Free Play for the Fourth

When I wrote Read Aloud Plays: Symbols of America for Scholastic back in 2002, it was supposed to be a …

How to Commemorate Juneteenth

Here’s my most poignant play—and it’s perfect for celebrating Juneteenth. Based on actual slave narratives, Freedom for the First Time …

Another Great Zoom-Aloud Play!

The Necklace is a cautionary tale written in 1884 by French writer Guy de Maupassant. It tells about a young …

Zoom Aloud Plays!

Like nearly all of us, I’ve had to adjust my teaching methods to suit the current circumstances. Initially, using reader’s …

Why You Need a Cardboard Box for Black History Month

If you’ve never heard one of your students attempt a southern drawl you must give Box Brown’s Freedom Crate a …

Important Events in American History

February is Black History Month. While I encourage you to acknowledge it with some dedicated activities, I’m also reminded that …

Saki’s “The Open Window”

Having reacquired my publishing rights to collection of my plays, I’ve just repackaged “The Open Window” and made it available …

“Don’t Bother Teaching the Facts”

I recently attended a workshop in which the keynote speaker pointed out that in this current age of information, teaching …

Have a Dickens of a Christmas!

We all know that last week before Christmas vacation can be a real bugger in the classroom. The kids get …

Rikki Tikki Tavi

Originally published by Scholastic, here’s another of my classroom plays getting new life on TeachersPayTeachers! Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, Rudyard Kipling’s classic short …