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High school holidays/seasonal scripts under $5
Veterans Day Program Script School Assembly or Class Activity to Honor Veterans
Are you planning a Veterans Day celebration for your school this year? This Veterans Day program script will help you get started as you plan your Veterans Day program.Our school's Veterans Day program has been my absolute favorite event of the year for over fifteen years!I have found that a program that celebrates Veterans is one of our favorite activities to bring together community members of all ages and students in our school. I have used this script at our school-wide Veterans Day progra
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1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Christmas Reader's Theater Script based on How the Grinch Stole Christmas
21 Roles - KID FRIENDLY - 8 page script - varying abilities - great vocab!
Grades:
3rd - 9th
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Christmas Reader's Theater Script based on Home Alone the Movie
23 roles - 8 pages - fun, fun, fun!
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3rd - 9th
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Game: Murder at the Manor (mystery party activity)
If you like Game of Thrones, you'll enjoy Murder at The Manor
The Earl Henry is dead and without an heir on the eve of the annual tournament and feast. Who could have done such a dastardly deed at the castle? His 4th wife? The traveling minstrel? One of his sisters or a host of other relatives, servants and knights from the realm? Play a suspect and a detective as you investigate the crime set in Medieval Europe.
Mystery party games are an engaging alternative to hum drum usual fare and
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart Reader's Theater Play
Originally published in the October 2008 issue of Scholastic's Storyworks magazine (and later reprinted in Scope, Scholastic News, and my book, Read Aloud Plays: Classic Short Stories), this newly-revised script is true to the original text but is cleverly structured to be more appropriate for middle grade and young adult audiences. It includes the original text, a comprehension worksheet, a "mock trial" activity, as well as teacher notes and a key--fourteen pages in all. Parts for 9 students, s
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5th - 9th
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Game: Fairy Tale Wedding (Mystery Activity Package)
FAIRY TALE WEDDING MYSTERY ACTIVITY PACKET
You are cordially invited to the Fairy Tale Wedding of Prince Charming and Cinderella. Oops! They've been kidnapped! Whodunit? Why?
Bring literature to life while writing your own ending to a highly interactive event that immerses students in literary terms and research first hand. After engaging in discussion and research into the fairy tale genre of literature, players take the roles of various fairy tale characters and function as both suspe
Spanish Por and Para Reading: El medio ambiente: The Environment / Earth Day
This 5-page file includes:~A dialog between two brothers, one of which is trying to get the other to be more environmentally friendly! In addition to a lot of environmental vocabulary, the reading features multiple uses of por and para. Reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary.~The same reading but with blanks where por and para should be. Students need to fill in the prepositions to complete the reading.~A worksheet with 8 reading comprehension questions in Spanish as well as a short writi
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Game: The Will Murder Mystery activity/script & lesson plans
THE WILL MURDER MYSTERY ACTIVITY When rich old Mrs. Wetherington dies the family and staff are shocked, not at her death (after all she was old and many people wanted her dead) but at her will. The bulk of the estate would go to the person who fingered her murderer. Skeletons in closets, blackmail and underhanded dealings all abound at the family estate as everyone points fingers and declares their innocence. Mystery activities are an engaging alternative to hum drum get togethers, typical drama
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Vietnamese to English ESL Sentences: ESL Newcomer Activities - Rapid Speaking
"Vietnamese to English ESL Sentences: ESL Newcomer Activities - Rapid Speaking" allows teachers and limited English speaking students to communicate immediately with little or no knowledge of each other's first language. Simply print a copy for yourself and your ESL Vietnamese to English newcomers. Point to the translation of what you are saying on this convenient bilingual resource. ESL newcomers also point to what they want to say in Vietnamese while you read the English translation next to th
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2nd - 12th, Adult Education
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A Kidnapped Santa Claus | Readers Theater Script | Allegory | Holiday ELA
"A Kidnapped Santa Claus" Readers Theater Script. Based on a short story by L. Frank Baum, author of The Wizard of Oz series. A festive way to teach Allegory during the holidays. Develop students' reading and comprehension skills with a proven reading strategy. Visual Note-taking activity allows students to access higher-level thinking skills and creativity.13 Reading Parts - Narrator 1, 2, 3, Selfish, Envy, Hatred, Malice, RepentanceSanta Claus, Wisk, Nuter, Peter, KilterIncludes:8-page scriptO
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4th - 9th
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Game: Who Shot Prospector Pete (Murder Mystery activity)
Prospector Pete is found shot in the back at his mining claim with a peck of people possibly involved including his wife Betsy, the Raindance Kid, Hoss Steel, Lily Lang Tree (or is it Land Tree?) and many more. Jump right in as a suspect and a detective and figure out who did it.
