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NCTYPlayguide for Teachers
MISSION STATEMENT: The North Carolina Theatre for Young People exists to celebrate the art of live theatre for young audiences, to enrich the lives ofyoung people and their families, and to connect the university with the community.NCTYP realizes this vision through: producing plays; facilitating outreach programsin schools and the community; and hosting events that unite educators across the region. NCTYP strives to embrace all community members in its offerings.
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CCONTENTSDr. Seuss Biography, pg. 2Synopsis of Seussical, pg. 2
Ordering Activity, pg. 3Website List, pg. 3
Write your own story, pg. 4Mapping Activity, pg. 5Critical Thinking, pg. 6Career Corner, pg. 7
Written by: Peter Duffy, Annika Pfaender & Jill LubertoDesigned by: Annika Pfaender & Jill Luberto
Edited by: Rachel Briley
Lyrics by
LYNN AH
RENS
Music by S
TEPHEN F
LAHERTY
Book by L
YNN AHR
ENS and
STEPHEN
FLAHERTY
Co-Conce
ived by L
YNN AHR
ENS,
Based on
the word
s of Dr.
Seuss
STEPHEN
FLAHERTY
, and ERIC
Idle
The Story of SeussicalSeussical is the colorful tale of imagination, friendship, and having the courage to face
the biggest of challenges. From the writings of Dr. Seuss, Seussical takes us on a whirlwindjourney guided by the Cat in the Hat. The story begins with Jojo, a young imaginative boy whoone day stumbles upon a magical hat. The hat belongs to one fun loving cat who whisks Jojoaway to the magical land of Seuss! It is here, in the Jungle of Nool, that Horton the elephanthears a cry for help from a small dust speck that actually is the small planet of Who! He placesthe speck on a clover and vows to save the Whos, telling them “A person’s a person no matterhow small.” In another part of the Jungle, Gertrude McFuzz is tired of writing love poems forHorton and feels that he doesn’t notice her because of her sad, little tale. She goes to MayzieLaBird and Dr. Dake seeking help. They give her pills from the pillberry bush and, volia!, hertail grows and grows!
The inhabitants of the Jungle of Nool think Horton has gone mad for they cannot hearthe Whos cry for help. The Wickersham Brothers, a group of trouble making monkeys, steal theclover, and with the help of Vlad Vladikoff, throw it into a vast field of clovers. Horton is lefthopelessly searching through thousands upon thousands of clovers. In comes Mayzie LaBird,sitting on her nest up in a tree. She wants a vacation and convinces Horton to sit on her eggfor a little while. Seasons pass and Horton is still stuck sitting on the egg, the Whos are stilllost in the clover, and Gertrude still cannot get Horton to notice her (even with a very, verylarge tail!) Can things get any worse for our poor elephant? Yes they can! And they do! Whilesitting on Mayzie’s egg, Horton is captured by hunters who in turn sell him to the circus! Allseems lost till Gertrude comes to her friend’s rescue, having found his clover. Communicationwith the Whos is restored but not until the inhabitants of Nool put Horton on trial for talking toa speck of dust and sitting on a egg! Horton cries out to the Whos for help, and it is Jojo, thesmallest of small who makes a great “Yopp!” The “Yopp!” is so great, it resounds throughtoutthe Jungle of Nool. Horton is finally heard and Whoville is saved. And then…well, what do you
think?
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About Dr. Seuss“A person’s a person, no matter how small,” Dr. Seuss said. “Children want the
same things we want. To laugh, to be challenged, to be entertained, and delighted.” Dr. Seusshas been a staple in children’s literature for over four generations and his books have helpedmillions of children from all over the globe learn how to read.
Dr. Seuss was born Theodor Geisel in Springfield, Massachusetts on March 2,1904. His mother, Henrietta Seuss Geisel, soothed her children to sleep by “chanting” rhymesremembered from her youth. Ted credited his mother’s nighttime ritual with developing therhyming skills for which he would become so well known. His education included studies atDartmouth College and Oxford University in England where he met his first wife, Helen. In1927 he began working for a leading humor magazine in American at the time, creating cartoons and writing humorous articles for them. Additionally he was submitting cartoons toLife, Vanity Fair and Liberty.
It was on a dare from his publisher that Dr. Seuss created an entertaining children’sstory from a list of only 220 words. From this, The Cat in the Hat (1954) was born and Dr.Seuss became a household name all over the world. For the next four decades Dr. Seuss wroteand illustrated over forty-six books for children, in addition to winning three AcademyAwards, and the 1984 Pulitzer Prize. Dr. Seuss died on September 24, 1991, leaving behind alegacy of memorable characters, unforgettable words, and colorful images that both youngand old have cherished and will treasure for years to come. As a matter of fact, he added two
new words to the English language: nerd and grinch!
A giant storm has swept through Whoville, and the script forSeussical is now out of order!! Help the Whos put the nine eventsback in the right order.
Horton finds the speckof dust that is actuallythe planet Who!
Jojo finds a mysterioushat lying in the middle of
the street
Jojo yells out a giant “YOPP!”
Horton is captured by
hunters and soldto the circus
Gertrudegoes to
Mayzie LaBirdand Dr. Dake forhelp to make her
tail grow.
The
Wick
ersh
ams
and
Vlad
Vla
diko
ff st
eal t
he c
love
ran
d th
row
it in
to a
fiel
d fu
ll of
milli
ons
of o
ther
clo
vers
!
