Hey, Girlfriend!: 75 Monologues for Girls - Softcover

McCormick, Kimberly A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1566081629 ISBN 13: 9781566081627

Publisher: Meriwether Pub, 2009

Synopsis

At last a book of insightful monologues for girls only! This collection of monologues deals with the dilemmas that teenage girls face everyday at school, at home, and in general society. Sometimes real life events can be funny, but more often they are difficult. These monologues reflect struggles and triumphs. Sample titles include: "Is He Worth it?", "Is Our Family Falling Apart?", "Don't Let My Mother Die", "Texting Terror", "I Don't Want to Move", "A Selfish Generation", "Let's Get Fit", "Making the Grade", "Will I Ever Fit In?", "Does Anyone Know What Loves Means?", "Negative People", and "No One Likes a Bully". With each monologue there are discussion questions for classroom use. These monologues are so unique in style they are superb for speech or drama classes and contest use.

About this title

About the Author:

Kimberly McCormick teaches English and drama to middle school and elementary students in the Wilmington School District. She introduces her students, no matter what grade level, to the enjoyment of theatre arts in the classroom through role-playing, monologs and short skits. Kimberly has a B.S. in Education from Slippery Rock State University and a Masters in Education with a Reading Specialist Certification from Westminster College. She studied theatre in college and was involved with the New Castle Playhouse for several years. She is currently an active member of the drama team at First Baptist Church of New Castle, Pennsylvania. Kimberly's hobbies are singing, acting, taking long walks and writing. She enjoys life in the hills of western Pennsylvania with her husband, Rod, her two daughters, Kaycee and Nicolette, and her collie dog, Bella.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 9 Up–All of the monologues in this collection are written in the same voice with mostly the same character: a white, middle-class, college-bound good girl. Despite their homogeneity, they are better written and are about more interesting subjects than those by Kristen Dabrowski (Smith and Kraus). McCormick presents delicate topics with aplomb, including teen pregnancy, divorce, peer pressure, and cheating. While many of the selections are obviously gender specific, others could easily be about boys. Discussion questions follow each monologue; they could be useful in group-counseling sessions or classes in civics, sociology, or psychology.–Terrilyn Fleming, Colby Public Schools, KS
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About this edition

• Publisher: Meriwether Pub
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1566081629
• ISBN 13: 9781566081627
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 159