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ERIC Number: EJ356696
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Creating Classroom Plays from Adolescent Novels.
Kennedy, Michael
English Journal, v76 n5 p63-65 Sep 1987
Describes a classroom program in which students adapted and then produced a play based on the adolescent novel "The Chocolate War." Notes group improvisation strategies for adapting internal monologue to dialogue. Argues the advantages of such a project over class discussion and book reports. (JG)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Drama, Drama Workshops, English Instruction, Learning Activities, Media Adaptation, Novels, Playwriting, Scripts, Secondary Education, Teaching Methods, Theater Arts
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Chocolate War (The); Young Adult Drama