READERS THEATER SCARY MYSTERY SCRIPTS BUNDLE, grades 5-8

Save 30% off with these three high interest Middle School readers’ theater scary mystery scripts. These brain teaser whodunnit activities will give students practice in reading, comprehension, speaking, and writing (PHEW!) while having lots of fun and (minor) scares. They will enjoy being detectives and hunting for context clues to reveal the solutions to the mysteries. You get 3 scripts for the price of 2!
Question sheets and answers are included for all 3 scripts.

The Mystery of the Haunted House
This printable and Easel Activity script will entertain your students and require them to perform inference tasks to solve four major clues. The 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.

PLOT
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!

STUDENT TASKS
-- Students have to read their own parts

-- Students have to make the sound effects together
-- Students have to use context clues to infer the mystery solution

-- They have to discuss and write on six topics and complete a journal entry,
-- They have to design a ‘spot the difference’ drawing for a fellow student.

-- Students have to use their comprehension skills to reunite spooky jokes that have been split from their answers.

A Stormy Mystery
This amusing Middle School Readers’ Theater brain teaser scary mystery script will give students practice in reading, comprehension and writing, while having lots of fun. A Stormy Mystery (#2 in the Scary Mystery Readers' Theater series) will entertain your students and require them to perform inference tasks to solve clues. The script has 10 parts but the number of readers can easily be contracted or expanded.

PLOT
This engaging story is about the clash of two very different pairs of brothers and sisters. Darius and Daisy consider getting out of bed before noon during the school holidays to be a major achievement. Sporty Smedley has never met a sport she didn’t like and her brother is Mr Charming (or so he thinks). In the middle of this meeting of opposites a storm rages (made by your students!) and two gaming consoles go missing... To track down the thief, students will have to disentangle two major clues.

STUDENT TASKS

-- Students have to read their own parts

-- Students have to make the sound effects together, especially those for the STORM

-- Students have to use context clues to infer the mystery solution

-- They have to discuss and write on six topics and complete a journal entry,

-- Students have to use their comprehension skills to reunite weather jokes that have been split from their answers. In addition, there is a word search and a word game. Perfect for fast finishers!

Most of the storm sounds will be made by the students without props. A rainmaker can be made by taping a sheet of recycled paper into a cone and putting small classroom objects like paper clips (or even some rice from home) inside it.

The "Who's There?" Mystery
The 8 page “Who’s There?” mystery script will give students practice in reading and comprehension, while having lots of fun. It is ideal for small groups; it can be performed by as few as four students. The Sound Effects role gives the script flexibility. The sounds can be enacted by the four readers together, by a separate fifth reader, or even by several additional readers.

PLOT

The script concerns a brother and sister whose family has recently moved into an old house. On the first night that Joe and Rosie are alone in the house after dark, strange things happen. There are knocks on the door, but no-one answers. There are phone calls, but no-one is at the other end. There is banging and scratching in the basement. Joe fears they have ghosts as house guests, to the disgust of Rosie. They work together to solve some of the “Who’s There?” mysteries, but they can’t manage to solve them all. They need the help of your students to carefully disentangle the clues!

STUDENT TASKS
-- Students read their own individual part.

-- Students might participate in group sound effects, depending on group size.

-- Students solve the mystery.

-- Students answer 3 pages of questions.
-- Students solve then write 'knock knock' jokes.

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If your students enjoyed these scripts, they will also have fun with these detective romps: READERS' THEATER- MYSTERY OF THE DRAMA CAMP THIEF OR

Readers' Theater - Mystery of the Stolen Laptop
Or try a seasonal script like READERS' THEATER THANKSGIVING MYSTERY MIDDLE SCHOOL SCRIPT
Do your students enjoy being detectives? There's lots to keep them busy and engaged in MYSTERY UNIT DETECTIVE SKILLS & ACTIVITIES

For oodles of drama fun, try Drama Games for Middle School.

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