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8th grade Autumn poetry scripts
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Readers' Theater Script
This Reader's Theater Script is easy to follow and is based off of Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". This is written at a level that 4th, 5th, and 6th graders can enjoy. There are plenty of Tier 2 vocabulary terms to build a unit from. Words I chose to focus on for the week unit were region, reeling, hospitality, lanky, and cordially. The theme of the story as well as characterization can be explored with this script.
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4th - 8th
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The Inferno (Reader's Theater script-stories + unit activities)
Teach the heck out of Inferno! Dante’s epic journey through Hell is filled with horrifying and fascinating sights. Although the Inferno is the perfect text to nab your students’ interest, it still proves to be a difficult and daunting read for many students. Use this Reader’s Theater script-story adaptation of the Inferno to bring the afterlife to life! Teach the scripts on their own (they cover the full Inferno) or use them in conjunction with the original text to build interest and increase co
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7th - 12th
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Readers Theater for Edgar Allan Poe's Poem "The Raven"
Poetry can be challenging for even the highest achievers, but there is a way to actively engage ALL of your students, even nonnative speakers. Readers Theater is a fun and entertaining way to strengthen students’ reading comprehension for a specific text. "Ye' Ole Annoying Bird" is a readers theater script for use with Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Raven." The script takes the poem and simplifies some of the complex language aspects, while still keeping the important content that makes Poe one of
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7th - 10th
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The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost Poem of the Week Activities
This "ready to teach" 11 page pdf file can be used as handouts or projected onto a screen. You will use the poem "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost for reading comprehension and response, vocabulary, spelling, parts of speech, figurative language, and poetry performance. Using a poem of the week to teach various skills each day helps to build comprehension, fluency, and explicitly teach conventions of the English language. It's a simple way to introduce a lot of material in a short time frame.
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4th - 12th
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READERS THEATER FALL MYSTERY WHOLE CLASS SCRIPT
This Readers’ Theater brain teaser mystery script will give your ELA and drama students practice in reading aloud, comprehension and writing, while having lots of autumn whodunnit fun. The Fall Power Outage Mysteries readers’ theater script activity will entertain your grades 5-8 students and require them to perform inference tasks to solve clues.ADVANTAGES OF WHOLE CLASS SCRIPTS The script is designed for TWENTY SIX readers! This keeps all of the students together in one place and fosters clas
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5th - 8th
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Free Christmas Play - The Moose Before Christmas! Ebook Reader's Theatre Script
T'was the night before Christmas Eve, and our old friend Santa was ready to leave. It was one day too early but Santa was confused, because Mrs. Claus' memory had been a bit bruised...You see their calendar was set to the wrong year, and so she told Santa to a whole day early to deliver all of the kids' toy gear!When Santa comes early by accident, it is up to a very special moose named Goose to help him get back to the North Pole in time for the real Christmas Eve!A fresh and funny take on an ol
READERS' THEATER FALL MYSTERY SCRIPTS: GRADES 5-8 AUTUMN DRAMA FUN
Whether you call the season fall or autumn, you'll call this Middle School trio of mystery readers' theater scripts a 30% off fun drama bargain! Keep your grades 5-8 students engaged in October, November and December by reading mystery scripts that practice their reading, fluency and comprehension skills, AND activate their critical thinking skills to hunt for context clues to some perplexing mysteries! All the scripts have fall (and bad stormy weather) in common, yet there is LOTS of variety in
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5th - 8th
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Poe's THE RAVEN Readers' Theater Script | Whole Class or Small Group Activity
Even the raven would say MORE to this engaging Readers' Theater Poe activity! Get your students excited in "The Raven" lessons by participating, collaborating, and moving. Edgar Allan Poe insisted that poetry was best interpreted by being read aloud. Give students the experience of "The Raven" Poe advocated by EITHER reading the poem with your whole class OR assigning it to small groups of 5. Both script types are included in your purchase. Choose the script method that best suits your class!For
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7th - 11th
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Also included in: DRAMA GAMES and ACTIVITIES HIGH SCHOOL FUN BUNDLE
Poetry Writing - Choral Reading, Oral Interpretation, Drama Creative Writing Sub
