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Readers Theater Script | An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving | Holiday ELA Activity

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4th - 9th, Homeschool
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A festive and engaging way to teach language art skills during the holidays. Develop students' reading fluency and comprehension with a proven reading strategy. An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving Readers Theater Script and Activity. Adapted from the short story by Louisa May Alcott, author of Little Women.

The Bassett children have to create a Thanksgiving feast on their own.

Includes:

  • Readers Theater Script
  • One-Pager Reading Activity
  • Plot Structure Graphic Organizer

14 Reading Parts - Narrator 1, 2, 3, Mrs. Bassett, Mr. Bassett, Eph, Tilly, Prue, Roxy, Rhody, Sol, Seth, Gad, Aunt Cinthy

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Readers Theater Reading Strategy: Chunked original text helps students keep track of characters, organize ideas, and analyze text; improving student engagement and reading comprehension.

Alternative to "Popcorn" Reading. Use for guided reading, classroom play, skits, drama/theater unit, choral reading, virtual theater, breakout groups, or learning centers.

Holiday activity. Use as a One-Act Play and/or Readers Theater for the upper grades. Adapted to script form from the original short story by Louisa May Alcott. Contains original text.

Fun reading strategy to improve close reading and comprehension skills. Help students with reading, speaking, and listening skills.


Works well for performing arts, theater arts, short stories, or Thanksgiving units.

Use as a quick and easy skit for Drama Club, English classroom, or ELD classes.

Great for building self-esteem and self-concept. Encouraging students who enjoy acting and reluctant readers.

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Total Pages
11 pages
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Teaching Duration
2 days
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Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
Describe how a particular story’s or drama’s plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.
Analyze how a particular sentence, chapter, scene, or stanza fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the theme, setting, or plot.
Explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text.
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.

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