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Literature scripts for Microsoft Word
Mythology Scripts: 5 scripts: Full Class Readers Theatre Play
This is a compilation of five popular greek mythology stories written as Reader's Theatre scripts. These five short scripts have 6-8 characters each (narrator parts can be separated even more to create more parts if needed) making it a full class project with parts (as written) for 30 students. Each script is approximately 4-6 pages and join together for a full play approximately 50 min in length. They can also be worked separately in reading groups or literacy centers.
These characters are perf
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4th - 8th
Christmas Readers Theater
A funny, language arts centered Readers Theater with 'Twas the Night Before Christmas. A hit as a presentation for parents, other classes, or performances.
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3rd - 6th
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Christmas Skit: "A Night in December"
This hilarious skit is a spoof of the historically popular "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens. Stooge, a principal at Dickens School is visited by three goats that help him to see what is most important in life.
Teachers will enjoy performing this for a Christmas program on the last day before winter break, or a class of students could put this together as part of a school program.
Manipulate this Microsoft Word document and save it on your computer. Print out the scripts for all of your
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5th - 6th
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The Chocolate Touch Reader's Theater
"The Chocolate Touch" by Patrick Skene Catling is a beloved favorite of elementary students. This Reader's Theater script gives students the chance to portray the characters and events in the story. It includes parts for up to eleven students, an explanation of Reader's Theater, and a performance checklist.
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2nd - 4th
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Script:The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
16 single-sided page script
Recommended for grades 4 through 8 (or younger, GT students)
Play is approximately 45 minutes long
A perfect culminating activity after enjoying the magic and symbolism of C.S. Lewis' "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe." Enjoy!
(Long live Aslan; Long live Christmas!)
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3rd - 8th
The Great Gatsby excerpts abridged and adapted for readers' theater
Bring F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby to life by performing a readers' theater version of select scenes. Including in the bundle are scripts for the following scenes:From Chapter 1: Nick's visit to the Buchanans' East Egg mansionFrom Chapter 2: Tom and Nick train ride past the Valley of Ashes through the chaotic party at Manhattan apartmentFrom Chapter 3: When Neck connects with Jordan at Gatsby's partyFrom Chapter 4: The meeting with Meyer WolfsheimFrom Chapter 5 (Bonus file): Gatsby an
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10th - 12th
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The Little Red Hen readers theatre
The Little Red Hen picture book story has been adapted into a readers theatre script for easy recognition of roles for emergent readers. It is colour coded and it has pictures along side each character for assistance. This can be used for mixed ability classes as there are roles for non-readers and good readers.
I hope you can use this in your classroom as i have with much enjoyment and success.
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PreK - 3rd
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Greek Mythology Plays: The Adventures of Perseus
This fifteen minute play is a depiction of the classic Greek myth of Perseus and his quest to kill the gorgon Medusa. It's modern language and humorous approach will have students racing to class to rehearse.
This play features 14 speaking rolls:
King Polydectes: the evil king
Martin: an evil advisor to the king
Bob: an evil advisor to the king
Harry: an evil advisor to the king
Perseus: the Greek demigod who defeats medusa
Hermes: messenger of the gods
Athena: goddess of wisdom and war
Hag 1
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5th - 8th
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Drama for Kids - Thirty One Act Plays for the Classroom
This collection includes the following thirty short plays: Stone Soup, Princess on the Rocks, Rhyming Goldilocks, A Magic Paint Brush, The Lost Horse, The Wolf and the Lamb, The Lion and the Mouse, The Grasshopper and the Ants, The Tortoise and the Hare, Belling the Cat, The Lion in Love, The Boy Who Cried Wolf, The Fox without a Tail, The Crow and the Pitcher, The Hare with Many Friends, The Heifer and the Ox, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse, Bullies, Dr. Chicken and Mr. Hawk, Gift of the
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3rd - 9th
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Greek Mythology Plays: The Seasons
This fifteen minute play is a depiction of the classic Greek myth of Hades and how he kidnapped Persephone which explains the seasons and how they came to be. It's modern language and humorous approach will have students racing to class to rehearse.
This play features 10 speaking rolls:
Narrator:
Hades: god of the Underworld
Demeter: goddess of Agriculture
Persephone: daughter of Demeter; queen of the Underworld
Zeus: king of the gods; brother to Demeter and Hades
Tree 1: evil pomegranate tree
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5th - 8th
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Charlotte's Web Reader's Theater
This reader's theater uses 8 voices including the narrator. The parts are not difficult, and some are quite short. The simple story provides a "post-script" which my 2nd through 5th graders found very entertaining.
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2nd - 5th
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Readers Theater- Magic Tree House: Dinosaurs Before Dark
This is an editable adaptation of the first MTH. It covers the first three chapters, and has 4 speaking parts. We use this for a whole school Teachers' Readers' Theater assembly.