Poetry Writing! Performance Poems are FUN! Performance Poems will get students out of their seats and speaking before the class. Performance poems will engage all students. Performance Poems may include groups of two to six students.Students will watch youtube examples and will participate in reading poems written in my English 10 class from a powerpoint presentation. The poems are color coded so that each speaker in the presentation knows what lines to read alone and what lines to read together
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6th - 12th
Nightmare Before Christmas Reader's Theatre Script -Activites -Rubric
Jack SkellingtonI have been doing this all wrong! I can never turn Halloween Town into Christmas Town. It’s impossible! We are too different, but that’s all right. We can have something even better. We can make presents for all the boys and girls of the world. We can have Christmas in our own way!Included in the Nightmare Before Christmas Reader's Theatre Unit:64 page script divided among 12 chapters50 analytical questions that range from easy to challenging10 activities such as creating your ow
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5th - 10th
TERRY FOX : Pourquoi nous courons - UN TEXTE POUR LE THÉÂTRE DE LECTEURS
This is a Readers' Theatre script for the Intermediate French Immersion classroom. It is a fun and engaging way to get the message across to your students that there is meaning to why we run around our school or our neighbourhood each September.This document includes: - a four page script with five roles, one role being for a more advanced reader - a word search puzzle related to Terry Fox - a verb activity related to the script - the answer key to the verb activityI also have other
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4th - 8th
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
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Readers Theater for Edgar Allan Poe's Poem "Annabel Lee"
Poetry can be challenging for even the highest achievers, but there is a way to actively engage ALL of your students, even nonnative speakers. Readers Theater is a fun and entertaining way to strengthen students’ reading comprehension for a specific text. "Loving Annabel Lee" is a readers theater script for use with Edgar Allan Poe's poem "Annabel Lee." The script takes the poem and simplifies some of the complex language aspects, while still keeping the important content that makes Poe one of t
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6th - 9th
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Halloween Seasonal Scene Bundle
This bundle includes improvisation prompts, several 5-6 and 8-12 minute scenes for 5-9 students, several scene-writing assignment packets, scene-starters, and PowerPoints dealing with "spooky theatre stuff" that are perfect for October. The scenes would be perfect class assignments, or you could combine several of them together for a Fall Fundraising Show for your theatre program! Most scripts give the option of gender changes if necessary, and there are options of some smaller roles or walk
Fall Mindfulness Activities and Counseling Lesson
These fall mindfulness activities are perfect for introducing mindfulness or during the fall season as a supplement! Students will practice in 2 ways: visualization and tracing. These are always a favorite and students love to share what they could see, touch, taste, smell, and hear in their mindful moments. Use in individual, group, or classroom settings for 1-2 sessions. Use scripts in combination with labyrinths or use them as separate activities!This download includes:3 fall moment scrip
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Fall Counseling Activity Bundle for 3rd-5th
Edgar Allan Poe's THE RAVEN for Readers Theatre
Edgar Allan Poe’s THE RAVEN for Readers Theatre Quoth the Raven, “Nevermore.”Here is a haunting, unconventional readers theatre adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven for three of your best readers. This adaptation would be an excellent addition to your Poe, Poetry, or English Literature unit, as an in-class or parent presentation, or as part of a school poetry or drama program. This version would also be excellent for speech, poetry, or drama festival competitions.The script includes Perform
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
Wall of Courage Readers Theater / Play Veterans Day/ Memorial Day
A perfect way to celebrate Veterans Day or Memorial Day with your students. This readers theater is intended to incorporate original student poetry. It is written to showcase five students creations. It could easily be adapted to include more or fewer students. All students created poems that were displayed in the “Wall of Courage.” These were written on construction paper bricks and placed on paper across the front of the stage. The top 5 were selected to be read and added to the wall.
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3rd - 12th
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The Weight of Memory
Engage your students in Remembrance Day with four original poems arranged into readers theatre scripts and tableaux outlines! Great for students to be able to work on as a whole class or in smaller groups. Respond to the poems through art and have them reflect on what they created. Students can draw, colour, paint etc. in response to the poem and could even use the included template to inspire a larger poster. Writing in Role. Using the included image as a prompt and guiding questions, have your
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5th - 8th
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Unwrapping Christmas (A Play about CHRIST)
Five poets appear on a Documentary to convince the audience they know what Christmas is missing. A child links it all together in the end for the big reveal that is both heart-warming and memorable. I wrote and produced this play for our church and it actually works!
