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Middle school drama literature circles
READERS THEATER MIDDLE SCHOOL BRAIN TEASER MYSTERY SCRIPT: STOLEN LAPTOP
This grades 5-8 Readers’ Theater brain teaser mystery script gives students high-interest practice in reading aloud, comprehension and writing. Drama and ELA fun! "The Mystery of the Stolen Laptop" readers’ theater script requires your students to perform inference tasks to solve clues. The cast list is intended for 8 readers but the number of readers can easily be contracted or expanded, depending on how many groups you wish to have. PLOTThis funny and engaging 12 page script is about the theft
Grades:
5th - 8th
Also included in: DRAMA FUN | MIDDLE SCHOOL DRAMA GAMES & READERS' THEATER
Cyclops: The Monster in the Cave--Readers Theater from The Odyssey
Includes comprehension activity, key, and teacher notes! Liven up your reading curriculum and satisfy the Common Core with this kid-friendly classroom play based on the 9th book of Homer's The Odyssey. Originally published in the September 2012 issue of Scholastic's Scope magazine, "Cyclops" is suitable for reader's theater or stage performance. Use it to introduce the original text, build fluency, and improve comprehension. Pair it with a Percy Jackson novel as part of a literature circle! Or j
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5th - 9th
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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 M
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5th - 8th
A Christmas Carol; A Readers' Theater Adaptation
Included in A Christmas Carol:-complete script-pre-reading activities-vocabulary study-discussion questions-suggestions for projectsThis reader's theater adaptation is suitable for grades 7- adult. While adhering to the plot of the original work, this adaptation uses more modern language, so that it can be more easily understood by today's students. It can be used with small groups or entire classrooms in both regular and special education. Reading the play aloud, or even acting it out will m
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
READERS THEATER SCARY MYSTERY SCRIPT - Haunted House Mystery
This Readers’ Theater brain teaser mystery script will give Middle School students practice in reading, comprehension and writing, while having lots of ELA and Drama fun. The Mystery of the Haunted House makes your students into 'whodunit' detectives, performing inference tasks and drawing conclusions from four spooky clues. This humorous, realistic 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 hav
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5th - 8th
Also included in: READERS THEATER BRAINTEASER MYSTERY SCRIPT BUNDLE
Read Aloud Play: The Newsies--The Newsboy Strike of 1899
Originally published in the March 2015 issue of Scholastic’s Scope magazine, "The Newsies" tells the story of a young immigrant girl who goes to work selling newspapers just before the 1899 New York City newsboy strike in which kids stood up to William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer. It's a historically more accurate version than the Disney musical (a completely different story). Suitable for reader's theater or stage production, this historically-accurate, kid-friendly script includes elev
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4th - 7th
Christmas Carol Nutcracker Readers Theater Comprehension Bundle
This set of readers theater scripts and text-dependent printables will get the attention of your students they still are tuned in to an educational activity. Introducing these classic tales with a readers theater is a great way to expose elementary students to these long-loved stories at their reading level. My students work on their comprehension as well as their fluency as we read these in our classroom. I have also included context clues to help students practice the skill of figuring out
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3rd - 6th
DIARY OF ANNE FRANK Play (Acts I and II) Literature Guide
Diary of Anne Frank Play Acts I and IIThis Diary of Anne Frank literature guide for the two-act play is not your run-of-the-mill vocab and questions packet! This guide can be used in completion, or teachers may choose to use certain parts independently. This is a comprehensive study of the play and offers the opportunity to teach and review many ELA benchmarks such as:-Point of View-Theme-Plot-Conflict-Mood-Summarizing-Textual Evidence-Cultural Context-Characterization-Chronological Order-Sym
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7th - 10th
Scripts: Poe Pack (readers theater, Power Point +)
Edgar Allen Poe comes alive with reader’s theaters, choral readings, Power Point, projects, writing prompts and more. Package includes a 52 slide Power Point as well as 53 pages of scripts, graphic organizers, a visual dictionary for The Poe's Cask of Amontillado, rubric, and a How to do reader’s theater .PDF.The Raven and Annabel Lee are presented as choral readings; Helen 1831 and 1848 as tiered group project readings, The Cask of Amontillado is presented as a reader’s theater trial pre-readi
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Bundle: American Literature
Venn Diagram - Character Study
Venn diagram for character study, allowing students to compare annd contrast two characters. Two overlapping faces create a venn diagram which can be filled out in many ways including with words or by drawing the characters.
