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7th grade drama guided reading books
Read Aloud Play: Stolen Childhoods--Lewis Hine's Crusade to End Child Labor
At the height of the Great Depression, the pioneering photography of Lewis Hine freed generations of children from having to slave away for pennies an hour in coal mines, canneries, and textile mills. Hine often risked physical harm to photograph children in deplorable working conditions, but his work eventually led to the establishment of America’s child labor laws. Originally published in the Oct. 31, 2011, issue of Scope Magazine and republished in the Feb. 27, 2012, issue of Junior Scholasti
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4th - 7th
How to Write a Play Writing Unit | Create Your Own Reader's Theater!
Teach your students how to write a play from start to finish. The slides include vocabulary, examples, and a step-by-step breakdown of creating characters, a storyboard, script, practice and performance. Students follow along and create their own play with the included worksheets. This bundle also includes narrative and informational reading passages with comprehension questions about the life and work of a playwright. I have also included a How to Write a Play wordsearch for fast finishers! Thi
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2nd - 8th
Romeo and Juliet Guided Reading Packet Bundle (Acts 1-5)
This product includes 60 pages worth of guided reading and introductory materials for Acts 1-5 of Romeo and Juliet! This download includes PDF files to ensure compatibility across devices, as well as answer keys for your convenience. (A version of this packet that includes a final test for a discounted download can be found here: Romeo and Juliet Guided Reading Packet (Acts 1-5) and Test Bundle.) This resource is also great for distance, online, or hybrid classrooms!This series of packets for A
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7th - 11th
A Christmas Carol school play
This 10-15 minute adaptation of A Christmas Carol was written by Sue Russell as a versatile resource - one which can be used as a performance piece or one which can be used within the classroom. The cast of 20 plus can be divided into smaller groups for rehearsal within the classroom or as a set of guided reading scripts. In whatever form, the story always 'packs an emotional punch' - a wonderful message conveying the power of love and the importance of sharing at this festive time of year.Other
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3rd - 9th
Abridged Romeo and Juliet Play Google Slides Special Education
101 Google Slides including 5 vocabulary words, 10 agree or disagree anticipatory statements and then an easy, plain text, abridged version of the play including character lists for each scene and a mix of recall and higher level questions throughout. Perfect for special education students. Use as is and have students answer aloud, in notebooks, make a copy for each student to type responses, or easily add the Peardeck extension for interactive learning. All the hard work is done!
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7th - 10th
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The Salem Witch Trials Guided Reading Play Scripts
Set of 5 Guided Reading Play Scripts (plus quizzes) on The Salem Witch Trials.
Boredom, over-active imaginations and a certain flair for amateur dramatics - all fatally combined to produce one of the cruelest travesties of justice in U.S. history. 19 hangings of complete innocents, labeled as witches ... by children. Who, or what, was to blame? Sift through some very suspect evidence and draw your own conclusions, from this set of guided reading play scripts, written by Sue Russell, covering th
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4th - 12th
Rikki Tikki Tavi Reader's Theater from The Jungle Books
Originally published by Scholastic, here's another of my classroom plays getting new life on TpT! Rikki Tikki Tavi, Rudyard Kipling's classic short story from The Jungle Books, tells the story of a courageous mongoose who must protect an English family living in India from vengeful cobras. The product includes my original play script, a comprehension quiz, teacher notes and key, plus the original text broken into sections corresponding with the scenes from the play. It makes for some excellent c
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4th - 7th
Romeo and Juliet Act 1 Guided Reading Packet
This 24-page reading packet is designed to help students read, comprehend, and analyze Act 1 of Romeo and Juliet. The packet divides the Act into scenes and guides students towards developing a greater understanding of the play's events. The download includes a PDF to ensure compatibility across devices, as well as an editable Word Doc that you can alter to best meet your students' needs! This resource can also be helpful for distance, online, and hybrid learning!The packet also contains 13 page
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7th - 12th
Also included in: Romeo and Juliet Guided Reading Packet Bundle (Acts 1-5)
Ancient Greek Myths Guided Reading, Group Readers or Readers Theater
This is a set of 'group readers' (Readers Theater) written by Sue Russell on five Ancient Greek Myths:
