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    Children's Classics in Dramatic Form Book Two
    Children's Classics in Dramatic Form Book Two
    Children's Classics in Dramatic Form Book Two
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    Children's Classics in Dramatic Form Book Two

    By Augusta Stevenson

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    Release dateNov 27, 2013
    Children's Classics in Dramatic Form Book Two
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    Augusta Stevenson

    Augusta Stevenson was a writer of children’s books and a teacher. She wrote several Childhood of Famous Americans titles, including books about George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Paul Revere, Sitting Bull, Benjamin Franklin, and Molly Pitcher.

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      Children's Classics in Dramatic Form Book Two - Augusta Stevenson

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of Children's Classics in Dramatic Form

      by Augusta Stevenson

      This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with

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      Title: Children's Classics in Dramatic Form

      Book Two

      Author: Augusta Stevenson

      Release Date: July 28, 2005 [EBook #16379]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CHILDREN'S CLASSICS IN ***

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      CHILDREN'S CLASSICS IN DRAMATIC FORM

      BOOK TWO

      BY AUGUSTA STEVENSON

      formerly a teacher in the indianapolis

      public schools

      boston   new york    chicago

      HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY

      The Riverside Press Cambridge

      1909

      the endless tale

      FOREWORD

      This series of books aims to serve three distinct purposes: first, to arouse a greater interest in oral reading; second, to develop an expressive voice—sadly lacking in the case of most Americans; and third, to give freedom and grace in the bodily attitudes and movements which are involved in reading and speaking. The stories given are for the most part adaptations of favorite tales from folklore,—Andersen, Grimm, Æsop, and the Arabian Nights having been freely drawn upon.

      Children are dramatic by nature. They are for the time the kings, the fairies, and the heroes that they picture in their imaginations. They are these characters with such abandon and with such intense pleasure that the on-looker must believe that nature intended that they should give play to this dramatic instinct, not so much formally, with all the trappings of the man-made stage, but spontaneously and naturally, as they talk and read. If this expressive instinct can be utilized in the teaching of reading, we shall be able both to add greatly to the child's enjoyment and to improve the quality of his oral reading. In these days when so many books are hastily read in school, there is a tendency to sacrifice expression to the mechanics and interpretation of reading. Those acquainted with school work know too well the resulting monotonous, indistinct speech and the self-conscious, listless attitude which characterize so much of the reading of pupils in grades above the third. It is believed that these readers will aid in overcoming these serious faults in reading, which all teachers and parents deplore. The dramatic appeal of the stories will cause the child to lose himself in the character he is impersonating and read with a naturalness and expressiveness unknown to him before, and this improvement will be evident in all his oral reading, and even in his speech.

      The use of the books permits the whole range of expression, from merely reading the stories effectively, to acting them out with as little, or as much, stage-setting or costuming as a parent or teacher may desire. The stories are especially designed to be read as a part of the regular reading work. Many different plans for using the books will suggest themselves to the teacher. After a preliminary reading of a story during the study period, the teacher may assign different parts to various children, she herself reading the stage directions and the other brief descriptions unclosed in brackets. The italicized explanations in parentheses are not intended to be read aloud; they will aid in giving the child the cue as to the way the part should be rendered. After the story has been read in this way, if thought advisable it can be played informally and simply, with no attempt at costuming or theatric effects. It will often add to the interest of the play to have some of the children represent certain of the inanimate objects of the scene, as the forest, the town gate, a door, etc. Occasionally, for the open day, or as a special exercise, a favorite play may be given by the children with the simplest kind of costuming and stage-setting. These can well be made in the school as a part of the manual training and sewing work. In giving the play, it will generally be better not to have pupils memorize the exact words of the book, but to depend upon the impromptu rendering of their parts. This method will contribute more largely to the training in English.

      The best results will usually be obtained by using this book in the third grade. In some schools, however, it may profitably be used in the second grade.

      A. S.

      CONTENTS

      The Clever Kid

      Suggested by Æsop's The Wolf and the Goat.

      The Wolf and the Horse

      Suggested by Æsop's The Wolf and the Horse.

      The Wise Crow

      Suggested by Æsop's The Crow and the Pitcher.

      The Wolf and the Lamb

      Suggested by Æsop's The Wolf and the Lamb.

      The Selfish Woman

      Suggested by the folk-story, The Red-Headed Woodpecker.

      The Blind Men and The Elephant

      From the folk-story, The Blind Men.

      The Stag and the Fawn

      Suggested by Æsop's The Stag at the Pool.

      The Shepherd-Boy who called Wolf

      Suggested by Æsop's The Shepherd-Boy and the Wolf.

      The Wish-Bird

      Suggested by a German folk-story.

      Lazy Kate

      Suggested by the German folk-story, Lazy Lizette.

      The Proud Ring-Finger

      Suggested by the German folk-story, The Proud Ringfinger.

      The Two Millers

      Suggested by the German folk-story, The Two Millers.

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