Dimension: 11x17 inches
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Grades:
K - 8th
The Polar Express Reader's Theater Script
The text of Chris Van Allsburg's classic book. Broken up into 21 parts. Includes word count chart for each narrator part, to assist in assigning parts based on reading level.
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2nd - 6th
The One and Only Ivan Reader's Theater Play
This reader's theater play is based on the popular novel "The One and Only Ivan". This 22 page play contains parts for 17-22 readers. It has picture icons for each character to help readers easily identify their parts. This play is a great supplement to the novel and will help readers connect with key parts in the story in a meaningful way.
Grades:
2nd - 12th
Macbeth - 15-Minute Script for Elementary & Middle School
EDITABLEAGES 9-14FLEXIBLE CASTING 8-30 CharactersFLEXIBLE FORMATING --Good for upper elementary or lower school grades --Good for middle school gradesShakespeare Shorties playscripts are designed for the teacher with limited time or funds. These have been immensely successful for my 4th grade drama class performances, but they are also great for a fun, active reader's theatre or short introduction to a larger unit.Shakespeare Shorties playscripts are each about 15 minutes in a performance. They
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4th - 7th
READERS THEATER MIDDLE SCHOOL MYSTERY SCRIPTS: YOUNG HOLMES INVESTIGATES BUNDLE
Save 25% on this Middle School Readers’ Theater Young Holmes brain teaser mystery script activities bundle. These fun whodunnit scripts will entertain both drama and ELA classes. The scripts and activities give grades 5-8 students high interest practice in reading aloud, comprehension and even some writing. A FREEBIE is included. Question sheets and answers are included in both scripts. Also provided are quick peer and self assessment forms, and a reading rubric for easy marking.Young Holmes Inv
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5th - 8th
Create Storyboards and Comic Strips (with Templates!)
Storyboarding and comic strips help students focus on what is most important in a scene. It’s also a great way to combine art and literacy.
Students could use their own ideas, or dissect a single scene from a book or play. This resource can be used as a standalone project or as part of a larger literacy or art unit.
This resource includes a 2-page template for creating storyboards, and 4 different templates for a comic strip.
I originally created this project as an activity students could work
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Grades:
4th - 7th
READERS THEATER FRACTURED FAIRY TALE Cinderella Script Grades 5-8 - Cindy Rella
This funny Readers’ Theater fractured fairy tale script takes the traditional fairy tale genre and turns its conventions of character and plot around to bring Cinderella into the 21st century for your ELA and drama classes! It gives grades 5-8 students high interest practice in reading aloud, comprehension and writing. After completing their reading of the script they will write an additional scene, AND a ‘pitch’ to promote a fractured fairy story of their own. There’s even a quick mystery abou
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5th - 8th
Also included in: READERS' THEATER UNIT: READING & SCRIPT WRITING grades 5 6 7 8
CHRISTMAS READERS THEATER TALL TALES - 3 FUN CHRISTMAS SCRIPTS
This exciting 30% off Christmas Readers' Theater bundle is crammed with three tall tales scripts and Christmas activities! These readers' theater scripts tell the TRUE (!) stories behind famous seasonal favorites. Forget Rudolph- meet Rude Alf! Forget cute Frosty the Snowman. Meet Chilly, the cold-hearted Snowman! Forget the quiet home depicted in The Night Before Christmas. Meet the noisy home taken over by squeaking mice and the Mystery of Mama's Missing Kerchief! It's optimum fun for your stu
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4th - 7th
Romeo and Juliet In Urban Slang Shakespeare Modern English Adaption
