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7th grade close reading scripts
READERS THEATER BRAINTEASER MYSTERY SCRIPT BUNDLE
This fun 30% off Middle School high interest trio of readers' theater brain teaser mystery scripts will delight both ELA and Drama students. They will practice reading and comprehension strategies, while testing their critical thinking skills in deductive work. Get 3 scripts for the price of 2!In two of these realistic mysteries your grades 5-8 students will discover the identity of thieves. In one script a laptop is stolen and in another, a necklace. The main characters, Matt and Sophie, are M
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5th - 8th
READERS THEATER FRACTURED FAIRY TALE Cinderella Script Grades 5-8 - Cindy Rella
This funny Readers’ Theater fractured fairy tale script takes the traditional fairy tale genre and turns its conventions of character and plot around to bring Cinderella into the 21st century for your ELA and drama classes! It gives grades 5-8 students high interest practice in reading aloud, comprehension and writing. After completing their reading of the script they will write an additional scene, AND a ‘pitch’ to promote a fractured fairy story of their own. There’s even a quick mystery abou
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5th - 8th
Also included in: READERS' THEATER UNIT: READING & SCRIPT WRITING grades 5 6 7 8
ELA Emergency Sub Plans for Middle School Vol. 6
Emergency ELA Sub Plans for Middle School - Volume 6These language arts sub plans are perfect for filling (or refreshing) your substitute binder with engaging, standards-based activities. This is a true stand-alone resource that was designed to offer a print and go sub plan solution for middle school ELA teachers. No additional books or companion materials are needed!This resource includes:• A high-interest reader’s theater script • Reader Response Questions• Context Clue Word Work• Summary Stra
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4th - 7th, Staff
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Also included in: ELA Emergency Sub Plans Bundle for Middle School
READERS THEATER SCARY MYSTERY SCRIPT - Haunted House Mystery
This Readers’ Theater brain teaser mystery script will give Middle School students practice in reading, comprehension and writing, while having lots of ELA and Drama fun. The Mystery of the Haunted House makes your students into 'whodunit' detectives, performing inference tasks and drawing conclusions from four spooky clues. This humorous, realistic script is intended for about 9 students, but the number of readers can easily be contracted or expanded depending on how many groups you wish to hav
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5th - 8th
Also included in: READERS THEATER BRAINTEASER MYSTERY SCRIPT BUNDLE
Monthly ELA Activities for Middle School - Full Year Bundle
This bundle of monthly ELA activities for middle school includes the perfect standards-based resources to engage your students throughout the school year. Use these print-and-go resources to give your students practice reading to self, reading to someone, listening to reading, word work, and writing—all centered around the months and seasons of the school year!All of the following resources are included: ELA activity bundles. You'll be prepared for every season and holiday with engaging resource
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4th - 7th
READERS THEATER MIDDLE SCHOOL MYSTERY SCRIPTS: YOUNG HOLMES INVESTIGATES BUNDLE
Save 25% on this Middle School Readers’ Theater Young Holmes brain teaser mystery script activities bundle. These fun whodunnit scripts will entertain both drama and ELA classes. The scripts and activities give grades 5-8 students high interest practice in reading aloud, comprehension and even some writing. A FREEBIE is included. Question sheets and answers are included in both scripts. Also provided are quick peer and self assessment forms, and a reading rubric for easy marking.Young Holmes Inv
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5th - 8th
A Christmas Carol Play Reader's Theater Drama Script - 33 Roles for all Staves
This is a play version of "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens. Use as a school wide play, or a fun activity in the classroom. It has 33 roles covering all 5 staves of this novel. There are enough roles for all of your students. Enthusiastic students can even have multiple roles from different staves. Perfect for the last week before winter break!Are you teaching this novel? I wrote this play several years ago, and it made the perfect test review. You can teach a chapter (stave), and th
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3rd - 9th
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Complete Reader's Theater: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Novel
This is a bundle of ALL 17 chapters from The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis. Every chapter has been turned into a script for Reader's Theater. Each chapter includes its own casting list.
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5th - 8th
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Shakespeare Introduction Project & Macbeth Script for Middle & High School
The Shakespeare Introduction Project offers an interactive opportunity for students to create a game using the information in this product. An adapted Macbeth script eases middle school students into the world of Shakespeare and can be used for reader’s theater or a short performance.Why will this Shakespeare Project benefit you?Project-based learning is perfect for reviewing or exploring Shakespeare’s text.Contextual factors help students connect with references in the play.Provides an opportu
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6th - 9th
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A Script for "Charles" by Shirley Jackson
After you read the short story, you might want your students to read this script. Students love reading scripts as it is very student-centered and gets them involved. I think they retain more when they are part of this kind of a reading.
This script is arranged into eight parts, four characters and four narrators, so if you have, let's say, a class of 24, you could have three groups reading it aloud simultaneously, two in the class and one in the hallway. The script itself will take less tha
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6th - 10th
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Betsy Ross: Fact or Fiction? U.S. History Reader's Theater
The history of the flag of the United States is a compelling story, but historians are divided as to the facts. Did Betsy Ross really create the first flag? This play, which was originally published in my book, Read Aloud Plays: Symbols of America, and later reprinted in the January 2002 issue of Scholastic's Storyworks magazine, encourages readers to become history sleuths. It includes the play script, a short reading supplement, a bubble quiz, a comprehension activity built around William Canb
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4th - 7th
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Murder Mystery 1- Textual Evidence - Court Case- Speech, Theatre, Debate English
Murder Mystery - Mock Trial - Perfect for English, Speech, Theatre, Debate classes. Use for students to find textual evidence, by reading closely and debating the issue at hand.Includes: ~Backstory ~Individual stories for students ~Notes page for evidence ~Questions and Answers page ~Contract~Blue Print of the HouseStudents will love this activity when they are performing it in front of the class.
