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Middle school drama simulations
Reader's Theater: Boston Tea Party
This is a great reader's theater script to introduce/reinforce the importance of the Boston Tea Party as a major event in our history leading to the American Revolution. In addition, it's great practice in the areas of expression and fluency. The following play script contains 23 individual parts, but can be easily adapted for a class of any size. I have ranked the parts by size (long, medium, short) in order to make it easier to differentiate parts for all levels of readers. In addition, I h
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: America Becomes a Nation: Reader's Theater Bundle for 4th Grade
Reader's Theater: Life in Colonial America! (+activities)
Bring key characteristics of Colonial America alive with this leveled set of 3 reader’s theater scripts featuring the New England, Middle, and Southern colonial way of life! Focus on differentiation by matching reading levels with the different scripts. Each script contains 6-7 parts, making it a perfect activity for centers or leveled guided reading groups! Modified versions provide support in basic fluency skills, regular versions focus on expression development, and enriched versions challen
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: 4th Grade Social Studies Projects Bundle
Mock Trial Preparation and Script
This product includes graphic organizers to help your students gather ideas and information to present in a formal trial-like manner. You can use any literature story or informational text with this packet. Put a character or a historical figure on trial for crimes they've committed. The possibilities are endless!You will receive:Printable pages that can be used to create a packet specialized for both the Prosecution team and the Defense Team.A script to help move the trial along in a manner tha
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4th - 8th
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Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart Reader's Theater Play
Originally published in the October 2008 issue of Scholastic's Storyworks magazine (and later reprinted in Scope, Scholastic News, and my book, Read Aloud Plays: Classic Short Stories), this newly-revised script is true to the original text but is cleverly structured to be more appropriate for middle grade and young adult audiences. It includes the original text, a comprehension worksheet, a "mock trial" activity, as well as teacher notes and a key--fourteen pages in all. Parts for 9 students, s
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5th - 9th
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Reader's Theater Bundle of Myths, Legends, and Traditional Tales!
Are you looking for a creative way to have your students graders explore myths, legends, and traditional tales for 4th and 5th grade Language Arts? Let this collection of classic American literature Reader’s Theaters engage students in fluency & expression while at the same time meeting a key Common Core reading benchmark! This bundle includes my 7 best selling sets of DIFFERENTIATED scripts on Native American tribes, Greek Myths, Aesops' Fables, Classic Fairy Tales, American Tall Tales, Tra
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3rd - 6th
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Reader's Theater: Ohio and the War of 1812 (intermediate level with 24 parts!)
Students will bring the War of 1812 and the Battle of Lake Erie to life in this whole class script of Don’t Give up the Ship! This fast moving script explores the causes and events leading to this important war in our country’s history in an engaging and connected way! This original play contains 24 parts featuring various reading levels to ensure whole class participation, differentiation, and engagement. Students will integrate important Social Studies concepts with key LA common core standa
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Early Ohio History Activity Bundle for 4th Grade Social Studies
Reader's Theater: Native American Myths & Legends
With this differentiated reader’s theater set, students will engage in 4 traditional Native American legends and myths that helped to explain the natural world to our early ancestors!! √ Click HERE to SAVE 25% on this resource with my Reader’s Theater Bundle of Myths, Legends, and Traditional Tales!ABOUT THIS PRODUCTEach play is based on 4 traditional myths and legends that students will be able to compare and contrast; helping to meet the CCSS: RL.4.9. Compare and contrast the treatment of s
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Reader's Theater Bundle of Myths, Legends, and Traditional Tales!
The Mystery of Harris Burdick Simulation
Engage your students in an exciting mystery simulation based on Chris Van Allsburg's book (The Mysteries of Harris Burdick) where YOU become the Chief of Police, and your students become first-rate detectives! Students will delve into a mystery that at first seems to have no solution, but through open-ended questioning and investigation through role-play, your students will come to a conclusion and arrest the culprit — maybe.
Every mystery is different since the students use their creativity to
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3rd - 7th
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Reader's Theater: Tall Tale of Paul Bunyan (differentiated scripts!)
Focus on differentiation while meeting several Common Core Reading standards! This reader’s theater set features the popular tall tale of Paul Bunyan written on 3 separate reading levels for a total of 3 scripts! Each script contains 6-7 parts, making it a perfect activity for centers or leveled guided reading groups! Modified versions provide support in basic fluency skills, regular versions focus on expression development, and enriched versions challenge students with tier 2 vocabulary and
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3rd - 6th
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Alamo Reader's Theatre
This Reader's Theatre covers the history of the famous battle at the Alamo in Texas. There are 14 characters including five Narrators, Santa Anna,Davie Crockett, Sam Houston, and Stephen Austin. This fits perfectly with a study of the Southwest Region of the United States and works with 4th-6th grade students. With smaller classrooms, parts can be combined to fit your needs. It is a total of eight pages long, and takes approximately 10 minutes to peform.
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4th - 6th
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Reader's Theater: 13 Colonies-Life in a New England Colony!
