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8th grade Winter poetry scripts
READERS THEATER WINTER MYSTERY WHOLE CLASS SCRIPT grade 5 6 7 8
This grades 5-8 Readers’ Theater whole class brain teaser mystery script activity will give your ELA and drama students practice in reading aloud, comprehension and writing, while having lots of winter fun. Your students will be 'whodunnit' detectives, performing inference tasks to solve clues. Question sheets and answer keys are included.WHOLE CLASS READERS THEATER SCRIPTS This 10 page script is designed for TWENTY SIX readers! This keeps all of the students together in one place and fosters cl
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5th - 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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WINTER ELA BRAIN TEASER ACTIVITIES - grade 5 6 7 8 fun winter lessons
Banish the winter blahs with these no-prep, high interest 30% off winter-themed brain teaser activities! The activities are perfect as brain breaks, for morning work, do-nows, or for fast finishers. The comprehension mysteries stretch students' reading strategies, while still having fun. None of the resources refer to Christmas. They are inclusive, and can be used throughout the winter season. January fun? Sorted! February fun? Ditto! At $4.30 off, it's even fun for your wallet. You get the wint
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5th - 8th
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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 WINTER MYSTERY SCRIPTS - Fun winter drama & ELA whodunnits
This trio of winter mystery readers' theater scripts is a 30% off fun drama and ELA bargain! Keep your grades 5-8 students engaged in winter lessons with 'whodunnit' script activities 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 are set in winter, yet there is LOTS of variety in this bundle. For example, two scripts are for the whole class (26 roles), and one is i
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5th - 8th
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CHRISTMAS DRAMA MIDDLE SCHOOL FUN
This exciting 30% off Christmas and Winter drama activities bundle for grades 5-8 has everything you need to make the days leading up to the winter break fun and memorable for your Middle School drama students. And with $4 off, what's not to love? READERS' THEATER CHRISTMAS SCRIPT: CHILLY THE SNOWMANThis fun winter Readers’ Theater Script introduces Middle School students to the TRUE tale of a much loved Christmas character. A lot of fake news surrounds the legend of Frosty the Snowman - includi
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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
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
"Elf Finals" - A Holiday Skit for Middle Years Adaptable for other grades-Funny!
Struggling to find something for your middle schoolers to do at the Winter Concert? This skit it adaptable for many grades, but I created this with my grade 8 class in mind! It uses slang terms with just the right amount of cheese factor that students will buy in! Feel free to adjust to use phrases that are popular in your class. These were just a few my students use regularly. Parts can be adaptable as you see fit and to create more or less speaking parts for students. I did not include the T
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4th - 12th
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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
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
THE GROUNDHOG DAY GRUMP, A Readers' Theater Interview play, for Middle School
(Cast: 7; Actors: grades 5 +; all roles, male/female (includes SFX Artists); Audience: grades 5 to 8 An oddball comedy, with SFX and voice-overs. Setting: edge of a farmer’s field. Time: near noon, on Groundhog Day.Lesson plan: 5 pages; Script: 8 pages. Run time: 14 minutes. Flesch Reading Ease = 88 How would you react if someone awakened you from a deep sleep? What if thesomeones numbered in the dozens? The hundreds? And clamored for your attention? Learn how one grumpy groundhog deals with d
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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The Winter Woodsman Reader's Theatre Script -Mystery ghost story -Riddles
GilesYews are ancient trees. They know all the secrets. They can live for over one thousand years. That one out there is only half such an age. Still, it means you will meet the ghost, that much is certain. Both children glanced nervously towards the front door, despite their conviction that ghosts were simply inventions of an overactive imagination. ColinWhy do you say that? There are no such things as ghosts really…are there?Giles FosterYou've spoke on that once already. People who repeat thin
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5th - 10th
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
WINTER DRAMA MIDDLE SCHOOL FUN - 5 winter themed activities, scripts and games
Could winter lessons BE any more fun in grades 5-8 drama classes? A winter Readers' Theater mystery script, a winter Drama Circle mystery, a winter riddles drama game, a winter minimal prep drama board game AND winter impromptu speaking topics- PHEW! At 30% off, this bundle is even fun for you too! READERS' THEATER WINTER WHOLE CLASS MYSTERYThis grades 5-8 Readers’ Theater whole class brain teaser mystery script activity will give your ELA and drama students practice in reading aloud, comprehen
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5th - 8th
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Sally's Smile Reader's Theatre Script -Ghosts -Sentimental -Family -Doll
IanI don't understand. You’re dying everyday? SophieWe always die. IanBut why are you always dying? She didn't reply directly. Instead she said: SophieI'm so unhappy about Sally…Sally my doll. I can't bear to think of her all smashed up. Maybe that's why we have to keep on riding on the bus…maybe that’s why we keep on dying all the time. I must know that Sally's safe. lan passed a hand across his face and began to cry. Included in the Sally's Smile Reader's Theatre Unit:34 page script5 character
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6th - 12th
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
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Learn more about poetry resources
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.
Frequently asked questions about teaching poetry
What types of poetry resources are available on TPT?
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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