READERS THEATER WINTER MYSTERY WHOLE CLASS SCRIPT grade 5 6 7 8
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This grades 5-8 Readers’ Theater whole class brain teaser mystery script activity will give your ELA and drama students practice in reading aloud, comprehension and writing, while having lots of winter fun. Your students will be 'whodunnit' detectives, performing inference tasks to solve clues. Question sheets and answer keys are included.
WHOLE CLASS READERS THEATER SCRIPTS
This 10 page script is designed for TWENTY SIX readers! This keeps all of the students together in one place and fosters classroom community, rather than dividing the class into smaller reading groups. Each student has at least four individual speeches to read, and everyone is kept busy reading the frequent but short EVERYONE responses together. For classes smaller than 26, give students two roles. Perfect for engaging ELA reading or vibrant drama performances! Words in italics mean an action to be done, not said. This instruction is mentioned twice in the script for students who need reminders!
PLOT
This funny and engaging story, set in a classroom, includes a set of small mini-mysteries and the Mystery of the Missing Phone. Don’t worry: tween sleuth Jean Yuss (the name says it all) and her friend Knowlan (AKA Nolan Dobbs) will help your students to solve these mysteries! Your students will also enjoy an immersive snow experience in scene two by miming throwing snowballs, building snowmen, and making snow angels. Ensure that the students are spread out from each other for maximum fun.
The first mini-mysteries simply require your students to work out which students in Ms Taken's class are telling lies while playing the game Two Truths and a Lie. The central mystery is much more complex. After their frolics in the snowy school yard (led by trainee P.E teacher Mr Jim Shortz), the fictional class discovers that a phone has been stolen. Strangely, the phone's screen has a crack so large that its owner compares it to the Grand Canyon. Why would anyone want to take a phone like that....?
STUDENT TASKS
-- Students do the warm-up activity.
-- Students read aloud their own individual part. In most roles, students speak four times.
-- Students participate in the EVERYONE responses and sound effects.
-- Students participate in the script exercise session.
-- Students discuss and solve the mysteries. They fill in their decisions and explanations on a mystery response sheet.
-- Students write answers to three pages of questions.
-- They fill in brief feedback forms on themselves and their peers.
-- They complete two additional fun winter activities. Your students will be kept busy long after the script reading has finished!
For a whole class mystery you can use all year round, take a peek at
READERS' THEATER WHOLE CLASS MYSTERY: The Drama Class Mystery
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