Telling Time Readers Theatre Script

This short (one -page) script on Telling Time involves students in reading and reviewing information about clocks and telling time. The script incorporates humor and contemporary language and references. It appears in my book DRAMATIZING THE CONTENT WITH CURRICULUM-BASED READERS THEATRE, originally published by The International Reading Association. When the book went out of print, all rights were reverted to me, so I decided to offer this script on Teachers Pay Teachers.

This script has special appeal to boys with its boot camp theme. It is written for solo speakers with many parts for ALL so that teachers can use it with a whole class. Reading and rehearsing the script familiarizes students with information about telling time while also increasing reading fluency and engaging students in a dramatic approach to learning facts. Students enjoy creating and performing gestures and sound effects where indicated in the stage directions. And—because it is a script—they do not mind reading and re-reading the information. This Curriculum-Based Readers Theatre script is one of many I have created with students and teachers across the United States.