Against All Odds - Readers Theatre for Grades 3-8

List of contents

Introduction
Kurt Angle, Wrestler
Lance Armstrong, Cyclist
Oksana Baiul, Figure Skater
Halle Berry, Actress
Andrea Bocelli, Tenor
Diana Golden Brosnihan, Skier
Tedy Bruschi, Football Player
Tom Cruise, Actor
Vin Diesel, Actor and Writer
Jean Driscoll, Marathon Athlete
David Ecstein, Baseball Player
Michael J. Fox, Actor
Zina Garrison, Tennis Player
Tracey Gold, Actress
Bethany Hamilton, Surfer
Carolyn McCarthy, Congresswoman
Tim McGraw, Country Singer
Willie O'Ree, Hockey Player
Freddie Prinze Jr., Actor
Christopher Reeve, Actor and Spokesman
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, President of the United States
Erik Weihenmayer, Mountain Climber
Bob Woodruff, News Correspondent
Special Guests: Jewel, Jay Leno, Nancy Cartwright, Bob Dole
They All Beat the Odds: Chris Burke, Patty Duke, Michelle Akers, and Stephen Hawking
Answers to Cross Out Puzzles

About the author

Suzanne I. Barchers, EdD, is the author of two college textbooks, over 20 readers theatre and teacher resource books, and more than 100 educational books for children. She is past president of the Association of Educational Publishers and serves on the PBS Kids Next Generation Advisory Board. Barchers has served as a public school teacher, affiliate faculty for the University of Colorado-Denver, acquisitions editor for Teacher Ideas Press, editor and chief of Leapfrog, and managing editor at Weekly Reader. Barchers writes and consults from her home.

Product details

• Authors: Suzanne Barchers, Barchers Suzanne I., Michael Ruscoe, Ruscoe Michael
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2008
• EAN: 9781591586777
• ISBN: 978-1-59158-677-7
• Series: Readers Theatre
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; English, Educational: English language: reading & writing skills, Children's and Young Adult Programs: Readers' Theater