Suitable for a whole class read, literature circle, independent reading, or drama class, Romeo and Juliet in Urban Slang makes a study of Shakespeare's play fun and accessible even for reluctant, struggling, or ENL readers. It is a 74-page PDF that retells and condenses the events of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet into contemporary, urban slang. This product was updated in 2021 to reflect recent urban slang from its 2008 debut.Divided into five acts, Romeo and Juliet in Urban Slang can functio
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8th - 10th
Two Ancient Chinese New Years Myths: The Race of the Animals & The Tale of Nian
Are you ready to teach your students all about Chinese New Year? These two wonderful Reader's Theaters will help the children in your class to understand the myth behind the traditions of the New Year, as well as the animals and their position on the Chinese Zodiac calendar. The Race of the Animals and The Tale of Nian are written in kid friendly language and will help you to integrate social studies with both language arts and reading. Your students will practice and develop both their flue
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3rd - 6th
No Fear a one act play - Script
CAST: 32 total. 14M / 8W / 10 any gender. (Can be played by 7 actors)
In a camp cabin several campers refuse to go to sleep. Wick, their counselor, tells them a tale that mashes several Grimm’s Fairy Tales together.
The story unfolds in their cabin as Wick tells the story of Abay, a young boy (or girl) whose one wish is to feel fear.
Abay is ostracized from the other kids in the village because he is different. But when another boy is taken by a Dwarf (from Snow White’s tale) Abay is the onl
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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READERS' THEATER MYSTERY SCRIPT: YOUNG HOLMES INVESTIGATES THE SPECKLED BAND
This Readers’ Theater script - a Young Holmes whodunit mystery - will entertain both drama and ELA classes. The Mystery of the Speckled Band readers’ theater activity is loosely based on a short story from Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes series. Unlocking the mystery gives students practice in reading aloud, making inferences, and even some writing. The script is both suspenseful and humorous. Maybe a few of the students will see themselves in the moody young teen, Sherjock Holmes! The cast
Grades:
5th - 8th
Also included in: DRAMA FUN BIG BUNDLE: MIDDLE SCHOOL GAMES AND READERS THEATER
Macbeth in Urban Slang Shakespeare Modern English Adaptation
Suitable for a whole class read, literature circle, independent reading, or drama class, Macbeth in Urban Slang makes a study of Shakespeare's play fun and accessible even for reluctant, struggling, or ENL readers. It is a 70-page PDF that retells and condenses the events of Shakespeare's Macbeth into contemporary, urban slang. Divided into five acts, Macbeth in Urban Slang can function as a stand-alone text or supplement the reading of Shakespeare's classic rendition. Questions provided after e
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8th - 10th
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Two Plays from 1812: History of the White House and the Star Spangled Banner
The history of the White House and the story behind the Star Spangled Banner are the subjects of “Two Plays from the War of 1812.” These are innocent, politically-neutral reader’s theater scripts designed to provide students in grades 4 through 6 with the carefully-researched facts about these U.S. symbols. Our national anthem was penned as a poem by Francis Scott Key during the bombardment of Fort McHenry, and the White House was burned to the ground by British troops when they sacked Washingto
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Read Aloud Plays Winnie-the-Pooh Readers Theater
Who doesn’t love a Winnie-the-Pooh story? Here are the best ones from A.A. Milne’s 1926 collection including Winnie-the-Pooh and the Honey Tree, Pooh Tries Catching a Woozle, Piglet Meets a Heffalump, and two others. They’re well-suited to reader's theater or full stage production in third grade and up. (A strong second grade could probably handle them too.) This set includes five short plays, each with just a handful of characters. Consider splitting your elementary-aged class into five groups
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3rd - 6th
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