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A TEACHER’S GUIDE TO THE SIGNET CLASSICS EDITION OF
G EORG E B E R N A R D S HAW ’S
PYGMALION
By LAURA REIS MAYER
BUNCOMBE COUNTY SCHOOLS, ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
S E R I E S
E D I T O R S
JEANNE M. MCGLINN, Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Asheville and W. GEIGER ELLIS, Ed.D., University of Georgia, Professor Emeritus
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A Teacher’s Guide to the Signet Classics Edition of George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion
TABLE OF CONTENTS
An Introduction .......................................................................................3 Synopsis of the Play .................................................................................3 Prereading Activities .................................................................................6 During Reading Activities ......................................................................13 After Reading Activities .........................................................................21 About the Author of this Guide .............................................................29 About the Editors of this Guide .............................................................29 Full List of Free Teacher's Guides...........................................................30 Click on a Classic ..................................................................................31
Copyright © 2007 by Penguin Group (USA) For additional teacher’s manuals, catalogs, or descriptive brochures, please email academic@penguin.com or write to: PENGUIN GROUP (USA) INC. Academic Marketing Department 375 Hudson Street New York, NY 10014-3657 www.penguin.com/academic In Canada, write to: PENGUIN BOOKS CANADA LTD. Academic Sales 90 Eglinton Ave. East, Ste. 700 Toronto, Ontario Canada M4P 2Y3 Printed in the United States of America
A Teacher’s Guide to the Signet Classics Edition of George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion
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AN INTRODUCTION
To a generation of students raised on Disney films, George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion is a familiar
G EORG E B E R N A R D S HAW ’S
PYGMALION
By LAURA REIS MAYER
BUNCOMBE COUNTY SCHOOLS, ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
S E R I E S
E D I T O R S
JEANNE M. MCGLINN, Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Asheville and W. GEIGER ELLIS, Ed.D., University of Georgia, Professor Emeritus
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A Teacher’s Guide to the Signet Classics Edition of George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion
TABLE OF CONTENTS
An Introduction .......................................................................................3 Synopsis of the Play .................................................................................3 Prereading Activities .................................................................................6 During Reading Activities ......................................................................13 After Reading Activities .........................................................................21 About the Author of this Guide .............................................................29 About the Editors of this Guide .............................................................29 Full List of Free Teacher's Guides...........................................................30 Click on a Classic ..................................................................................31
Copyright © 2007 by Penguin Group (USA) For additional teacher’s manuals, catalogs, or descriptive brochures, please email academic@penguin.com or write to: PENGUIN GROUP (USA) INC. Academic Marketing Department 375 Hudson Street New York, NY 10014-3657 www.penguin.com/academic In Canada, write to: PENGUIN BOOKS CANADA LTD. Academic Sales 90 Eglinton Ave. East, Ste. 700 Toronto, Ontario Canada M4P 2Y3 Printed in the United States of America
A Teacher’s Guide to the Signet Classics Edition of George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion
3
AN INTRODUCTION
To a generation of students raised on Disney films, George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion is a familiar