1. Odysseus and the Cyclops
2. Theseus and the Minotaur
3. Tale of 2 Spinners (Athena & Arachne)
4. The Gorgon's Head (Medusa)
5. Pandora's Box.
delivering them via 6 speakers each. (For a smaller class size, a mini play may be dropped or the speakers re-allocated). Each 'mini play' comes with detailed summary of and background to each story, at the beginning; and at the end, a quiz -
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4th - 8th
Short by Holly Goldberg Sloan - Novel Study
This is a novel study for the book Short written by Holly Goldberg Sloan. Each page contains questions for individual chapters. Questions consist of short answer, multiple choice, extended response, and true/false. All questions are aligned with the CCSS
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5th - 10th
The Brothers Grimm: The Shoemaker & the Christmas Elves Readers Theater
The Brothers Grimm are known for dark, often violent tales, but the story of the Elves and the Cobbler is one of the only fairy tales with a Christmas theme—and a happy one at that. It tells the story of a kind-hearted shoemaker who receives some unexpected help just when he needs it most. Down to his last bit of leather with which to make shoes, his livelihood is saved by mysterious visitors—elves— who show up each night to finish the shoemaker’s work. To repay the elves for this Christmas mira
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4th - 7th
Vikings Guided Reading Play Scripts
5 Guided Reading Play Scripts, written by Sue Russell, based on Unit 6C The Vikings.
(This set of guided reading play scripts is one of a collection, based on Units 6 - 20 of the UK Key Stage II History Curriculum; also available - collection of class plays, again based on these units. For complete list including play scripts for USA curriculum visit www.plays-r-ussell.com )
Play 1 Introduction. Lindisfarne
Play 2 Kings
Play 3 Viking Family - at home.
Play 4 Valhalla. Gods
Play 5 Explorers.
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3rd - 9th
Romeo and Juliet Act 2 Guided Reading Packet
This Common-Core aligned, 10-page guided reading packet is the only handout you'll need to teach Act 2 of Romeo and Juliet! It includes comprehension and analysis questions that promote critical thinking, as well as line translation practice and a prologue activity. The download includes a PDF to help with formatting across devices, as well as an answer key for your convenience. This resource is also great for distance, online, or hybrid classrooms!This series of packets for Acts 1-5 (Sold here
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7th - 11th
Also included in: Romeo and Juliet Guided Reading Packet Bundle (Acts 1-5)
Brothers Grimm collection of 7 Readers Theater fairy tale adaptations
A Collection of Seven Fairy Tales, adapted to Reader’s Theater, originally written by Brothers Grimm, and given a wee twist by Sue Russell.*As explained below, these scripts are available separately – but together, this collection offers a big discount. 1. Rumpelstiltskin2. Rapunzel3. Little Red Riding Hood4. Hansel and Gretel5. Cinderella6. Sleeping Beauty7. Snow WhiteThese plays each have a cast of 6.Reading time varies between 10 – 15/20 minutes.A synopsis of the original fairy tale is provid
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4th - 7th
Wind in the Willows Play or Set of Guided Reading Scripts
Wind in the Willows Play or Set of Guided Reading Scripts
This script is suitable for use as Guided Reading (Readers Theater) or for performance. Instead of being sold as two separate products, it is in effect 2 for the price of 1 – as the customer can use it for either purpose.
The script is made up of 5 scenes:
Scene 1 Down by the river
Scene 2 Caravan ‘Holiday’
Scene 3 The Wild Wood
Scene 4 In and out of Gaol
Scene 5 The Rescue of Toad Hall
Guided Reading
Cast
These 5 scenes can be used by
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4th - 7th
Miracles of Jesus Class Play &/or Guided Reading Scripts/Readers Theater
Miracles of Jesus Class Play or Assembly and/or Guided Reading Scripts/Readers Theater
This class play or assembly can be used as a class play (for performance) or as a set of guided reading scripts within the classroom – there are a set of questions for class discussion included in the Production Notes.
