Take advantage of natural student interest to study the 1969 Apollo 11 Moon Landing with this original play by Scholastic and Storyworks playwright Mack Lewis. A full class set is just $3! Kids re-enact the now-famous "Eagle has landed" and "One small step" scenes while reciting the exact words spoken by Mission Control, Walter Conkrite, and the astronauts themselves. This kid-tested, historically-accurate, twenty-minute play has parts for ten readers or actors. Use it with students in grades 3 and up to improve fluency, build comprehension, and engage learners. Fully reproducible: the original purchaser is licensed to reproduce one classroom set per year. Go to mackowiecki.com for more info.






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Mack Lewis is a National Board Certified teacher, a frequent contributor to Scholastic's Storyworks magazine, and the author of three books on education through Scholastic Teaching Resources. His book, Super Sentences and Perfect Paragraphs, is available through numerous online bookstores, and his latest book, Read-Aloud Plays: Classic Short Stories, is due for release in April 2011. When not teaching the intermediate grades in southern Oregon, which he's done since 1993, Mack snowboards, backpacks, and pesters kids. Contact him at lewis@jeffnet.org or visit his website at www.MackLewis.com.
