Book Description

WHAT IT IS: This fun and hilarious NON-musical play helps you teach the standards while bringing your classroom to life! Easy-to-do play comes with script and teacher's guide. NO drama experience is required! Go big and perform on stage, keep it simple with a classroom performance, or simply do reader's theater in class. No fancy sets, costumes, or performance spaces are needed, so it's all up to you! Flexible casting for 8-40 students and permission to edit the script make it easy to tailor the play to the needs of your class and community. Your purchase of one copy per teacher includes permission to photocopy the script for students. /// WHAT IT TEACHES: Developed to work closely with your ancient world curriculum, "Pandora's Socks and Other Fractured Greek Myths" is a hilarious mashup of some of the most famous mythological tales. 30 minutes; grades 3-7. /// SYNOPSIS: Everyone knows the myth of Pandora: she opened up a box and released a ton of evils into the world. What was her motivation? Now we know: her feet were cold, and she was just looking for some socks! While she hunts for something to warm her feet, Pandora meets favorite characters from Greek mythology¿including Midas, Icarus, Narcissus, Heracles, Prometheus, and the gods. /// WHAT IT DOES: "Pandora's Socks" is a great complement to your curriculum resources in language arts. And, like all Bad Wolf Press plays, this show can be used to improve reading comprehension, vocabulary, performance and speaking skills, class camaraderie and teamwork, and school engagement and parental involvement¿all while enabling students to be part of a truly fun and creative experience they will never forget!