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Writing and Producing Radio Drama in the Classroom

This is a section on this site. It includes much of the information included in our book, Theatre of the Mind, Writing and Producing Radio Drama in the Classroom, by Don Kisner.  The site gives you everything you need to have your students writing and producing radio dramas in your classroom right away.  The materials are copyrighted, but as a teacher, Balance Publishing Company grants you permission to copy the materials on the site for use with your students.  No strings attached.  Check it out!

The Wireless Theatre Company

a website which  produces audio plays, books, comedy sketches, short stories and more to be downloaded to peoples' iPods, MP3 players, desktops and mobile phones direct from the site, for FREE - no registering, no payment, just click on the download button and enjoy the drama!

Museum of Television and Radio

MTR (in both New York and Los Angeles) provides radio drama workshops for 9 through 14 year olds.  MTR also offers, for purchase, many old-time radio dramas on cassette--Suspense, Escape, The Lone Ranger, War of the Worlds, and a great selection of comedy shows including Abbott and Costello, The Bickersons, and Charlie McCarthy and Edgar Bergen.  Many of these (Suspense and Escape especially) are great for classroom listening.

 ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS SITES 

the-Insight.com

Insight.com is a great online site for researching a multitude of topics -- health, religion, culture, spiritualism, etc. 

Sorry Wrong Number: Using Radio Dramas in the GED Class by Cathy Coleman

This article stresses helping adults develop visualization skills, but the ideas are appropriate for any level, especially the secondary level.  The site also has links to other ideas and articles that you may find valuable.

                  Project Gutenberg             

Go To Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg is an outstanding source for classic literature and other materials in the public domain.  This great resource is available to the general public.  Here you can search, read, and download great works of literature, historical documents, speeches, etc.  There are three portions of the Project Gutenberg Library: 

  • Light Literature; such as Alice in Wonderland, Through the Looking-Glass, Peter Pan, Aesop's Fables, etc. 

  • Heavy Literature; such as the Bible or other religious documents, Shakespeare, Moby Dick, Paradise Lost, etc. 

  • References; such as Roget's Thesaurus, almanacs, and a set of encyclopedia, dictionaries, etc.

OTHER LANGUAGE RELATED SITES 

Keoz.com  

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Free-Translator.com

A selection of the best free Translators, Dictionaries and language Courses on the web. Easy to use, and for all languages.

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