Poe's THE RAVEN Readers' Theater Script | Whole Class or Small Group Activity

Even the raven would say MORE to this engaging Readers' Theater Poe activity! Get your students excited in "The Raven" lessons by participating, collaborating, and moving. Edgar Allan Poe insisted that poetry was best interpreted by being read aloud. Give students the experience of "The Raven" Poe advocated by EITHER reading the poem with your whole class OR assigning it to small groups of 5. Both script types are included in your purchase. Choose the script method that best suits your class!

For extra student engagement, actions and sounds have been added to be performed by everyone in the class at the same time. Even students who don’t typically like poetry will be glued to the script, waiting for their next chance to shout, stamp, smile, stand up, sit down, and even get down on their knees to implore the raven! TWO performances - a dress rehearsal and a final performance - are recommended. You might choose to nod or tap your finger on your desk to indicate when the class should begin the action or sound given by the stage directions in bold italics.

Plot activities and theme and literary device questions (complete with answers) are included.

List of Contents

Instructions for a whole class reading -- 1

Instructions for a small group reading -- 2

Whole class reading script -- 3-7

Small group reading script -- 8-12

Vocabulary definitions -- 13

Plot scrambled sequence question sheet -- 14-15

Plot scrambled sequence answer sheet -- 16-17

Plot summary -- 18

Themes and literary devices questions -- 19

Themes and literary devices answers -- 20

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