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8th grade other (ELA) scripts
School News Program Set-up and Scripts for Student Announcements
This program includes instructions on how to set up the recording, editing, and broadcasting of a daily or weekly, elementary student-made school news show. It also includes an option for audio-only intercom announcements. Everything is editable and customizable in Microsoft Word or Excel files!Product Contents:Instructions for setting up your broadcasting studio, including photos of the studio in the back of the library I worked in.Student applications and sign-up materialsStudio scripts for a
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5th - 8th
Year Long Theater Curriculum Lessons Units Plays Projects Grades 6 to 9 Drama
DISCOUNT 30%! Hey, new teacher! Are you looking for year-long theater education curriculum and help from an award winning, veteran drama teacher? These units are best taught to students in sixth grade through ninth grade, however some units work well with sixth grade. I created a gigantic bundle of drama lessons, units and plays to help you! This bundle includes 55 products (over 1,500 PAGES) which were all created by me and time tested in my classroom over thirty-eight years. This is the
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6th - 9th
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Drama Class Theater Curriculum Middle School Vol. 1 Acting Improvisation Plays
30% Discount This drama curriculum bundle is perfect for the new theater teacher or those looking for unique and innovative resources. This bundle with 13 products (280 pages) has everything you need to teach a drama class for a semester, quarter or month (depending upon how many times you see your students.) I created these lessons for my own classes and used them for many years. I've included a scope and sequence to this bundle for FREE!Included in each product:List of ContentsLetter to Tea
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6th - 9th
Disney's Hercules Viewing Guide + Original Myth and Comparison Worksheet
Have you ever wondered how the Disney film version of Hercules stacks up against real mythology? This collection of activities gives students a chance to view the Disney film, read the original myth (through a Reader's Theater script-story), and compare the two!Often filmmakers must adapt their source material to make it more appealing to modern audiences, and Disney’s Hercules is no exception. Analyzing Disney’s choices in adapting this ancient myth will help you appreciate both the original st
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6th - 12th
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Radio Drama Script| Four Radio Plays and Unit Great for High Engagement!
SAVE 30% This bundle includes four radio plays, appropriate for middle and high school grades. Plus, I have given you the unit I use when teaching radio theater! Strengthen your students' reading, speaking and listening skills by using radio theater plays. Note: these radio plays can be bought separately, too! Each product includes: letter for the teacherthe rationale for teaching radio theatera brief biography on Oscar Wilde, H.G. Welles and William Clark Russellan original radio play writte
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8th - 11th
7th Grade STAAR Reading Review: Drama
This resource was designed for use as a review for drama questions on the 7th grade STAAR Reading test. Other STAAR resources can be found in my store, BrainyCats Learning Store
BEFORE PURCHASING THIS PRODUCT, PLEASE DOWNLOAD AND READ THROUGH THE GUIDED PRACTICE SCENE TO MAKE SURE IT IS SUITABLE FOR YOUR CLASS. My students enjoyed it, but it is about a food contest where competitors try to make disgusting combinations of food, so the topic may be off-putting to some groups. The sample can
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6th - 8th
Scary Radio Drama Script The Monkey's Paw Horror Acting Script Interpretation
Part of a Bundle Want to "scare" up some fun learning? Here's a twenty-five minute radio drama script for students is adapted from W.W. Jacob's classic, gothic story, The Monkey's Paw. Through this 45 page resource, teach your students about plot, characterization, foreshadowing, horror while strengthening eading, speaking, listening and acting skills, too! This script has 23 +roles (including crew) and was adapted especially for the classroom. Strengthen your students' listening, speaking, an
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8th - 11th
Also included in: Halloween Drama Class Units, Scripts and Lessons Bundle!
