Robin RadlauerCramer

Six Reader's Theaters of scenes from Riding the Devil. This exciting historical fiction will make California Ranchos of the 1830's come alive. Told in the first person by an eleven-year-old rancho worker, students will learn what it was like before civil rights and human rights were law. Cover the required California curriculum by experiencing rancho life through Jose's eyes.

Get a free e-book of Riding the Devil along with the Mock Trial of the protagonist. The trial can be done partway through the book. It raises student engagement. José’s story is set in the rich setting of a Southern California Rancho while California was still part of a newly independent Mexico. Eleven-year-old José dreams of being a vaquero, a cowboy. However, he must first conquer his fears by facing the injustices of his era, animal cruelty, wild animals and the vindictive young vaquero, Ch

Middle Grade California Historical Fiction (Free e-book) Teach the California Rancho Period in Language Arts with Riding the Devil, by Robin Radlauer-Cramer. This is a great read aloud for whole class that not only fits the California Common Core Social Studies curriculum, includes a Reader's Theater of a scene from the book. Language Arts Standards (Reading Literature 4—6.1, RL 4—6.2, RL 4—6.3, RL 4—6.6, RL 4—6.9, Speaking & Listening 4—6.3, SL 4—6.6, Listening 4—6.5, Reading History 6—8.6,