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8th grade reading scripts
Christmas Reader's Theater Script based on How the Grinch Stole Christmas
21 Roles - KID FRIENDLY - 8 page script - varying abilities - great vocab!
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3rd - 9th
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Reader's Theater Bundle: 4 Scripts and Lessons, Middle & High School
Allowing your students to perform rather than simply read a play brings a new dimension to a class study of a dramatic piece. When students get up and act out the parts for their audience –usually comprised of non-acting students in the class – it brings a sense of identifying with and ownership of their parts. They have a safe and small audience to perform in front of – which makes it real and more doable. Bring or encourage costumes, the use of musical instruments in the background, or sound e
Edgar Allan Poe's Tell-Tale Heart Modernized Readers Theater
A clever adaption of Edgar Allan Poe's Gothic masterpiece in a modern setting. Uniquely suitable for a wide-range of readers. Because the "beating heart" is an annoying cell phone, all your fourth through eighth graders will readily relate to the story. Whether reader's theater or stage production, this fifteen-minute play includes parts for up to nine students. Original purchaser is licensed to reproduce a full class set every year! Looking for a traditional re-telling? Take a look at my Tell-T
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5th - 8th
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Twisted Fairy Tales for Small Group Reader's Theater
My name is Melanie Whitesides but my store name is Wonbyone. One of the things I am passionate about is Reader's Theater. It is a fun way for my students to improve on their fluency. In a world where reading is pushed so hard on students that many are losing their love of reading it is IMPORTANT to give them opportunities to read that are fun. Reader's Theater does this. In this package I have placed 6 Reader's Theater. The scripts are: Cinderella, Hansel and Gretel, Goldilocks, Little Red Ridin
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3rd - 8th
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Christmas Reader's Theater Script based on Home Alone the Movie
23 roles - 8 pages - fun, fun, fun!
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3rd - 9th
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Scripts: Shakespeare reader's theater (5 scripts)
Package contains reader’s theater scripts for Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, Hamlet on Trial and the Ophelia Murder Mystery, interactive game links, lesson ideas, graphic organizers, writing prompts and an assessment rubric. Part of the Shakespeare readers theater bundle 7 scripts, 100+ pagesThese 10 minute scripts are tongue in cheek versions of the Bard’s finest tragedies. These are perfect for drama clubs, literature circles, an introduction to Shakespeare or for concluding a unit on the
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5th - 10th
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Le théâtre des lecteurs - French Immersion Reader's Theatre
*** This product is in FRENCH ***Looking for a way to improve your students' French vocabulary? Wanting to inspire them and have fun in French? This Reader's Theatre bundle features 10 scripts, all based on the fables of Jean de la Fontaine. Each script comes with a list of targeted vocabulary to review before reading. Perfect for core French or French immersion.The following fables are included:- Le coq et le renard- Le berger qui criait au loup- Le rat de ville et des champs- Le lièvre et la t
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4th - 8th
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Reader's Theater Script | Horror Urban Legend | Foreshadowing Lesson
Your students will absolutely love this script and accompanying lessons! Based on the famous Japanese urban legend "The Girl in the Gap," this script is written specifically for teen enjoyment and English Language Arts CCSS. This product is also available in my bundle Teen Readers' Theatre Bundle Featuring 3 Original ScriptsThe product includes lots of tips and tricks for bringing readers' theater to life in a middle or high school classroom, a mini-lesson on the types of foreshadowing, an origi
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8th - 11th
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Also included in:Â Reader's Theater Bundle: 4 Scripts and Lessons, Middle & High School
Equivalent Fractions Readers' Theater
Are you looking for a fun, quick way to help your students learn math vocabulary or review your fraction unit? My students love this reader's theater script that reinforces vocabulary while also practicing reading fluency.
Included in this product are two versions of a readers' theater script focused on fraction vocabulary. Both versions include the following vocabulary: equivalent fractions, numerator, and denominator. The more challenging version also includes simplest form, reduce, and g
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3rd - 8th
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Readers' Theater: Greek and Roman Mythology
This readers' theater of Greek and Roman Mythology includes seven scripts for grades 4-8. It also includes a brief introduction to readers' theater, an introduction to Greek and Roman Mythology, and Activities and Questions for Discussion After Readers' Theater. There is note of specific references to the appropriate Common Core Standards in English Language Arts.
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4th - 8th
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Plagiarism: readers theater & lesson plan
Students participate in 1-3 different reader’s theaters that define plagiarism and its consequences, use a flow chart to determine when to cite and create their own scenarios to analyze. Included: 3 scripts, flow chart, lesson plan with Common Core standards and VA SOLs, rubric, review games and online quiz and how to do reader’s theater and use the Jigsaw method. Students can write their own court case based on additional scenarios included in the packet.This lesson combines English reading
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3rd - 9th
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Also included in:Â Bundle: American Literature
Radio Drama Play Script The Canterville Ghost Grades 6 to 9 Scary Oscar Wilde
Part of a Bundle Looking for something a lightly scary, but also thought provoking and a classic? Check out Oscar Wilde's The Canterville Ghost radio play script. This adaptation has roles for 15 + students and teaches the history of radio theater. Students strengthen their reading, writing, listening and speaking skills while performing this play. The Canterville Ghost story by Oscar Wilde concerns a girl who befriends the ghost haunting Canterville Chase mansion and helps him cross over into
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6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Radio Drama Script| Four Radio Plays and Unit Great for High Engagement!
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Readers' Theater Script
This Reader's Theater Script is easy to follow and is based off of Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". This is written at a level that 4th, 5th, and 6th graders can enjoy. There are plenty of Tier 2 vocabulary terms to build a unit from. Words I chose to focus on for the week unit were region, reeling, hospitality, lanky, and cordially. The theme of the story as well as characterization can be explored with this script.
