These days Presidents’ Day is viewed by most students as merely an extra day off. Here’s how to give meaning…
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…
There’s Still Time for Some Halloween Monstrosities!
It’s not too late to stage a Halloween drama fest. Here are half-a-dozen plays that will allow your students to…
Read Aloud Plays
Thanks for visiting my site. To see the full collection of my plays, click on this cover to got directly…
Just in Time for Halloween!
Having recently reclaimed my publishing rights from Scholastic for a bank of my classic short story plays, I’m very pleased…
Pip & the Prisoner
When most people think about Charles Dickens’ novel, Great Expectations, they land on Miss Havisham and her creepy old mansion…
Mackowiecki Lewis 