph compositions with
supporting details, traditional structures, use of reference materials, and techniques of
editing and revision.
Two out of the two writers think
this play came out really well. How can you not be impressed by a statistic like that?
Language arts · Grades
3-7
"Grammarosaurus"
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Six of the songs are now online for
you to listen to. And for a
very limited time, I've put up the complete songs, not just the
first minute or so.
Dick, Jane, and Spot are trying hard
to learn grammar, but they could use some help. Lucky for them, they run into
Grammarosaurus, who teaches the kids all about singular and plural nouns, contractions,
basic punctuation and capitalization, complete and incomplete sentences, and subject/verb
agreement. Designed for students beginning their study of grammar, Grammarosaurus is
a great introduction to and review of English language concepts.
Language arts · Grades
1-4
The Fairy Tale Advice
Council Returns! "Character Matters II"
No, you don't have to be familiar with our
first Character Matters show to have a great time with this new play. Like the first show,
this takes place at a regular meeting of the Fairy Tale Advice Council. Once again, a
variety of fairy tale creatures discuss their problems and are offered advice. It's funny,
the songs came out great, and honestly, we're really pleased with it.
* Where else can you learn
about how Sleeping Beauty wasn't grateful to the Seven Dwarves?
* Is the Witch from Hansel and Gretel a really good neighbor? (She did
try to eat them.)
* Should the Pied Piper of Hamlin "get even" with the
townspeople?
* Just how polite was the Princess (from Princess and the Pea)?
Want to read the first third of the script?
Listen to the first four songs? Check it all out at Character Matters II.
Common Errors To Avoid
Is this your first
play and you want to make sure it's a success? Or you a veteran who is sure your plays
could be even better with some extra pointers? Read up on the six most common errors to
avoid so you can make your production shine. Tips here.
More News
Bad Wolf Doesn't Sell Plays!
We've finally figured out that our material
is best suited not for the occasional big class performance, but for something much
smaller and easier. Check out the details at Ron's blog: www.badwolfpress/blogspot.com
Composer Ron Fink's Blog
Lights the
Inner Workings of the Bad Wolf Machine.
www.BadWolfPress.blogspot.com
Do You Have Pictures?
Do you have pictures of a Bad Wolf play that you'd like
to show off to the world? We can publish them only if every child's parent has signed a
release saying, "I give permission for photos of my child performing in __________ to
be shown on the website and/or catalog of the play's publisher, Bad Wolf Press."
If you don't have permission for EVERYBODY in the
picture, that's okay. Our graphic designer is a whiz at erasing people from photos.
Photo tips: Get close up! A photo of one, two, or three
kids is more likely to be interesting than a big group shot. And set your camera to the
highest resolution. (If you can send me five pictures attached to one email, then the
image size is WAY too small.)
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