Study Guides: James and the Giant Peach

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General Guides

• General Guide and Etiquette for all Performances

Grades K-6 - Other Resources

• Coloring Sheet
• Story Summary
• Writing Activities
• Web'tectives

For Grades K-3

• Pre-show Lessons - Drama: Once Upon a Time... (K-3)
• Language Arts and Literary Text: Friendship Conquers Greed (K-1)
• Language Arts and Literary Text: James and the Giant Peach: Comparing and contrasting the book and the play (2-3)
• Cross-Curricular Connections - Mathematics Extensions: Comparing Apples and Oranges, Classifying Fruit by Appearance and Weight (K-3)
• Cross-Curricular Connections - Science Extensions: Characteristics of Insects (K-3)

For Grades 4-6

• Pre-show Lessons - Music/Drama: Roles and Responsibilities (4-6)
• Pre-show Lessons - Drama: Personification Masks (4-6)
• Language Arts and Literary Text: Cause and Effect: Changing the Story (4-6)
• Cross-Curricular Connections - Mathematics Extensions: Lifting a "Giant Peach" (4-6)
• Cross-Curricular Connections - Science Extensions: Survival of the Fittest (4-6)
• Cross-Curricular Connections - Social Studies > Geography Extensions: Mapping out a "Peachy" Trip (4-6)

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