Radio Drama Play Script Edgar Allen Poe Cask of Amontillado Revenge
Part of a Bundle Here's a fifteen minute dramatic radio play adapted from Edgar Allen Poe's classic, gothic story, The Cask of Amontillado. This script has 15 + roles (plus crew) and was written especially for the classroom! Strengthen your students' listening, speaking, and reading skills all at once. It's a one stop shop!BONUS: I've included a sample of my new book, "We're Live! Radio Theater #101"! This teacher's guidebook gives you all the advice, tips and guidance you'd need to teach with
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8th - 10th
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Also included in: Halloween Drama Class Units, Scripts and Lessons Bundle!
High School Radio Drama Unit Script The Invisible Man Using Google Slides Sci-fi
This THREE WEEK radio theater unit including folly artistry and Radio play The Invisible Man is now available using Google slides. This scary play, with roles for 17 + students is great fir high school students. Plus, the accompanying unit teaches the history of radio theater, Foley engineering and gives students an opportunity to write a commercial, create sound effects and perform in a radio play. Plus students' reading, writing, listening and speaking skills are strengthened. It's a one-stop
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Theater Arts Units and Lesson Plans Using Google Slides
Radio Theater Play Script Bow Wow Blues Comedy Great Characters! Buffoonery
Want to have some fun? Here's a fifteen minute comedy radio play, with 15+ roles for students, written especially for the classroom! This original play was written by an award winning middle grade author. Me! Strengthen your students' listening, speaking, reading skills all at once. A one stop shop! HOW DO I USE THIS IN MY CLASSROOM? If you are a reading teacher, you could read this script to cover one of your standards or language arts teacher to study characterization and voicing Or you cou
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7th - 10th
{Are You a Text Talker?} Using the Language of Textual Evidence: ELA CCSS 1
This freebie is a quick cheat-sheet for students to remind themselves of the text-based language called for by students in the Common Core for ELA, in particular, during and while participating in teacher-directed close readings of text. These sentence starters give students a head start on how to begin their thinking and use text-based language when orally citing evidence from the text.
This product is one sheet with the option of several different backgrounds. Print full sheets or select "m
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K - 12th, Higher Education
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Act It Out - Practice Skits for Idioms (Figurative Language)
Your students will love acting and watching their peers act out these examples of idioms. There are enough skits to cover the alphabet! Answer sheets are included with two options. For your early learners, use the color sets with answer sheets that identify the idiom. Students simply match the idiom to the meaning. For older students or for review, use the whole set of skits with the answer sheet that students fill in. My favorite part of this set is the handout that has other language's equival
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2nd - 8th, Adult Education
Drama Theater The Invisible Man Radio Play Plus 3 Week Unit Sci-Fi H.G. Welles
IMPROVED! This THREE WEEK radio theater unit and the PG13 rated radio play of The Invisible Man by H. G. Welles, with roles for 17 + students teaches the history of radio theater, Foley engineering and gives students an opportunity to write a commercial, create sound effects and perform in a radio play. Plus students' reading, writing, listening and speaking skills are strengthened. It's a one-stop-shop! The Invisible Man is a novel by H.G. Wells which I've adapted into a radio play. It is r
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8th - 11th
Also included in: Halloween Themed Drama Units Speak Design Read Write Plays
Middle School Reader's Theater: Eleven by Sandra Cisneros
Looking for an engaging middle school short story to build fluency? Beloved by many, Sandra Cisneros's short story, "Eleven," has long since been a relatable and meaningful favorite. (… and it's not just because it has my name in it!)This interactive reader's theater offers two options: One for small group (5 parts) and the other with 10 parts. Bonus: The script and discussion questions make for great reading intervention or sub plans!Download Includes: - A large and small group option of the fu
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4th - 9th
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Reader’s Theater Script The Fall of the Spider Man Canada Folk Tale Moral Lesson
The Fall of the Spider Man is a dramatization of an Aboriginal creation myth, a short story, with roles for 20+ students and suitable for any one studying folk tales in a Drama, Language Arts, Social Studies ( re: Canada) or reading classes. Students strengthen their reading (fluency), speaking (diction) and listening skills (restating) while learning to work cooperatively. This product was created specifically for the classroom. The Fall of the Spider Man tells the story of a Star man who l
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Theater Arts Native American First People Folk Tales Readers Theater
'Twas the Night Before Christmas
Use this choral reading adaptation of 'Twas the Night Before Christmas to keep students engaged before the holidays. Younger grades love to hear it performed.
