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Full class set for just $3! Now with a comprehension activity, too! Bring your Explorers unit to life with this original history play. Ponce de Leon is credited with discovering Florida, identifying the Gulf Stream, and is called "the Father of Puerto Rico," yet he's best known for his fabled search for "The Fountain of Youth." Carefully researched and kid-friendly, this seven-page, twenty-minute classroom play script leads students to evaluate the motives of 15th and 16th Century explorers. What were the explorers really after? What happened to the native people? Did the Fountain of Youth really exist? Could it have saved Ponce de Leon's life? The play is well-suited to reader's theater or a dramatic stage production, and it includes parts for eight to fourteen students (and innumerable extras), depending upon your casting needs. Read it once or practice it daily with students in grades 3 through 8 to improve fluency, build comprehension, and engage learning. Fully reproducible: the original purchaser is licensed to reproduce one classroom set per year. And if Readers Theater is your thing, be sure to check out my website ReadAloudPlays.com. Thanks!
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allipg07
Great for centers!
May 23, 2013 
kkharrison
Wonderful play!
January 25, 2013
Mack Lewis (TpT Seller)
Thanks! One of things I like about it is that it challenges kids to question the motives and ethics of some of the New World explorers.
January 26, 2013
Carol Connor
Great!
December 31, 2012
mmnash
Can"t wait to use this with my class this week.
November 4, 2012
maecaggiano
Great work put into this resource. I have 9th grade intensive read students and this worked well for the different reading levels in my classes. Thank you.
June 13, 2012
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I'm a National Board Certified teacher, a frequent contributor to Scholastic's Storyworks and Scope magazines, and the author of three books on education through Scholastic. I've developed a reputation for creating compelling read aloud plays based on African-American History, Civil Rights, and classic short stories.When not teaching the intermediate grades in southern Oregon, which I've done since 1993, I spend my time playing basketball, backpacking, and pestering kids. Contact me at lewis@jeffnet.org or visit one of my websites at www.MackLewis.com, ReadAloudPlays.com, or my public school site, dailyplatypus.com. Thanks!
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