The five plays within this class play are:
1. Turning Water into Wine
2. Feeding the Five Thousand
3. Walking on Water
4. The Raising of Lazarus from the Dead
5. Healin
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4th - 7th
Peter Pan Cast of 6 Script plus teaching ideas
Peter Pan Cast of 6 Script This script comes with synopsis, teaching input and further discussion ideas – the whole ‘package’, including 10-minute reading time of script, coming to around 20 – 30 minutes.Also available:Peter Pan Play – in two versions:· one for primary school children (7 to 11-year olds)· the other, which includes a social commentary from J.M. Barrie, for upper Key Stage II primary school children plus i.e. from 10 years onSample Text:Narrator: And so, our task todayPeter Pan: T
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5th - 8th
Second World War Guided Reading Play Scripts
Description to World War II Guided Reading Play Scripts
5 Guided Reading Play Scripts (plus quizzes) based on Unit 9 Children in World War II - written by Sue Russell.
(This set of guided reading play scripts is one of a collection, based on Units 6 - 20 of the UK Key Stage II History Curriculum; also available - collection of class plays, again based on these units. For complete list including play scripts for USA curriculum, visit www.plays-r-ussell.com )
Play 1- Background/Beginnings of War
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3rd - 10th
Nancy Hart! A readers theater/stage play/script about the American Revolution.
This fun 10-minute script, by award-winning playwright Gyda Arber, is based on the true story of Nancy Morgan Hart, Georgia heroine of the American Revolutionary War! Suitable for guided reading, a stage production, or readers theater. Includes Discussion Questions, Answer Key, and a vocabulary list. A great addition to your American History/Women's History Month/American Heroes curriculum!
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3rd - 8th
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde play
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde playCast of 10Duration around 45 minutesBased on Robert Louis Stevenson’s novella, this play re-tells the rather grim story, with concluding observations and judgements on the characters therein.Sample TextDr Lanyon: And what brings you here? You look, if you don’t mind me saying so, in a bit of a state?Utterson: Ah, you know me so well, my old friend!Dr Lanyon: Hey! A little less of the old, if you don’t mind!(Both laugh)Utterson: Well, it’s about Henry Jekyll, a friend of
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7th - 10th, Adult Education
Romeo and Juliet Act 3 Guided Reading Packet
This 12-page Common-Core aligned guided reading packet is the only handout you'll need to teach Act 3 of Romeo and Juliet! This download includes a PDF version to help with compatibility, as well as an answer key for your convenience. This resource is also great for distance, online, or hybrid classrooms!This series of packets for Acts 1-5 (Sold here as a bundle) goes beyond basic question-and-answer style teaching strategies by reproducing several significant portions of the text for the purpos
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7th - 11th
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Also included in: Romeo and Juliet Guided Reading Packet Bundle (Acts 1-5)
Peter and the Wolf short play
Peter and the Wolf – an adaptation, suitable for Readers Theatre, Guided Reading or as a Short PlayCast of 10NarratorPeter Grandfather Duck Little Bird Cat Wolf Hunters – 1, 2 and 3 Duration: Around 10 minutes not including teaching input and discussion which will add at least another 15 minutes.This script has simple text, suitable for Lower Key Stage II (7 – 10 year olds); and can be just a straightforward reading or ‘instrumentalized’ – as per the original, as explained in the Production Not
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4th - 7th
Thanksgiving Play
Thanksgiving Play The Conversion of Tactless Turkey
(Following text is same as for preview but I’ve added a different sample text at the end)
Characters:
Narrator
Feisty Pheasant
Clumsy Chicken
Grumpy Goose
Daft Duck
Tactless Turkey
Reading Time: 5 – 10 minutes
This is a short script that can be read in the classroom or put on as a mini performance for Thanksgiving. It is about turning negative character traits into positive ones – in the case of our tactless turkey, into a more considerate ind
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3rd - 8th
Our Planet Guided Reading Play Scripts
This set of 6 Guided Reading Play Scripts looks at man's impact on the environment - in the context of five different habitats: a pond, the rainforest, the poles, the desert and the ocean - and what we as the human race can do to undo the harm done.
Please note: Teaching time of 40 minutes is very approximate, depending on time spent on reading and answering quiz questions.
Play 1 Life in a Pond
Speakers
Frog Great Diving Beetle
Newt Snail
Stickleback Dragonfly
Play 2 Life in a Rainfor
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3rd - 9th
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