Mystery party games are an engaging alternative to hum drum usual fare and make wonderful drama activities. Add spice to that theater class, family reunion, retreat or birthday/anniversary party. Acting experience and
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Claudette Colvin Twice Toward Justice Readers Theater Play Script
A true and compelling story from the Montgomery Bus Boycott! Who can forget Claudette Colvin? Well, history did for nearly fifty years. Claudette was just fifteen when she was dragged off a Montgomery city bus for refusing to surrender her seat. Unlike Rosa Parks a year later, Claudette was convicted and then ostracized by her peers, by Civil Rights leaders, and by history. Her story has resurfaced thanks to Philip Hoose’s book, Twice Toward Justice. Use this script independently or paired it wi
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5th - 9th
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Charles Dickens' Gabriel Grub--Christmas Readers Theater
Long before Scrooge there was Gabriel Grub, the gravedigger. From Dickens' The Pickwick Papers, this eerie tale is a perfect compliment to the Christmas Carol story or a wonderful stand-alone Gothic holiday play. Enough parts for an entire class, or double up roles and stage it with as few as twelve. Suitable for reader's theater or a full stage production. Use it with grades 5 and up. (Warning: it may be too scary for younger students). Fully reproducible: original purchaser is licensed to prin
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5th - 9th
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Also included in: A Dickens' Christmas -- Reader's Theater Pack
Letter from a Birmingham Jail reader's theater script
Letter from a Birmingham Jail reader’s theater is a 2 page script for 8 readers that explains the events leading up to Dr. Martin Luther King’s arrest and subsequent letter, summarizes the content of the letter and provides a peek at subsequent landmark events that came as a result of the civil rights movement.Also included: a rubric, reader's theater version of MLK's I Have a Dream speech, and some Black History visual writing prompts/bulletin board items to promote critical thinking.Check out
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Black History Month bundle (in person and remote)
4 graduation speeches for elementary, middle & high school principals (editable)
You can use as a draft or take parts of each speech to customize it to your needs and audience.
Grades:
K - 12th, Staff
Readers Theater - A Christmas Carol Script (NO PREP)
'A Christmas Carol' readers theater. The entire text has been condensed into only 11 pages of script.Bring the story of Scrooge to life in your classroom this holiday season with this specially written script.The bonuses for your students - It's ideal for encouraging reluctant readers who would find the original text overwhelming and challenging.It can be used as a pre-reading task so ESL/Spec ed/lower ability students can familiarize themselves with plot, characters and themes easily which give
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5th - 10th, Adult Education
Also included in: A Christmas Carol (Adapted) bundle Staves 1-5
Katherine Johnson: Scientist:The Computer that Wore Skirts(Play)
Learn about Katherine Johnson, a physicist, space scientist and mathematician, who played a very important role with NASA’s early space missions. The movie Hidden Figures highlights the role of NASA's "computers" such as Katherine Johnson and their contributions. Part of my Ms. Bie Ografee Talk Show Series of Reader's Theater Scripts, there are comprehension questions, a Did You Know? section,a Teacher page with extensions/links and key. A great STEM biography!Additional Resources on this Topic
Grades:
5th - 9th
Also included in: Trailblazers in Science(SIX STEM Biographical Plays)BUNDLE of RESOURCES
Bessie Coleman: Aviator!(Reader's Theater Script)
Use this informative Reader's Theater Script to learn about Bessie Coleman. Bessie was the first African American female pilot in the U.S. A. AND the first AMERICAN to receive an international pilot's license! Great for Black History Month in February or Women's History Month in March. Comprehension questions/extension activities, key. Part of my Ms. Bie Ografee Talk Show Series.I also have these resources you may find of interest:1. The idea to foster contributions of African Americans began wi
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5th - 9th
Also included in: African American Trailblazers(Bundle of SIX Famous African American)
School Time Social Story and Visuals: Time for Work vs. Time to Go Home
Do you have students that don't want to come into class during arrival time or want to leave to go home in the middle of the day? The School Time Social Story and Visuals resource helps to teach students the routine and schedule of going to school. We come to school everyday to work, listen and follow class rules. We wait for the teacher to tell us to clean up and get our backpacks. We stay in the classroom until our teacher says that it's time to go home. When school is over, we can we get on t
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PreK - 12th
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Holiday Skit Role Play Christmas and Hannukhah
My class performed this play for our holiday concert last year and it was such a hit. It is suitable for virtually any grade. Kids of any age will enjoy this.
Will surely make any audience laugh!
Songs Performed
Jingle Bells
The Dreidel Song
It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Thanks to TeachesThirdinGeorgia for the font :)
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1st - 12th
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Revolutionary War: Spies- A Visit with Female Agent 355(Culper Spy Ring)Script
American Revolution/ Revolutionary War: Studying the 13 Colonies/Colonial Times? This resource would work great for such a unit of study. Part of my Ms. Bie Ografee's Reader's Theater Scripts, I really had fun developing this play about the Culper Spy Ring and specifically, Agent 355, one of the female member of the organization!During the Revolutionary War, the Culper Spy Ring was organized to work to defeat the British. Agent 355 and other members of the spy organization were very important i
Grades:
5th - 9th
Also included in: Revolutionary War and the Birth of Our Nation: A Bundle of Resources!
The Nativity Story Christmas Reader's Theater for Middle & High School Students
This is NOT your average Nativity play! What would today's audience think of the events surrounding the birth of Jesus? The answers provide moments of hilarity and deep reflection. Suspense! Drama! Comedy! This Nativity play truly has them all.This play is excellent as a Reader's Theater Christmas story for a middle or high school. It's a great activity for ESL students. It also makes a fabulous Christmas play for church. This resource contains a 13-page script. Included are posters wi
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8th - 10th
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LOS SALUDOS -Spanish Greetings- Ice Breaker ¿Quién eres Tú?
This worksheet is wonderful for students to get to know each other the first weeks of class. It will allow them to interview each other. The package consists of two worksheets. The first one has questions and answers in an easy format that can be used between two students to find about someone in the class. the second page will provide information about the student answering basic questions such as name, age, where they come from?, How many brothers and sisters? their birthdays, favorite book
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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The Raven Reader's Theatre Scripts
This is a reader's theatre/dramatic reading ready version of Edgar Allen Poe's famous poem "The Raven."
Broken down for four (4) voices, "The Raven" is a fun (and scary) way to deal with Edgar Allen Poe--and not just at Halloween!
The Raven Readers Theatre/Dramatic Reading Script by Debra Schultz is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
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7th - 11th
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