Bring key characteristics of the 13 colonies to life with this FREEBIE Reader’s Theater script featuring the New England Colonies! This is part of a leveled set of 3 reader’s theater featuring the New England, Middle, and Southern colonial way of life plus additional comparison activities! This freebie script contains 6 parts, making it a perfect activity for centers or leveled guided reading groups! This activity helps integrate Social Studies history content with Language Arts common core s
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3rd - 6th
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High Engagement Murder Mystery Classroom Activity! (Murder at the Dance)
This "whodunit" style classroom murder mystery game will have your students collecting and evaluating information, making inferences, identifying red herrings, practicing speaking and listening skills and so much more! This activity will have your students' full attention as they try to find the "killer" at the homecoming dance. This interactive activity includes all necessary pieces to run your own murder mystery game in the classroom!Setting the Scene: During the homecoming dance, the dead bod
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7th - 12th
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Public Speaking and Debate Activities for Middle and High School
Help your students build their confidence while having fun with this collection of public speaking and debate activities. These games and exercises would be great for middle or high school Model United Nations, English, and drama classes, or for use in any context in which students practice speech and argumentation. Instructions for 22 different activities are included, along with hundreds of prompt and topic ideas. Activities included: The Bowl of DestinyFight the FillerSynergistic SpeechesTalk
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7th - 10th
Also included in: Model UN Lesson and Activity Bundle
Jamestown Colony and the New World Primary Source Play With Worksheet
Jamestown Colony and the New World Primary Source Play With Worksheet
This fantastic, amusing worksheet includes a short scene from a play called "Eastward Hoe" that was performed in England in 1604. In the scene, a captain tells them all sorts of outlandish lies to entice two men to move to Virginia.
This is a great activity to have your students act out in class! My students loved this and even used some hilarious British accents to add to the scene. It is a fantastic way to introduce stude
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7th - 11th
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Fall of Rome and Rise of Middle Ages A Play
The purpose of this activity is to help students identify and understand the causes and effects of the Fall of the Roman empire.
Students will participate in a play in which the Roman emperor continually taxes his people into poverty and then enslaves those unable to pay. Students will understand how the Emperor’s financial policies led to the Middle Ages and the conditions of serfdom for many poor people of the empire. Students will also understand the reasons barbarians attacked Rome, leadin
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7th - 9th
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"Find the Witch!" A Salem Witch Trials Role-Playing Activity
Synopsis of activity:This role-playing activity is meant to simulate the uncertainty and fear that gripped the town of Salem, Massachusetts during the infamous Witch Trials. The activity involves holding a “town meeting” for the purpose of identifying who is “the witch.” This activity is fun and brings high energy to the classroom.This activity is a great companion to a history lesson on the Salem Witch Trials or with an ELA unit on Arthur Miller’s The Crucible.Materials included:*Instructions f
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8th - 12th
Reader's Theater: Explorers in the New World
Bring the voyages of the New World Explorers to life with this set of 3 Reader’s Theater scripts! Each play, focusing on Ferdinand Magellan, Henry Hudson, and the Vikings, features 3 different reading levels (12 scripts in all) to focus on differentiation. Each script contains 6-7 parts, making it a perfect activity for centers or leveled guided reading groups! Modified versions provide support in basic fluency skills, regular versions focus on expression development, and enriched versions chall
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3rd - 6th
Also included in: Early United States History Reader's Theater Bundle-Discovering America
M&M Color Theory- Lighting Activities
Give your students a fun and tasty activity while learning the physics of color theory! Stage Lighting Design affects pigments of color in costume and scenery, and occasionally makeup and props. Let them learn about the affects of lighting color and pigment color using M&Ms (or skittles for some). In addition, I added a second activity to analyze, discuss, and reflect as a lighting designer for Broadway shows choosing colors to use onstage. This assignment has 2 worksheets for the student ac
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6th - 12th
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Reader's Theater Bundle of Ohio Social Studies Scripts! (4th grade)
A perfect resource for your 4th grade Ohio Social Studies classroom! Make history come alive with these 6 Reader’s Theater scripts taken from the pages of Ohio’s rich history! These original plays contain up to 20 parts each featuring various reading levels to ensure whole class participation, differentiation, and engagement. Students will actively participate in key Ohio Social Studies standards such as the War of 1812, Tecumseh, the Northwest Ordinance, Ohio becoming a State, Immigration, a
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3rd - 6th
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Simulations In The Classroom: The Assembly Line
Simulations are composed of an introduction or briefing, the simulation itself, and a debriefing that gets at critical thinking and reflection. They provide students with an active role that focuses on and helps bring to life a historical event, character, or concept. The concept of an ASSEMBLY LINE is experienced as students work individually and then cooperatively to make a car. This simulation has been successfully used in the classroom. It is fairly easy, involves little to no cost, and c
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3rd - 6th
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Shakespeare in Court: Romeo & Juliet Mock Trial Experience
Transform your classroom into a courtroom with this immersive "Romeo and Juliet Mock Trial" resource! Designed for middle and high school students, this comprehensive package offers a unique twist on Shakespeare's timeless tale, providing an interactive way for students to explore legal concepts while delving deeper into the characters and themes of the play.Key Features:Character Pages:Dive into the minds of Romeo, Juliet, and other key characters with detailed character pages that guide studen
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7th - 10th
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The Salem Witch Trials Bundle: Station Activity AND Role-Playing Simulation
These two products can extend or enhance any social studies lesson on the Salem Witch Trials or can be great companions to an ELA or Drama unit on Arthur Miller's The Crucible. These are fun and engaging activities which will stimulate your students.
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8th - 12th
High Engagement Murder Mystery & Whodunit Classroom Activities GROWING BUNDLE!
These "whodunit" style classroom murder mystery games will have your students collecting and evaluating information, making inferences, identifying red herrings, practicing speaking and listening skills and so much more! This activity will have your students' full attention as they try to find the "killer" or "culprit" at the homecoming dance or winter formal. These interactive activities include all necessary pieces to run your own murder mystery or whodunit game in the classroom!Murder at the
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7th - 12th
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Ancient Egypt Mummification Process Project
This Ancient Egyptian project has been a class favorite! Not only are students able to share and explore their creativity, it allows them to immerse themselves into ancient Egypt. As we all know students learn differently, with this project students are given three options to showcase the ten steps of the mummification process. They can create a script for a play, create a movie or video, and lastly create a song. Group work can be challenging, so I have created group work roles for the students
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6th - 9th
Also included in: Ancient Egypt Unit Bundle
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