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Product Identifiers

PublisherHeinemann

ISBN-100325007535

ISBN-139780325007533

eBay Product ID (ePID)44907067

Product Key Features

Educational LevelHigh School, Elementary School

Number of Pages144 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameShoes on the Highway : Using Visual and Audio Cues to Inspire Student Playwrights

SubjectTeaching Methods & Materials / Reading & Phonics, Référence, Creative Ability, Theater / Playwriting

Publication Year2005

TypeStudy Guide

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Performing Arts, Education, Psychology

AuthorMaureen Brady Johnson

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.3 in

Item Weight7.4 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceElementary/High School

LCCN2005-000320

Dewey Edition22

Reviews"I've been teaching playwriting for almost twenty-five years. I'm always looking for new ways to stimulate not only my students, but my own creative imagination.... This shoe fits, and I'm wearing it."-Gary Garrison, "I've been teaching playwriting for almost twenty-five years. I'm always looking for new ways to stimulate not only my students, but my own creative imagination.... This shoe fits, and I'm wearing it." Gary Garrison, "I've been teaching playwriting for almost twenty-five years. I'm always looking for new ways to stimulate not only my students, but my own creative imagination.... This shoe fits, and I'm wearing it."- Gary Garrison

Grade FromNinth Grade

IllustratedYes

Grade ToTwelfth Grade

Dewey Decimal808.2

Table Of ContentForeword Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter Summaries: Take a Quick Look Significant Object Monologue Wear the Character Overheard Inspired by a Song A Pile of Junk . . . a Piece of Theatre Life . . . on the Rocks Shoes on the Highway Appendix: Photographs of Shoes and Rocks Appendix: Forms

SynopsisHow did that shoe end up on the side of a highway? What does that graffiti mean, and who put it there? The answers to these simple questions, stimulated by a photograph, can make your classroom buzz with ideas, enabling students to spend time on the craft of writing instead of waiting for inspiration to strike. Award-winning playwright and theatre educator Maureen Brady Johnson offers a jumpstart to teachers who want to take a first step toward teaching playwriting--or any form of creative writing--by offering audio and visual cues that stimulate creativity. These photographs, songs, lyrics, sounds, and overheard conversations help writers see the extraordinary in the ordinary and take risks in their writing as they compose short plays. Go ahead, try something new. Watch your students cultivate storylines, create conflicts, and develop characters; see them invested in and engaged by the entire process from their first draft to a final, polished play. And marvel as they strengthen their writing skills in ways that more traditional writing assignments can't. Read Shoes on the Highway and witness the power of playwriting at work in your classroom. Visit http: //www.heinemann.com/shoesonthehighway to download free photo files to use as writing prompts in your classroom., How did that shoe end up on the side of a highway? What does that graffiti mean, and who put it there? The answers to these simple questions, stimulated by a photograph, can make your classroom buzz with ideas, enabling students to spend time on the craft of writing instead of waiting for inspiration to strike. Award-winning playwright and theatre educator Maureen Brady Johnson offers a jumpstart to teachers who want to take a first step toward teaching playwriting-or any form of creative writing-by offering audio and visual cues that stimulate creativity. These photographs, songs, lyrics, sounds, and overheard conversations help writers see the extraordinary in the ordinary and take risks in their writing as they compose short plays. Go ahead, try something new. Watch your students cultivate storylines, create conflicts, and develop characters; see them invested in and engaged by the entire process from their first draft to a final, polished play. And marvel as they strengthen their writing skills in ways that more traditional writing assignments can't. Read Shoes on the Highway and witness the power of playwriting at work in your classroom. Visit http://www.heinemann.com/shoesonthehighwayto download free photo files to use as writing prompts in your classroom., Award-winning playwright and theatre educator Maureen Brady Johnson offers a jumpstart to teachers who want to take a first step toward teaching playwriting--or any form of creative writing--by offering audio and visual cues that stimulate creativity., How did that shoe end up on the side of a highway? What does that graffiti mean, and who put it there? The answers to these simple questions, stimulated by a photograph, can make your classroom buzz with ideas, enabling students to spend time on the craft of writing instead of waiting for inspiration to strike. Award-winning playwright and theatre educator Maureen Brady Johnson offers a jumpstart to teachers who want to take a first step toward teaching playwriting--or any form of creative writing--by offering audio and visual cues that stimulate creativity. These photographs, songs, lyrics, sounds, and overheard conversations help writers see the extraordinary in the ordinary and take risks in their writing as they compose short plays. Go ahead, try something new. Watch your students cultivate storylines, create conflicts, and develop characters; see them invested in and engaged by the entire process from their first draft to a final, polished play. And marvel as they strengthen their writing skills in ways that more traditional writing assignments can't. Read Shoes on the Highway and witness the power of playwriting at work in your classroom. Visit http://www.heinemann.com/shoesonthehighwayto download free photo files to use as writing prompts in your classroom., How did that shoe end up on the side of a highway? What does that graffiti mean, and who put it there? The answers to these simple questions, stimulated by a photograph, can make your classroom buzz with ideas, enabling students to spend time on the craft of writing instead of waiting for inspiration to strike. Award-winning playwright and theatre educator Maureen Brady Johnson offers a jumpstart to teachers who want to take a first step toward teaching playwriting-or any form of creative writing-by offering audio and visual cues that stimulate creativity. These photographs, songs, lyrics, sounds, and overheard conversations help writers see the extraordinary in the ordinary and take risks in their writing as they compose short plays. Go ahead, try something new. Watch your students cultivate storylines, create conflicts, and develop characters; see them invested in and engaged by the entire process from their first draft to a final, polished play. And marvel as they strengthen their writing skills in ways that more traditional writing assignments can't. Read Shoes on the Highway and witness the power of playwriting at work in your classroom. Visit http: //www.heinemann.com/shoesonthehighway to download free photo files to use as writing prompts in your classroom.

LC Classification NumberPN1661.J64 2005