Gertrude rescuesHorton and gives him hisclover, which she foundafter seven weeks of
looking.
MayzieLaBird
convincesHorton
to sit on her egg.
Horton is put on trial by the Citzens of the Jungle of Nool.
Check out these cool web sites!
www.seussville.com The official Seuss web site run by Dr. Seuss enterprises and Random House
www.catinthehat.org The Springfield, MA national monument Seuss site
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/seuss.htm A teacher resource file with Seuss related lessons
http://atozteacherstuff.com/Themes/Dr__Seuss Lots of lesson plans and printables
www.k-state.edu/english/nelp/seuss Links to all things Seuss on the web
Cat Hat Rat Run Fun Son Spun Race
Case
Chase Boy Girl Water
DaughterThe
AAn
TieTry
TugBut
HugBear
StareWear
TearNever
EverWeather
BecauseHad
HeHe’d
SheShe’d
HisHer
SledBed
Head
TimeSli
me
There OnceWas
Who
Drew Very Smart Heart Sad Mad
Thidwick the Moose isbearing the weight ofmany animals, who areriding on his antlers. Hewants Horton to help him.
Cindy Lou Whois very sad and
lonely. She asksHorton to go on a
picnic with her.
Horton meets the Lorax, who tellsHorton of the poor starving Bar-ba-
loots. The Bar-Ba-Loots have no food toeat because the Truffula Trees have all
been cut down by greedy business men. Horton wants to help
them, but he doesn’t know what to do.
The Grinch asks “Will youhelp me steal all the toys
from the children in Whoville?”
START:
THE END:
Horton’s way isblocked by two kinds
of Sneetches, who arearguing about which
group gets to rulethe land.
Teacher Facilitated Activity
This page is scattered with shapes, which contain an obstacle, a question, or another character from a Dr.Seuss story. With your help, Horton can learn something from each encounter.
1. Invite the students to choose a shape from which to start.2. The students then deterine the order in which Horton will travel to subsequent shapes. 3. Pose the question “What might Horton encounter between his starting place and the next shape?” Invite
students to share their responses. For example, one student might draw a sea between the two shapes. 4. Pose the question “How might Horton work through that obstacle?” This time the student who chose the sea
would decide how Horton might cross the sea: he could swim, build a bridge, or ask a whale to carry him. Invite the students to share their responses.
5. Encourage students to record their ideas in images and words on the shape map below.
Dr. Seuss ’ s Gertrude McFuzz UNCG’s Gertrude McFuzz
Us e c o n s t r u c t i o n p a p e r, g l u e , f e a t h e rs , s e q u i n s , m a r k e rs , a n y t h i n gyo u c a n t h i n k o f t o c re a t e y o u r o w nc h a r a c t e r f r om yo u r f av o r i t e D r. S e u s s
b o o k .
Le t ’s Work on Our Cr i t ica l Think ing Sk i l ls !
Look at the costumes from the UNCG production of Seussical. What do you noticeabout them? How are they different from what you saw in the books Horton Hears aWho, Horton Sits on an Egg and Gertrude McFuzz? Fill in the Venn Diagraom belowand show how the costume for Gertrude McFuzz, and the image of Dr. Seuss’Gertrude, are different and how they are the same.
Welcome to Career Corner, where you can learnabout some of the people who make a play happen.
The Set Designer is the person who creates the world where the
play takes place. The scenery that surrounds theactors during the play is called the set. In Seussical
our designer, Laura S. Brignull, had to imagine not justhow the set would look when it was finished, but how it
could be made, what materials to use in building it, and what color it would be when
finished.
TheCostume
Designer is the person who decides what all
the characters should look like,from head to toe. The
clothing that the actor puts on to become the character is called acostume. Our costume designer
for Seussical was Erin Dougherty. She had to
imagine what all the charactersshould wear, what colors their
costumes needed to be, and whattheir hair should look like. She
even imagined how to usemake-up to enhance how
the characters looked!
Can you remember anything about the set you saw onstage? What color was it? Did you see many straightlines? How many trees were there?
Which costume was yourfavorite? Can you name threecolors that you saw in the costumes? Which characterswore feathers?
Can youguess how long it
took to build the setsand costumes forSeussical?
The following standards are addressed by the activities in this Playguide.
Theatre 1.01, 1.04, 3.01, 3.02, 4.01, 4.02, 5.03, 6.01Language Arts 2.01, 2.03, 2.04, 2.08, 2.09, 3.04, 4.02Guidance 1.05, 4.02, 5.05, 7.01
Dear Teacher:
Thank you for bringing your students to see NCTYP’s production of Seussical.Each activity in this study guide can be done separately for quick reinforcementof what your students saw. Many of the activities can be expanded and elaborated upon, making them all the more enriching for your students. For yourconvenience, we’ve posted the entire study guide on our updated website (seeaddress below).
These NCTYPlayguide activities not only create opportunities for students tolearn about the roles of the theatre artist, but provide opportunities for LanguageArts enrichment as well!
All activities reinforce the North Carolina Standard Course of Study requirements and the National Standards for Arts Education.
For even more study guide activities and information, visit us on the web athttp://nctyp.uncg.edu.
Do YOU have feedback? We’d love to hear from you!!
Please write us at:
North Carolina Theatre for Young People200 Taylor Theatre, PO Box 26170
Greensboro, NC 27402-6170336-334-4015
Or visit our website:http://nctyp.uncg.edu