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 students, and no marking for you. 3 scripts for the price of 2- call it an early Christmas gift!

CHRISTMAS READERS' THEATER FUN: RUDE ALF, THE RED-NOSED REINDEER
This fun Christmas Readers' Theater script will give students practice in reading, comprehension and writing, while having bags of fun. The script will prompt chuckles and seasonal merriment in grades 4-7 students. It requires them to do some reflection and writing afterwards, including giving peer and self feedback. They will have so much fun they won't realize that they are learning!
The script introduces them to the TRUE story of a much loved character. There was no such reindeer as Rudolph. He was called Rude Alf by his fellow reindeer because he was the rudest reindeer of them all. Students will discover the real story behind his famous nose, and why he had to lead the reindeer through the fog. Two seasonal activities - Christmas riddles and a seasonal word search - complete the entertainment.
How to use this script
It can be used either in small groups, or perhaps even better, the whole class. The students who do not have individual character parts will read the words or sounds indicated by the character tag EVERYONE.

Table of contents

Cast list -- page 1

Script -- pages 2-7

Questions -- pages 8-9

Peer and self feedback -- pages 10-11

Riddles and word search -- pages 12-13

Activity answers -- pages 14-15

READERS' THEATER CHRISTMAS SCRIPT: CHILLY THE SNOWMAN

This fun winter Readers’ Theater Script introduces Middle School students to the TRUE tale of a much loved Christmas character. A lot of fake news surrounds the legend of Frosty the Snowman - including his name - and this amusing script will reveal the real deal. In a merry morality tale, students will learn how a cold-hearted snowman transformed thanks to the kindness of an elf child. This amusing script will give students practice in reading aloud, comprehension and writing, while having lots of fun.
How to use this script

It can be used either in small groups, or perhaps even better, for the whole class. The students who do not have an individual speaking part will read the words or make the sounds or actions indicated when the character tag EVERYONE appears.

When actions or sounds have to made by EVERYONE, the instructions are in bold italics.

Extension activities 5 different extension activities are included!
Students discuss and then write on three questions
Complete a journal entry
Fill in a mix and match Christmas jokes activity
Tackle a word search

AND unscramble a page of Christmas words. Phew!

Question sheets and answers are included, of course. Please take a peek at the preview.

'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS READERS' THEATER MYSTERY

This humorous Christmas Readers' Theater mystery will give your Christmas-crazy grades 4-7 students practice in essential ELA skills, while having bags of fun being detectives. This seasonal script introduces your students to the TRUE (!) story behind a much loved 19th century poem. The family Christmas Eve shown by Clement Moore in 'Twas The Night Before Christmas was not really the peaceful one depicted in the poem. Nope! Thanks to the Mystery of Mama’s Missing Kerchief, everyone in the house was stirring, especially the mice. Mama is determined to find out who the thief is, but she needs the help of your students to solve the mystery. She won’t rest until she knows who the thief of her precious kerchief was- and that means no-one else in the house will either! The REAL story was not accurately narrated by Papa, so in this script it is told from the point of view of four narrators, with Papa as a main character. Santa and Rude Alf (known to many as Rudolph) play starring roles in the mystery, although Rude Alf's contributions are non-verbal and confined to noises such as honking and clicking his hooves.

Some short answer questions follow the script. A longer extension writing activity requires students to write an additional page or so of the script. Two fun seasonal activities (with answers) are included.
You might want to explain to the students that some liberties are taken with the historical time frame in the story! For example, kids Penny and Benny use the words of 21st century tweens and teens, rather than 19th century language.

How to use this script

The script can be used either in small groups, or even for the whole class. Students who do not have an individual speaking part make the sounds indicated when the character tag SOUND EFFECTS appears. Perhaps explain to the students that the occasional words in parentheses are not meant to be read out loud, but are just advice about how the line should be read.

Coloring borders in the writing pages add to the fun!

The poem

The full text of the poem is included. You might want to read it with the students before you embark on the script. One of the extension activities after reading the script is unscrambling the poem. Your students have to put the verses back into the correct order- without looking at the original, of course!

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More seasonal fun needed? Try CHRISTMAS BRAINTEASER STORIES, RIDDLES AND PUZZLES FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL
Or how about some more Readers' Theater mysteries, such as
READERS' THEATER SCARY MYSTERY MIDDLE SCHOOL SCRIPT
Readers' Theater - Mystery of the Stolen Laptop

For ALL of my Readers' Theater scripts - largely MYSTERY scripts - take a peek at this category in my store READERS' THEATER INDIVIDUAL SCRIPTS GRADES 5-8

Or select a bundle of ELA Games and mini-mysteries: Brain Teaser Bundle grades 5-8

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