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ONEONTA, N.Y. -- Drs. Alison Black and Anna M. Stave of the
Division of Education at
the SUNY College at Oneonta are co-authors of a new book entitled A
Comprehensive Guide to Readers Theatre: Enhancing Fluency and Comprehension
in Middle School and Beyond, which was published recently by the
International Reading Association. The two SUNY-Oneonta faculty members
worked with seventh grade students and their teachers in the Sidney and
Cooperstown middle schools in developing the book, and they will present
copies of the book to the students in assemblies at their schools in June.
While writing the book, Drs. Black and Stave spent time observing and
talking with students who participated in readers theatre activities in
the seventh grade classes of teachers Stephanie Hulbert of Sidney and
Ann Olmstead of Cooperstown. Now ninth graders, the students have
eagerly awaited the publication of "their" book and checked on its
progress regularly. Black and Stave will present the students copies of
the book in an assembly in the Sidney middle school cafeteria on
Wednesday, June 6, at 12:15 p.m. They plan to make a similar
presentation in Cooperstown during the week of June 11.
A Comprehensive Guide to Readers Theatre contains photos of
the local students' productions as well as quotations from them about
their work. A May "Book Club" selection of the International Reading
Association, the book offers practical advice for teachers on how to
implement readers theatre in the classroom and how to use it to meet
current literacy standards. It includes supplementary activities,
reproducible assessment tools, hands-on demonstrations of script
creation, performance schedules, and matrices illustrating how readers
theatre meets literacy standards.
Alison Black, who has taught at SUNY-Oneonta since 1995, is an
assistant professor in the
Elementary
Education and Reading Department. A specialist in children's
literature and literacy, she earned her doctorate from Syracuse
University.
Anna Stave, who has taught at the College since 1991, earned her
master's and doctorate in English education from Syracuse University and
her master of fine arts in drama from Ohio University. She is an
associate professor in the
Secondary
Education Department.
Stephanie Hulbert holds a bachelor's degree in English education and
a master's in literacy from SUNY-Oneonta. Ann Olmstead holds a
bachelor's degree from Niagara University and a master's from
SUNY-Oneonta. Both have also served as cooperating teachers for
SUNY-Oneonta student teachers and participants from the College's
Education classes.
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