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4th - 8th
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Scripts: Phillis Wheatley reader's theater & lesson plan
This five scene reader’s theater presents the life and poetry of Phillis Wheatley. A lesson plan containing assessments, using the Jigsaw method, review game and connotation exercises is included. A writing assignment to create a 6th scene can be used to extend the lesson. This can also be used as a classroom activity or presented for Black History Month, Women’s History Month or a poet’s night.Part of the American Literature Bundle 100+ pages.Check out other American Lit. productsMark Twain r
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8th - 12th
Also included in: Bundle: American Literature
THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS - Readers Theatre With Sound Effects
THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMASReaders Theatre Version With Sound EffectsThe Night Before Christmas Readers Theatre Version is a fun and creative adaptation of the much-loved Christmas poem, "A Visit from St. Nicholas," written by Clement C. Moore.The combination of live reading and sound effects bring the story of Santa's visit on Christmas Eve to life for audiences of all ages. The Night Before Christmas offers a festive way to celebrate the joy and wonder of the holiday season.The Night Before Chr
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5th - 12th
Pied Piper of Hamelin Readers Theater Narrative Poem Drama Script With Tasks
The Pied Piper of Hamelin is a short stage script which brings the wonderful narrative poem and legendary story to life. Suitable for ages 10+Cast size: 30Can increase cast size to 40 with additional non-speaking Townspeople, Rats and Children Can reduce cast size to 20 by giving some students more than one role to play, by merging some roles for the Rats or Children, or by reducing the number of Narrators. Running time: approx. 45 minutes. The Pied Piper of Hamelin is a fabulous short stage sc
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4th - 8th
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Fall Conversations: ELL Conversation Practice
This resource is full of relevant fall conversations that you can practice now with your ELL students. With five conversations and vocabulary review provided, this resource is full of language practice for your students.
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5th - 12th, Adult Education
Casey at the Bat - Rhyming Reader's Theater by Ernest Lawrence Thayer
This Reader's Theater is for four students. This is the ballad of Casey at the Bat and was written by Ernest Lawrence Thayer in 1888. I have not changed the words. I spaced it for the students and broke it into parts. The words that rhyme are in bold to help the students know which words to emphasize. The reason I chose this ballad for reader's theater is that it sounds wonderful when read aloud. Students will need practice getting in the sing song voice of it while also using emotion. Due to th
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Poetry encourages students to engage with language, explore their thoughts and feelings, and connect with the broader human experience. If you’re a teacher or parent looking for printable and digital poetry resources, look no further. TPT has an extensive collection of resources, created by other teachers, that are designed to help with any need across grade levels.
If you want to make poets out of younger students in elementary grades, then acrostic poems or fill in the blank poems are the perfect place to start. (In fact, many poetry resources on TPT include templates so your students can easily get started producing their own poetry, whether it’s a haiku, or limerick.) For older students in middle and high school, you can find an array of resources to teach them about everything from iambic pentameter, figurative language, to famous poets from history. With plenty of TPT resources at your fingertips, you can sharpen your students’ poetry skills in no time.
Fun and engaging poetry activities to try
Teaching students about poetry can be an engaging and creative experience. Here are a few ideas for poetry activities that you can find on TPT to help you introduce and explore the world of poetry with your students:
Poetic Device Scavenger Hunt
Distribute some poems and have students identify and highlight poetic devices like similes, metaphors, alliteration, onomatopoeia, and imagery. Discuss what these are and the overall impact on the reader's experience.
Poetry Analysis Jigsaw
Divide students into small groups, assigning each group a different poem. Have each group analyze the assigned poem's themes, tone, and literary devices, and present their findings to the class.
Poetry Slam or Performance
Organize a poetry slam where students can perform poems they’ve written themselves or those written by famous poets. This will help build confidence and strengthen their public speaking skills.
Writing Poetry from Different Perspectives
Ask students to write a poem from the perspective of an inanimate object or an animal to foster empathy and encourage creative, out-of-the-box thinking.
Creating Found Poetry
Provide magazines, newspapers, or online articles. Have students cut out interesting words and phrases, and use them to create their own unique poems.
These (and other!) activities can help deepen your students’ appreciation for poetry and enhance their creative writing skills.
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There are many different types of poetry resources sold by Sellers on TPT. Some popular poetry lessons include learning how to write haikus, acrostic poems, limericks, and free verse.
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