Spotlight on Saints!

Product Description

Twelve humorous readers' theater scripts, performed with or without props, engage and entertain students in grades 4–8. The book includes a play for every month of the year that features a contemporary kid with a real-life problem—and a saint who helps them solve it.

Written in an easy-to-use readers theater format, these scripts work well in a variety of educational settings, teach basic information about the saints, promote good values, motivate, and inspire. Kids will enjoy the funny storylines and the quirky characters so much that they won't even notice how much they're really learning.

Special features include an introduction giving teachers valuable tips on using readers theater in the classroom, hints on presentation and props, and a short biography of each featured saint. All scripts are reproducible for classroom use.

What Are People Saying about this Title?
“Spotlight on Saints! Is school theater at its best—modern “morality plays” filled with humor, real choices, and relevant saints…these plays will be a welcome resource for middle grades and junior high!”
— Mary Paul McCaughey, OP
Superintendent of Catholic Schools
Archdiocese of Chicago

“This book will be a great resource and teaching tool in any religious education program…Jenkins' experience as a special education teacher shines through. Spotlight on Saints! is terrific!”
— Susan Lang Abbott
Director of Religious Education
Archdiocese of Boston

“ Spotlight on Saints! will surely keep children attentive and engaged while they learn how saints can help us in many situations.”
— Theresa M. Maugle, SSJ
Recipient, 2007 National Catholic Educational Association Distinguished Principals Award, St. Genevieve School , Flourtown , Pennsylvania

About the author
After twenty years as a special education teacher, Diana R. Jenkins became a freelance writer. She has written more than four hundred stories, comic strips, and articles for children and teens, as well as two earlier books of readers theater plays. Diana lives in Montgomery , Ohio , with her husband, a medical physicist.