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Middle school Martin Luther King Day creative writing scripts for Easel
Creating Drama Stage Directions and Scripts: Teaching Plans and Activities
This handout can be used with creative writing, English or drama students when the assignment is to write a play. It offers 1. an outline of basic stage direction elements2. an outline for writing scripts3. Write Now!- two dozen ideas for comedic/dramatic plays.Creating drama is a natural for young people. These activities offer them the chance to combine their realities with the fiction that they design.As always, this activity- PDF version- may be downloaded and printed for classroom use. A
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6th - 12th
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Martin's Big Dream: The Youth of MLK Readers Theater
Classic reader's theater from the pages of Scholastic’s Storyworks magazine! Martin's Big Dream is based on a true story from Dr. King’s childhood in which neighborhood boys refused to play baseball with him. Dr. King wrote that it was a pivotal moment in his becoming a civil rights leader. It was recently enacted by a branch of the Palace Theatre with support from the local BLM chapter, and it pairs nicely with Doreen Rappaport's book, "Martin's Big Words." It includes parts for ten to twelve
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4th - 7th
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Gonna Let it Shine: MLK Selma Readers Theater
Students will quickly connect with eight-year-old Sheyann Webb. In “Gonna Let it Shine” she shares her emotional, often frightening childhood experience as Dr. King’s “Smallest Freedom Fighter.” We’re used to hearing about the Civil Rights struggle from the viewpoint of adults, yet here is the true story of a little girl who not only saw it, but was there on the front lines in Selma risking the same dangers as her adult counterparts. Carefully researched, it improves upon an earlier version that
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4th - 8th
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Readers Theater from the Bus Boycott: In the Jailhouse with Dr. King
"In the Jailhouse" is an original play commissioned specifically for Black History Month. It tells the story of an angry young teenager during the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1956. It not only teaches about MLK’s policy of non-violence, it also challenges today’s kids who are struggling with poverty and hopelessness to overcome their hostilities. King’s encouragement that you are as good as anyone will resonate with many of your students. The phrase, as well as the rest of King words during the pl
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5th - 8th
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Dear Pen Pal Template
This is a great activity for children or supported persons to work on their written social skills. Use this template to for a child or person support to send letters to a friend or family member.
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3rd - 8th, Adult Education
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