Against All Odds: Readers Theatre for Grades 3-8 Barchers, Suzanne I. and Ruscoe, Michael

This book of readers theatre scripts for low-achieving middle grade readers is meant to inspire. Written at readability levels of grades 2 and 3, students who struggle with reading will enjoy learning about the lives of people both current (Bob Woodruff) and historical (Franklin Roosevelt) who are inspirational because of their perseverance and ability to overcome adversity in their daily lives. By reading, performing, and discussing these plays about people who possess the important character trait of perseverance, students will not only practice their oral reading skills, thus building the important skill of fluency, they will also build their own models for good character. Grades 3-8. Readability Levels: Grades 2-3.

DOI: 10.1336/1591586771 Mouse over the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) to learn more about this book or related books published by Greenwood Publishing Group. Visit the Greenwood Publishing Group page for this title: http://www.greenwood.com/catalog/TIP8677.aspx

Against All Odds: Readers Theatre for Grades 3-8 Series: Readers Theatre Paperback, 264 pages, $30.00 Copyright ©2008, Teacher Ideas Press, an imprint of Libraries Unlimited ISBN: 1-591-58677-1 DOI: 10.1336/1591586771

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