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Not Grade Specific
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Reader's Theater -- A Modern Day Rapunzel Story
This small group reader's theater was written for 3 students.Two parts are for girls and one part is for a boy. The story is about Rapunzel who is a normal girl with an unusual name. Prince, a normal boy with a dog's name, thinks he is living a fairy tale and comes to rescue Rapunzel. Rapunzel thinks he's crazy. This reader's theater is also in my twisted tales pack. I use reader's theaters to encourage my students to practice fluency. It is a fun way to do something that they need. My scripts a
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3rd - 6th
The Most Dangerous Game Reader's Theater and Activity
Students love "The Most Dangerous Game." They love the story, suspense, and characters. What they don't love is the lengthy exposition. I teach conflict with this story, but by the time we get to the main conflict, students get bored and check out.
I took the first half of the story and turned it into a two-part reader's theater. The first part takes students to the initial discussion with Zaroff with a chance for them to predict what the most dangerous game is. The second part takes them
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7th - 12th
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Romayo & Julie: a humorous adaptation of Romeo & Juliet for the classroom
Re-experience the Shakespearean classic, Romeo & Juliet with this modern, humorous adaptation that can be used in the classroom for discussion or Reader's Theater, on the stage for a royalty-free performance or as part of a school-wide read for students to deal with discrimination and bullying. With 17 character parts, this original script can be used again and again by English teachers and drama coaches alike. Instead of spending hundreds of dollars on scripts and the rights to perform a
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6th - 9th
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Lord of the Flies Readers' Theater Chapter 11 Castle Rock (Piggy's death)
This is Chapter 11 of William Golding's Lord of the Flies turned into a readers' theater script. The script closely follows the text of Chapter 11 Castle Rock. Students are able to perform this climatic chapter in class or read it independently with the help of dialogue tags. In my own classroom, I usually have students read the chapter at home and then we perform it the following day. 6 pages available as a Microsoft Word Docx
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9th - 12th
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A Christmas Carol:a modern play for reader's theater or royalty-free performance
As a companion text for Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, Three Ghosts and a Jock is the full package including a script for 23 actors which can be performed royalty-free or used in the classroom as a reader's theater production. This modern version is set in a school and follows basketball star, Ethan Scott, "rich" in talent, but poor in matters of the heart as three teachers of school days past, present and future visit him to change his erroneous ways. Crafted from the original, this str
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6th - 9th
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Reader's Theater - The lion, the witch, and the wardrobe
This is a reader's theater script created for 3rd-5th graders. The script is adapted from C.S. Lewis' "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe". This particular scene is when Lucy first meets Mr. Tumnus.
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3rd - 5th
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Treasure Island Readers Theater
Readers theater version of Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson
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4th - 10th
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Nine Short Plays for Kids
Nine short plays for kids, including McRumpelstiltskin, The Heifer and the Ox, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse, Bullies, Dr. Chicken and Mr. Hawk, Gift of the Magi, Nun Fun, Narcissus and Echo, and Perseus and Medusa.
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4th - 9th
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12 Angry Men Debate
12 Angry Men, by Reginald Rose, is a class American play. I do this play with my senior English class, but this is appropriate for all high school grades. After reading the play, I follow up with this debate. The epilogue incites a different look at the evidence in the play. With a new defendant and new evidence, students are divided into 2 sides: Defense and Prosecutor. Their goal is to argue, successfully, for their side (guilty or not guilty for the new defendant). This lesson should be
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9th - 12th
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Adapted Script of Shakespeare's Macbeth
This 26 page script is the fourth in a series, and it also retains much of Shakespeare's language, including such timeless quotes as, "Yet I do fear thy nature; it is too full of the milk of human kindness," and "Out, damned spot!" It is shortened and simplified for use by 6th through 10th grade and RSP English classes.
Students are quickly engaged by this tale of witches, magic, murder, revenge, betrayal, and the ultimate triumph of the rightful king. Classes have used this script for puppet sh
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6th - 10th
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Reader's Theatre Script:Mythology Unit: The Midas Touch
This is a basic Reader’s Theatre Script for 6 characters following the mythological story of King Midas and his golden touch. It depicts the basic myth of how King Midas, a kind heart with too much greed, can get distracted by his love of gold and be blinded to the true nature and love within his heart. It tells of Dionysus and the valuable lesson he taught King Midas thorough the granting of a wish.
These mythological tales are great stories with fabulous characters. This script could also e
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4th - 8th
Twenty Minute (more or less) Romeo and Juliet Reader's Theatre
Twenty Minute Classics are read as reader’s theatre scripts with the option of stage performance. They are adapted scripts from classic plays which can serve as introductions or as an after-play activity. This adaptation of Romeo and Juliet highlights many of the essential lines of the play with playful wit mixed in.
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9th - 12th
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