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4th - 8th
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Reader's Theater Script + Lessons Engaging Melodrama for Middle & High School
Readers' Theatre is captivating and fun for junior high and secondary students and this lesson packet with "Curses, Foiled Again" will not disappoint! Packet includes original script with 45 pages of engaging lesson materials your students will want to study. . This product is also available in my Students' Choice Favorite Lessons, Vol. 2. Check it out - it's a great deal!With this purchase, you will receive BOTH the original play and lesson materials for a cross-curricular history and ELA expe
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8th - 11th
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Also included in:Â End of the Year ELA Lessons Students Love Bundle - Middle & High School
The Scarlet Letter (Reader's Theater Script-Story Collection)
Have you ever wanted to teach The Scarlet Letter but couldn't find the time? While preserving the author's literary style, this 52-page text adapts Hawthorne's classic novel into four 45-minute Reader's Theater script-stories. Allowing the students to inhabit classic characters like Hester Prynne and Reverend Dimmesdale brings the literature to life!
Also included with the script-stories is a teacher guide for each of the four parts, complete with relevant background information, plot summary,
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7th - 12th
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Also included in:Â American Literature Teaching Resources Bundle
Readers Theater: California Gold Rush
Wagons, Ho! is a Readers Theater script on the California Gold Rush. Perfect for grades 3 through 8, it can be used with a small group or with the entire classroom. It shows the journey the wagon trains took from Independence, Missouri to Sutter's Fort and then on to Angel's Camp in 1849 during the California Gold Rush. This script also contains three folk songs for students to sing during the play. American history comes alive for your students as they join a wagon train and head west in their
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3rd - 8th
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Oregon Trail - Readers' Theater
This 6 part script will both entertain and educate your class. Readers will have fun while learning what it might have been like to travel west on the Oregon Trail. Students will get much needed practice improving oral reading fluency. A set of three task cards and activity sheets are included with the script.
Check out my other scripts.
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Civil War
Boston Tea Party
Branches of Government
Symbols of America
Important Documents
*May be purchased as a bundle
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4th - 8th
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"One Night in the Woods" Drama Class One Act Play Based on Fairy Tales
One Night in the Woods mashes five classic fairy tales with five popular television shows to create an entertaining one act play that works as a classroom or extracurricular project. It’s Cinderella as an episode of The Bachelor, Rapunzel as The Amazing Race, and Red Riding Hood as a breaking news story!The play can also be broken into five independent scenes, four of which work completely independently of the main script. Cast is variable from 4-16. Gender is 2 male and 2 female for four perfor
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6th - 12th
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5 First Nation Legends (French Reader's Theatre)
This product entirely in French from Chez Nathalie is a series of plays based on First Nation legends in five provinces (Ojibwe - Ontario, Assiniboine - Saskatchewan, Mandan - Manitoba, Algonquin - Quebec, Squamish - British Columbia). Each legend includes a text which explains terms (Assiniboine: Saskatoon berry, travois; Squamish: potlatch), the origin of natural phenomena (Ojibwe: North America) or beliefs (Mandan: spirits; Algonquin: animals). Each legend is also followed by a summary of two
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5th - 8th
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Reader's theater script: Founding Documents
Become one of the Founding Fathers in these five scripts that show how various documents contributed to the form of the modern United States government. Included are 19 pages covering the Magna Carta, Mayflower Compact, Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation and the Constitution.
In addition, a Q & A (with two graphic organizers to give students opportunities to compare and contrast and work on cause and effect) and answer key makes for an easy assessment.
Reader's thea
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5th - 9th
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Also included in:Â Bundle: American Literature
Drama: Three Original Plays - Scripts to Perform - Reading for Common Core
Drama: Three Original Plays - Scripts to Perform - Reading for Common Core (Written in English)
This is a collection of three original, crowd-pleasing plays that I wrote for my classes to perform for parents and students for year-end concerts and school assemblies. These plays are appropriate for Grades 3, 4, 5, and 6. The plays have roles for 18 - 24 students and the sets mostly involve chairs and desks.
You could also use the scripts as Readers' Theatre and study them as literature. Please
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3rd - 8th
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Romeo and Juliet: Modern Balcony Scene Assignment
This assignment requires students to re-write the famous 'Balcony Scene' from Romeo and Juliet into modern English. Assignment includes instructions, the full text of Act II, scene ii (I have eliminated some lines in order to shorten it), and a space for the students to write their new, modern scene. A student example and an assessment rubric are also included. I always give the option to students to act out their modern balcony scene for the class - this is usually quite entertaining.
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8th - 11th
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Reader's Theater Fairy Tale Scripts, Classic Brothers Grimm Tales, Dramatic Arts
Get ready to transport yourself into the enchanting world of fairy tales with our Classic Fairy Tale Readers Theater Script bundle, adapted from the original The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang. This comprehensive collection includes four timeless tales, each brought to life through the power of reader's theater as a reading strategy.Designed for readers of all ages, these scripts are perfect for students in grades 3-8. The interactive nature of reader's theater allows young readers to develop th
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3rd - 8th
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Reader's Theater Script based on Wonder by R.J. Palacio
9 page script! Engaging! Kid-friendly! Great for inferencing, figurative language, context clues, and more! Parts for ALL ability levels! ***TWO SCRIPTS FOR THE PRICE OF ONE! One script has 2 Narrators, the other script has 4 Narrators. Your choice! Your student's will love this script!
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3rd - 9th
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