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3rd - 12th
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Drama Class Theater Curriculum Middle School Volume 2 Plays Storytelling Design
30% Discount This bundle is perfect for the new theater teacher or those looking for unique and innovative drama class resources. It is my second volume of middle school lessons. This bundle with 13 products (approximately 225 pages) has everything you need to teach a drama class for a semester, quarter or month (depending upon how many times you see your students.) I created these lessons for my own classes and used them for many years. If you purchased Drama Class Theater Curriculum Middle
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6th - 9th
Winter Stories Bundle - A Christmas Carol
Enjoy this bundle during the month of December to continue student engagement in ELA and critical thinking. Resources include:Reader's Theater Script - A Christmas CarolCompare/Contrast Stories foldable - Paper VersionCompare and Contrast Google Slides Project - Distance Learning 2020Bloom's Taxonomy Response to Text Projects - A Christmas Carol
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4th - 8th
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Persuasive Advertising Writing Resources for Middle School Language Arts
Use these resources to enhance your persuasive writing units while teaching students about marketing strategies! Students use advertising techniques to create print ads and a commercial skit. The fun prompts encourage creativity, and the commercial skit lets students work on a fun group project!Resources included are:Elf Factory Toy Advertisement - This fun project is great for a snowy day! It can be used for Christmas and other winter holidays or whenever you want to give students a project to
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6th - 8th
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Sentence Starters
These Sentence Starters will help organize, start and maintain meaningful conversations between your students. Students will use their own questions and statements along with the Sentence Starters to help guide their learning process and help them to gain a better understanding on a variety of topics through discussions.Product Includes:-20 Full Page Sentence Starters-20 1/2 Page Sentence Starters -Student Bookmarks with Sentence Starters-Teacher Prompts-Teacher Instructions
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4th - 10th
The Transcendentalists Reader's Theater Script-Story
Themes of self-reliance, individualism, and civil disobedience run through the works of the Transcendentalist philosophers Emerson and Thoreau. Although their ideas are interesting, their works often seem dry to students. Is there a way to make learning about these philosophers a bit more fun?This 9-page script-story features the Romantic authors Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe (and his talking raven) as they try to insult the philosophy of the Transcendentalists. Henry David Thoreau and
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: American Literature Teaching Resources Bundle
Radio Drama Script The Invisible Man Science Fiction Invisibility Intrigue
This radio theater script adaptation of H.G. Welles' story, "The Invisible Man" with roles for 16 students plus sound and music crew, is suitable for middle and high school students. Radio theater helps students strengthen their reading, speaking and listening skills and encourages differentiated instruction. Plus students become familiar with one of fathers of science fiction. This script could be used separately as a stand alone lesson or as part of a unit about science fiction. The story c
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: Radio Drama Script| Four Radio Plays and Unit Great for High Engagement!
Imaginary Product Commercial-Persuasive Writing Group Project for Middle School
This group project is a fantastic way to encourage creativity while teaching students about persuasive writing! The group work helps to build social skills by having students work with their peers on a fun and engaging project. Groups brainstorm an idea for an imaginary product and write a script to persuade others to buy it. They also learn about eight advertising techniques and use at least one of them in their commercials. Clear instructions are included to help students understand what is ex
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Group Projects and Activities for Middle School Language Arts
Funny Radio Drama Play Scripts and Unit Grades 8 to Humor Wit Absurdity Acting
BUNDLE DISCOUNT Here are two funny radio plays scripts--Mark Twain's The Invalid's Story and my own very popular, Bow Wow Blues for your classroom. Plus, you can teach your students all about radio theater, too! Each script was adapted for the classroom and I take into account most teachers have large number of students on their rosters. Even reluctant students can get into the act with radio theater--sound effects and music cues are provided. Plus, your students can study humor and wit first
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7th - 10th
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