Robinson Crusoe: A Reader's Theater Script-Story

The timeless story of one man's survival, Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe is now available as a Reader's Theater script-story. Join Robinson Crusoe as he washes ashore on a lonesome island, salvages debris from his wrecked ship, does battle with his own despair, and attempts to build himself a home in new surroundings. In a physical, yet mental, battle, Crusoe uses faith and ingenuity to survive in a strange environment. Sometimes hailed as the first English language novel, this story is the archetypal Character vs. Nature story.

Note: This Reader's Theater script-story re-tells only the first portion of the novel.

This download includes:

• 12-page Reader's Theater script-story adaptation of Robinson Crusoe
• 2-page Teacher Guide with relevant background information, story summary, essential questions, connections to Cast Away (2000), anticipatory questions, teachable terms, recall questions, and analysis questions

Robinson Crusoe is a staple of classic literature and addresses the following themes:

• Character vs. Nature
• Survival
• Human ingenuity

For other adaptions of classic works, check out the following:

• Dante's Inferno
• The Canterbury Tales
• Don Quixote
• Paradise Lost
• The Iliad
• The Odyssey
• Beowulf
• Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
• Frankenstein
• Dracula: COMING SOON!

This resource would pair well with Crowded Sea Kingdom (Classroom Game)