This book of plays helps students understand, explore, and take part in
American Holidays. There are 13 holiday plays in the book with pre-play
activities to enrich the experience. Holidays include Independence Day,
New Year's Day, Christmas, Valentine's Day, Halloween and seven others.
Each unit follows the same format:
- An Introduction to the contemporary practices of the holiday
- A Dictation (students listen and write as they prepare for the
play)
- An Introduction to the contemporary practices of the holiday
- A Background Reading that provides more information about the
play and an opportunity for students to practice reading comprehension
skills
- A Pronunciation section that prepares students for words and
phrases which will appear in the play and may be new to them
- A Matching exercise which helps students understand the meaning
and use of the words they have pronounced and some of the words they
will encounter in the play
- An Illustrated Poster that helps the students anticipate the play
and be better prepared to deal with it as they go through the script for
the first time
- The Playbill (students use it to decide who will have which parts
in the play)
- The Play (students read through it several times until they are
familiar enough to do the presentation of the actual play)
