The Shooting of Dan McGrew Reader's Theatre Script & Slide-Show Unit

1 - Included in The Shooting of Dan McGrew Slide-Show Unit:

91 slides that include 6 ways to present Robert Service's poem:

*Text with pictures

*Text followed by full pictures

*Text only

*Pictures only

*Text with alternate pictures

*Alternate pictures only

*A slide about the Gold Rush

*A slide describing what the "green stuff" was that they drank?

*A slide about Robert W. Service

*A slide asking your students to define 14 words found in the poem

*A slide asking your students to plot the exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution in a map. State the theme and label the protagonist and antagonist.

*7 questions about the poem

2 - Included in The Shooting of Dan McGrew Reader's Theatre Unit:

181 page script based on the 1915 film of the same name and the Robert Service poem

Divided among 24 chapters.

Chapter One

7 pages with 4 characters + the narrator

Chapter Two

7 pages with 4 characters + the narrator

Chapter Three

9 pages with 3 characters + the narrator

Chapter Four

11 pages with 4 characters + the narrator

Chapter Five

6 pages with 3 characters + the narrator

Chapter Six

7 pages with 3 pages + the narrator

Chapter Seven

8 pages with 2 characters + the narrator

Chapter Eight

7 pages with 4 characters + the narrator

Chapter Nine

10 pages with 2 characters + the narrator

Chapter Ten

4 pages with 1 character + the narrator

Chapter Eleven

8 pages with 4 characters + the narrator

Chapter Twelve

6 pages with 4 characters + the narrator

Chapter Thirteen

7 pages with 3 characters + the narrator

Chapter Fourteen

6 pages with the narrator.

Chapter Fifteen

6 pages with 2 characters + the narrator

Chapter Sixteen

9 pages with 3 characters + the narrator

Chapter Seventeen

5 pages with 2 characters + the narrator

Chapter Eighteen

11 pages with 3 characters + the narrator

Chapter Nineteen

7 pages with the narrator

Chapter Twenty

8 pages with 5 characters + the narrator

Chapter Twenty-One

9 pages with 2 characters + the narrator

Chapter Twenty-Two

7 pages with 2 characters + the narrator

Chapter Twenty-Three

9 pages with 5 characters + the narrator

Chapter Twenty-Four

6 pages with 5 characters + the narrator

50 questions that range from easy to challenging

Student Reader's Theatre Evaluations based on 4 levels and 5 criteria.

Student Success Criteria

Student Friendly Goals

Reader's Theatre Checklist

Do not fear the reader's theater format. Students love these adapted stories because they are listening to the story and they are a part of the story by playing a character within the story.

Reader's theatre inspires reluctant readers to join in the fun. The strongest and most advanced readers in your class will encourage other students to raise their hand and participate in the story. I also use reader's theatre to add to my drama marks.

If the reader's theatre format did not work for my students and I, then I would have stopped creating and adapting them years ago.

Reluctant readers sometimes feel anxious looking at pages of text, whereas a reader's theater script is broken up into narration and different characters speaking, thus making the story more accessible to those students who have not discovered the incredibly fun activity of reading for entertainment.

I use shorter stories with minimal characters in literature circles.

When can one make time for a reader's theatre story in class?

When I am not reading a reader's theatre unit with my class, I usually reserve Friday's for the reading of a one-off story. It is an event that the class looks forward to, since they do not know which story I will choose. Great for Librarians. I project the stories on the screen and assign characters in class. Some characters only have 1 line. A character like that is perfect for a reluctant reader.

I have read these stories remotely/online and in class/in-person.

I encourage teachers and instructors to allow students to practice their parts at home before they read in front of the class. They can try different voices and tones when they practice.

I hope you, and your students enjoy reading and discussing The Shooting of Dan McGrew!

Excelsior!

Mr. Marvel: The King of Reader's Theatre