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Short stories Common Core RL.7.3 scripts
ELA Reader's Theater Mini-Bundle - Scripts and Activities for Middle School
Interested in trying reader's theater with your middle school readers? This 3-pack of reader's theater scripts and activities makes it easy to quickly incorporate this amazing teaching tool in your classroom.As an ELA teacher, I use reader's theater regularly to enhance fluency, increase student engagement, and sharpen our reading comprehension skills.If you are looking for high-interest, realistic fiction, standards-based scripts with vocabulary work, reader response questions, graphic organize
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4th - 7th, Staff
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Reader's Theater for Grades 4-8: The School Store CCSS Toolkit
The School Store is an evergreen reader's theater script your middle school students will love! Practice fluency and speaking while incorporating high-interest stories into your language arts instruction. This 13 character PDF script includes comprehension questions and word work activities, making this unit a flexible teaching resource you can use in multiple ways!This 19-page fun pack includes:• 13-character, 8-page script• Context Clue Word Work to enhance vocabulary• Reader Response Question
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Reader's Theater Bundle: 12 Engaging Scripts for Big Kids
Read Aloud Plays: Hawthorne's The Birthmark Gothic Reader's Theater
A classic "mad scientist" short story comes to life! Build fluency and meet Common Core Standards with this adaption of Nathaniel Hawthorne's Gothic masterpiece, The Birthmark. It includes comprehension and vocabulary activities and keys. This compelling classroom play was originally published in the Jan. 2013 issue of Scholastic's Scope magazine, so you can trust it meets a high standard. Whether for reader's theater or stage performance, this six page play has parts for seven actors and is bes
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4th - 9th
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Humorous and Ironic No Prep Reader’s Theater Play: The Cop and the Anthem
Do you need a laugh? Do your students need one, too? This fun and engaging resource was designed to entertain students as they learn. The 28-slide PowerPoint resource is a fun-filled reader’s theater version of O. Henry’s short story “The Cop and the Anthem” created for Grades 7-12. The reader’s theater play is quite humorous and contains numerous examples of irony. Colorful slides, or setting backdrops, enhance the fun as students read and/or act out each scene. The story contains themes of
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7th - 12th
The Storytelling Princess Fairy Tale Reader's Theater Script and Activities
The Storytelling Princess by Rafe Martin is a great book to share and discuss, even with your big kids. I have turned this fairy tale picture book into a reader's theater script and reading literature toolkit to enhance your work with this great story.I am always in search of awesome picture books to share with my students as quick read alouds. The message of this story, that not all princesses are damsels in distress, will invoke great classroom discussions!The Storytelling Princess Reader's Th
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4th - 7th, Staff
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Also included in: Text-Based Reader's Theater and Read Aloud Activities Bundle
Hearts and Hands by O. Henry: Reading and Writing Standards-Based Activities
This 43-slide PowerPoint resource contains a fun and engaging reader’s theater of O. Henry’s short story “Hearts and Hands." The activities contained in this resource were designed to be used either as a PowerPoint or as printables in a literacy center or whole group setting. The materials, ideas, and activities were designed to accommodate different learning styles and can be easily used to differentiate learning. The activities require students to analyze, evaluate, apply, synthesize, compa
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7th - 12th
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Short Story Unit |The Last Leaf | Readers Theater Script | O. Henry | Questions
Immerse your students in the poignant tale of sacrifice and resilience with our captivating Readers Theater Script for "The Last Leaf," a timeless short story by O. Henry set in turn-of-the-century New York City. Join your class on an emotional journey as a failed artist, Old Mr. Behrman, makes the ultimate sacrifice to save a young artist, Johnsy, from despair. With 5 compelling reading parts—Narrator, Johnsy, Sue, Doctor, Old Mr. Behrman—transform your classroom into a stage for an emotional
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6th - 10th
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The Sleuths | Readers Theater Script | Short Story Unit | O. Henry | Questions
Looking for an exciting way to engage your students in language arts? Look no further than "The Sleuths" Readers Theater Script by O. Henry! This ironic mystery spoof of Sherlock Holmes is perfect for classroom use, and includes a variety of engaging features to keep students interested and learning. With a writing prompt to help students develop their own mystery stories, open-ended questions to encourage critical thinking, mystery vocabulary, and a print and digital graphic organizer to help t
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6th - 10th
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Short Story Script | Readers Theater | The Ransom of Red Chief | O. Henry
Embark on a hilarious and unexpected adventure with our dynamic Readers Theater Script for "The Ransom of Red Chief," a classic short story by O. Henry. Join your students on a rollercoaster of humor and surprises as two kidnappers quickly realize that their mischievous captive, Red Chief, turns the tables on their ransom plans. With 7 vibrant reading parts—Narrators 1, 2 & 3, Sam, Bill, Red Chief, Mr. Dorset—transform your classroom into a stage for an entertaining and educational literar
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5th - 9th
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Harrison Bergeron Classroom Screenplay
‘Harrison Bergeron’ is a 1961 short story by the American writer Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007). The story can be categorized as ‘dystopian satire’ or a ‘satirical dystopian story’, but we’ll say more about these labels in a moment. The action of the story takes place in the future America of 2081, where everyone has been made truly equal, physically, mentally, and aesthetically.This product has broken up the dialogue, added screen directions, and printable props.
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6th - 12th
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Readers Theater Script | Short Story Unit | O. Henry | The Marry Month of May
Immerse your students in the bittersweet world of love and irony with our captivating Readers Theater Script for "The Marry Month of May," based on the poignant short story by O. Henry. Step into the whimsical tale where love and marriage take unexpected turns, creating a narrative that is both heartwarming and thought-provoking. With 8 dynamic reading parts—Narrator 1, 2, 3, Mr. Coulson, Miss Van Meeker Constantia Coulson, Mrs. Widdup, Higgins, Iceman—your classroom becomes a stage for an eng
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6th - 10th
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