READERS THEATER BRAINTEASER MYSTERY SCRIPT BUNDLE

This fun 30% off Middle School high interest trio of readers' theater brain teaser mystery scripts will delight both ELA and Drama students. They will practice reading and comprehension strategies, while testing their critical thinking skills in deductive work. Get 3 scripts for the price of 2!
In two of these realistic mysteries your grades 5-8 students will discover the identity of thieves. In one script a laptop is stolen and in another, a necklace. The main characters, Matt and Sophie, are Middle School students who love riddles and are effective detectives. In the third mystery, twins Sloane and Sporty untangle four clues to expose a scam haunted house.
The bundle is rounded out by a colorful PowerPoint that gives students tips on how to read script parts convincingly. Also included are rubrics that assess students on their reading and on their co-operation with group members. These scripts are so much fun that your students won't realize that they are learning! PDFs AND ready-to-go Easel Activities are included for all of the scripts.

The Mystery of the Stolen Laptop readers’ theater script will entertain your students and require them to perform inference tasks to solve clues. The script is intended for 8 readers but the number of readers can be contracted or expanded depending on how many groups you wish to have. This funny and engaging story is about the theft of a laptop at school and the detective work that two characters use to track it down. The main character parts range in age from 10-14. Matt fears he isn’t as speedy at working things out as his clever friend Sophie is, but he manages to wow her in this story- and discover where his stolen laptop is!

To track down the missing laptop students will unscramble anagrams. They will also work out clues using a numbers-to-alphabet code. After finishing, students have to discuss and write on six questions, complete a journal entry, and design a ‘Where’s Waldo?’ style drawing for a fellow student. This resource will delight both entire classes and small groups of early finishers. Question sheets and answers are included.

The Mystery of the Drama Camp Thief readers’ theater script will furnish your students with smiles and chuckles AND require them to perform inference tasks to solve clues. The cast list has 12 readers but the number of readers can easily be reduced to as few as 7. Doubling up of roles is easy.

This funny and engaging story is about the theft of a necklace at a camp and the detective work that two characters use to track it down. To track down the missing necklace themselves, students will unscramble anagrams. They will also work out clues using a numbers-to-alphabet code. 5 pages of writing activities are also included. Students have to discuss and write on questions about the reading of the play, how it might be filmed, and on issues the play raises, such as peer pressure. They also have some fun creative tasks, such as writing a short rhyming poem. Question sheets and answers are included.

The Mystery of the Haunted House readers’ theater brainteaser mystery will give students practice in reading, comprehension and writing, while having lots of fun. The Mystery of the Haunted House printable and Easel Activity script will entertain your students and require them to perform inference tasks to solve four major clues. This 11 page script is intended for about 9 students but the number of readers can easily be contracted or expanded depending on how many groups you wish to have.

This funny and engaging story revolves around the claim that a house is haunted. A boy seeking to raise money for a fashionable new pair of basketball shoes is trying to pull a scam. Only the teamwork of 12 year old twins (a sister and brother) can solve the four clues to reveal the scheme. Your students will enjoy testing their wits against those of the characters!

Students have to discuss and write on six topics, complete a journal entry, and also design a ‘spot the difference’ drawing for a fellow student. The resource ends with two pages of spooky jokes. These jokes have been separated from their punchlines. Students have to use their comprehension skills to reunite the jokes and answers.

Question sheets and answers are included.

Readers' Theater Reading Tips and Rubrics
This fun PowerPoint and PDF gives Middle School readers' theater participants several useful tips on how to read in a lively way. It also supplies a full teacher rubric, brief peer feedback forms AND self evaluation sheets. With this resource you have everything you need for a readers' theater unit- all you need to do is supply the script! Both a PowerPoint and a PDF are included to give you maximum flexibility on how you can use this resource.

What is included:

Advice to students on how to read to create an interesting, believable character

Two short exercises

A 30 point, 3 category rubric to mark students' performance

A peer feedback form (2 to a page)

A self-evaluation form (2 to a page)

These scripts are part of a mega money saving 50% off Bargain Bundle: 50% OFF DRAMA BIG BARGAIN BUNDLE.
Try a Young Holmes mystery, based on a classic Sherlock Holmes story: YOUNG HOLMES READERS' THEATER MYSTERY SCRIPT
If your students liked these mysteries, they will love the 15 tales in Mini Mysteries grades 5-8 or BRAIN TEASER MINI MYSTERIES VOL#2. Matt and Sophie star in a few of these tales.
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For a unique mystery story to challenge inference making skills, try this fusion between a mystery and Mad Libs: Mystery Mad Libs Inference Making Story

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