Outcasts of Poker Flat

A teaching materials package for the secondary classroom. Forrest Tucker stars in Bret Harte's tragic tale. A group of people are banished from the "Gold Rush" town of Poker Flat, California, by a vigilante committee. They have mounts by no food. The group of "undesirables" are befriended by an innocent young couple who offer to share their food with the "Outcasts." The group must survive a winter storm in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.Adapted by Carol Adorjan and Yuri Rasovsky.Package includes:1. A recording with full cast and sound effects.2. A word-for-word script. (Duplicate and maintain a classroom set.)3. Seven ready-to-copy student activity sheets: Cloze Activity, Sequence Activity, Vocabulary Activity, Literal Comprehension Activity, Listening Skills Activity, Crossword Puzzle, A list of Writing/Discussion Questions.4. A literary terms study packet.5. Teaching suggestions.6. Answer keys for the student activity sheets.7. Strategies for teaching read-along in the classroom.8. A sample lesson plan.9. Instructions for using Read-Along Radio Dramas.10. Materials are included in 3-ring binder with divider tabs and descriptive cover sheets.Harte, Bret is the author of 'Outcasts of Poker Flat' with ISBN 9781878298379 and ISBN 1878298372.