A lively set of playscript adaptations of six Level 8 Stories which can be used for consolidation and reading practice at Level 8 and above. They teach the conventions of drama and develop skills in reading aloud and shared reading. Each play has a cast list of eight characters including one or more narrators and no more than five lines of text per page. There are six lines of text per page and suggestions for sound effects. The words are close to the original story and the artwork is completely re-drawn to show similar scenes to the original storybooks. This class pack includes 48 playscripts. A mixed pack of six playscripts is also available.

 

This book features in the following series: Oxford Reading Tree, Playscripts .

There are 24 pages in this book. This is a play book. This book was published 1997 by Oxford University Press .

Roderick Hunt started out as a teacher, but began writing for children in 1970. He collaborated with Alex Brychta on a series of children books for the Oxford Reading Tree which had an animated spin-off, The Magic Key series. Roderick and Alex won the prestigious Outstanding Achievement Award at the Education Resources Awards 2009. Now he says, "On my income tax form I put down my profession as storyteller. It never fails to raise an eyebrow. " He lives in London.

This book has the following chapters: THIS CLASS PACK OF STAGE 8 PLAYSCRIPTS INCLUDES EIGHT COPIES EACH OF THE FOLLOWING: ; The Flying Carpet ; The Kidnappers ; A Day in London ; The Rainbow Machine ; Victorian Adventure ; Viking Adventure