Read-Aloud Plays: Grades 4-8 Classic Short Stories

8 Fluency-Boosting Plays with easy activities that teach key literary elements.

Irving - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

The Nose - Gogol.

Poe - The Tell-Tale Heart

A Christimas Carol - Dickens

Maupassant - The Necklace

Rikki Tiki Tavi - Kipling

O. Henry - The Gift of the Magi

The Open Window - Saki.

Teaches about PLOT, SETTING, CHARACTER, THEME, and more!

Introduce students to Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens, Washington Irving, and other well-known authors with this collection of plays based on their classic short stories.  These engaging plays will expand students' literary knowledge, while "rehearsing" the parts will encourage the repeated readings they need to build their fluency and comprehension skills.  Also includes discussion prompts designed to help students identify and understand plot, setting, character, and theme.