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5th - 10th
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Sorry, Wrong Number Radio Play Script and Comprehension/Discussion Questions
Are you looking for the perfect old-time radio play to keep your students in SUSPENSE??? Look no further! Your students are going to love reading and/or listening to the radio play "Sorry, Wrong Number". The radio play premiered in 1943 and became one of the most legendary radio plays of all time.Sorry, Wrong Number was the Suspense radio play that not only gave the series its biggest success, but it also became “radio’s most famous play”.The story was presented eight times between 1943 and 1
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7th - 10th
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Hamlet | Play Script & Close Reading Bundle | 5th Grade & 6th Grade
Two resources perfect for students learning about Hamlet by William Shakespeare; a play script written for young performers and a close reading activity.⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻The play script has been rewritten to be suitable for young performers. Hamlet tells the story of a Prince whose father, the King, has just died. His father’s ghost visits him and tells him that the new King, Claudius – who has married his mother – was the killer. Hamlet wants revenge and
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5th - 7th
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A Christmas Carol-Scrooge and Marley Questions and Theater Materials
Almost everyone is familiar with Charles Dickens' book, "A Christmas Carol", but not all have read the play, A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley by Israel Horovitz. This mini-unit of study includes the following items:Background articles on Charles Dickens and Israel Horovitz.Background articles on the setting and connection to literature.Digital links for accessing Acts I and II of A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and MarleyPersonal Connection ActivityQuestions and Answer Keys for Acts I and IIFre
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7th - 10th
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READERS THEATER MYSTERY SCRIPT: YOUNG HOLMES INVESTIGATES THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE
This grades 5-8 Readers’ Theater Young Holmes brain teaser mystery script will entertain both drama and ELA classes. "The Mystery of the Red-Headed League" readers’ theater script is loosely based on a short story from Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes series. Perfect for a mystery unit! While immersing students in the mystery genre, the script provides practice in reading aloud, comprehension and even some writing. In this age appropriate series (no murders!) Holmes is a 14 year old
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5th - 8th
Discussion Role Cards
If you're seeking rigorous student-led discussions, you need this set! Featuring unique roles like "extender" and "rebutter," this set will challenge students to take their analysis of a text or concept deeper.Each card features the title of the role, a brief description, and sentence frames to support your students' conversations. The roles draw on various ELA strategies, such as CER skills and Avid's Costa House.
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6th - 9th
READERS THEATER SCARY MYSTERY SCRIPT - A Stormy Mystery + Questions
This high-interest Readers’ Theater scary mystery script activity will give students practice in reading aloud, comprehension and writing, while having ELA and Drama fun. A Stormy Mystery is a whodunnit that will require your grades 5-8 students to perform inference tasks to solve clues. Ideal for drama performances as students make all the sounds of a raging storm! The script has 10 parts but the number of readers can easily be contracted or expanded.Most of the storm sounds will be made by the
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: READERS' THEATER Mystery Scripts Activities Grades 5 6 7 8 -VOL#2
Back for Christmas--Suspense Radio Play Script,Literary Element Q's, TV show
Are you looking for the perfect old-time radio play to keep your students in SUSPENSE??? Look no further! Your students are going to love reading and/or listening to the radio play "Back for Christmas"."Back for Christmas" was a suspense radio play performed back in the 1940s. There is also a fantastic Alfred Hitchcock Presents Episode that can also be watched after reading the radio play.Radio Play Synopsis:A meek British botany professor plans a "Devil's Garden" in the basement. The story wa
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7th - 10th
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On A Country Road Radio Play Script and Comprehension/Discussion Questions
Are you looking for the perfect old-time radio play to keep your students in SUSPENSE??? Look no further! Your students are going to love reading and/or listening to the radio play "On A Country Road".On a Country Road is a melodrama about an escaped madwoman and a couple out of gas in the dark. The story was subsequently produced on "Suspense" on January 4, 1954, December 4, 1954 and May 10, 1959. You are driving along a country road. The traffic is starting to back-up and a storm is brewing. A
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7th - 10th
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Reader's Theater Script: The Race
No prep needed! This is a reader's theater script based on theclassic children's fantasy novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. It is focused on the whimsical and nonsensical "Caucus Race." The reading level is 7th grade. The script has 14 roles and will take approximately 14 minutes to read. It is a great addition to your Classical Education curriculum! Introduce young people to the classics in a fun, creative, and interactive way!
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4th - 8th
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Multicultural Drama Play Scripts and Units
20% off! This bundle contains four multicultural plays (Japanese, Italian, Jewish and Indian folk tales) and comprehensive units which are most suited for upper elementary and middle grade students. Students in a drama class, social studies or language arts class benefit from them the most because of the sophistication of the story and dramatizations. Each product includes:Letter to TeacherWarm upProcedure for the unit Rationale for teaching multicultural folk talesRationale for teaching crea
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6th - 8th
Summer Night--Suspense Radio Play Script and Comprehension Questions
Are you looking for the perfect old-time radio play to keep your students in SUSPENSE??? Look no further! Your students are going to love reading and/or listening to the radio play "Summer Night"."Summer Night" is based on a story by Ray Bradbury and stars Ida Lupino in a creepy episode about a serial killer.Radio Play Synopsis:As the episode opens, Anna is trying to phone her friend Helen, but she can't get through. The operator is having trouble connecting the call because everyone in town is
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7th - 10th
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12 Labors of Hercules Myth & Comprehension Questions (Reader's Theatre Option)
The story is taken from Pressbooks Greek Mythology Units. I did not write this text nor these questions. I have just compiled the text into a document that allows for student involvement and easy question answering when reading and studying the Greek Myth. This can be used as a reader's theatre or independent work.
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6th - 12th
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