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Welcome to the dark side. This issue of READ focuses on a classic literary theme: good and evil. Just in time for everyone's favorite haunted holiday, READ presents scary stories to help your students understand the duality of humanity as explored in literature.
Our Center Stage play is an adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's classical thriller, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Audra Pace's adaptation stays true to Stevenson's tale, recreating one of the first literary mysteries involving the struggle between good and evil in polite Victorian society.
We offer Roald Dahl's creepy tale, "The Landlady," as a fiction excerpt for this issue. The beloved children's author gets in touch with his dark side by exploring the terror that occurs within a quaint bed-and-breakfast.
NOTE: One of our editors selected this story because she remembered it from her own sixth grade literature class. Though she couldnt remember the story's title or the author, she recalled the plot exactly--even after many years. With the help of her elementary school librarian, and some crafty Googling, she found this story. Upon re-reading, it remained every bit as compelling and frightening as she remembered. READ sincerely hopes your students hold on to this story the way our editor did. We tell you this to remind you that the literature your students read today can influence them for the rest of their lives.
"The Heart of the Matter" by Earl A. French was originally published in an issue of READ from 1971. A teacher believes one of her students is practicing voodoo on her, but she can't prove it until it is too late.
This issue's Writing feature story looks at audio storytelling in radio and in the classroom. Learn about storyboards and how they're used to help audio story tellers. In addition, our Grammar Slammer focuses on word origins.
NOTE: On Oct. 31, gather your class around our blog, WORD, to listen to a dramatic reading of a spooky story. We hope your students will be inspired to record a sppoky production of their own... especially if it's a birthday tribute to our favorite gothic author.
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