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Middle school ELA test prep scripts
The Tell-Tale Heart Reader's Theater Toolkit for Middle School
The Tell-Tale Heart is a short story by Edgar Allen Poe. This reader's theater adaptation of this scary tale will get your students thinking more deeply as they take on the roles of the narrator, old man, and the police officer.Reader’s Theater is one of my favorite tools to utilize in my middle school classroom. While I have listed the grades 6-8 common core standards that this resource covers, Reader’s Theater directly improves fluency and comprehension. In addition, Reader’s Theater allows s
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Reader's Theater Scripts for BIG KIDS Collection
7th Grade STAAR Reading Review: Drama
This resource was designed for use as a review for drama questions on the 7th grade STAAR Reading test. Other STAAR resources can be found in my store, BrainyCats Learning Store
BEFORE PURCHASING THIS PRODUCT, PLEASE DOWNLOAD AND READ THROUGH THE GUIDED PRACTICE SCENE TO MAKE SURE IT IS SUITABLE FOR YOUR CLASS. My students enjoyed it, but it is about a food contest where competitors try to make disgusting combinations of food, so the topic may be off-putting to some groups. The sample can
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6th - 8th
State Test Prep Skit
A fun and lighthearted skit or play with fairy tale characters preparing to take a State Test. Is primarily for Test Taking strategies and skills in a way that is fun and interesting to the kids. This skit could also be performed by a drama department. Possibly at a testing assembly.
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5th - 12th
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Figurative Language Reader's Theater Script
This reader's theater script is about a soccer game at a Clarksville Middle. It is six pages long. However, the document you will be purchasing is 18 pages long, as it contains:
-An original version
-A scaffolded version
-A teacher's key
You can use this interactive reader's theater script to review the following Figurative Language terms:
1. Simile
2. Metaphor
3. Hyperbole
4. Onomatopoeia
5. Alliteration
This activity asks students to read the script aloud and fill-in the figurative language
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4th - 8th
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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
Genre Theatre (Genre Review With Readers Theater)
This presentation offers eight mini readers theater scripts covering different genres of fiction that will provide students with an opportunity to check their understanding of the concept. The students will be able to select the correct genre from a list of six choices after reading each script. An "answer key" is built into the presentation to provide immediate feedback. Please note that due to space requirements, fantasy and fairytale have been combined as an answer choice.
The readers the
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4th - 8th
Character Trait Text Evidence -- Court Case
Read a court case to determine which student is guilty of being insensitive.
Students will read a court case to the class, and the class will have to reach a verdict from the evidence that is presented -- Which student is insensitive? This is a fun way to have students find evidence to support their answer.
I have included:
1.) A script (3.5 pages) & a highlighted script for each role.
2.) Name tags for students (judge, sheriff, student 1, student 2, witness 1, witness 2)
3.) A worksheet f
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3rd - 6th
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CAASPP 4th Grade Writing Prompt
This writing prompt will help prepare students to take the CAASPP. It includes three sources and an informational writing prompt that requires students to use information from all three sources in their essay.
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3rd - 6th
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SAMPLE 7th Grade STAAR Reading Review: Drama
This sample resource is part of a 7th Grade STAAR Review product for Drama. This resource contains the reading passage “Ruin A Food”.
The full resource, 7th Grade STAAR Reading Review: Drama, includes:
A template for taking notes, along with a completed copy to project for the students, or to use while giving instrauctions.
PRE-READING VOCABULARY for “RUIN A FOOD” A Frayer model activity to help familiarize students with words in the play. Two versions are available – one for ESL studen
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6th - 8th
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Boom Cards Summarizing Fiction with Latin American Folktales Set 2
Do your students need practice with summarizing fiction to improve reading comprehension? In this set of Boom Cards, students will read practice identifying key events and key ideas with a Latin American folktale called "El Cucuy: A Play" an adaptation based on a famous Mexican legend and then practice sorting sentences from the story that belong in a summary and sentences that do not belong in a summary. Students will also complete multiple choice questions with STAAR like question stems for su
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5th - 7th
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Text Structure: Teach and Practice
Engage your students with this text structure teach and practice resource! Begin with "Wheel of Structure," a Reader's Theater script modeled after the famous game show. Next, take students through the slides presentation as they fill in the blanks on the notetaking guide. Now play the game by answering questions and spinning the wheel on the slides to earn points. For extra practice and assessment, a worksheet and key are also included. Text structures included- chronological order, cause and e
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5th - 8th
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The Mousetrap A 1, S 2 Excerpt 1 by Agatha Christie Close Reading Drama Analysis
This activity examines an excerpt of "The Mousetrap" by Agatha Christie, a whodunnit mystery play close reading analysis. It is also known as "Three Blind Mice" in story form. This excerpt is from Act 1, Scene 2 of the play. It focuses on the phone call to the snowed-in group staying in the hotel about the police coming there through the weather to see about a murder that was committed. The play pairs well with a "Whodunnit" themed set of poems, short stories, plays, novels, as well as other s
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7th - 12th
The absolute best reading strategy for reluctant readers in secondary
This strategy was made for STAAR retesters in Texas, home of over-testing, and specifically gives skills for secondary students to read and be able to answer standardized test questions. Oftentimes secondary teachers are to what to teach but now how to teach it. This presentation is for teachers to learn how to implement a simple, straightforward method to help with standardized testing.
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7th - 12th
Get Testfit!: A Reader's Theater About Building Stamina
Do your students need to build reading and writing stamina? Do they get distracted when reading or waste time when writing? If you answered yes, this reader's theater is for you! Start with the Stamina Survey to begin the conversation about students' current stamina levels. Then move to the script where a trainer is helping a group of students build stamina. As your students read this humorous script, they will recognize the characters who struggle with reading and writing stamina! Now, work wit
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3rd - 8th
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Common Core Practice RI.7.2 - 3-5 mini lessons
These 3 short NO-PREP lessons will help your students prepare for CCSS.ELA.RI.7.2: Determine two or more central ideas in a text and analyze their development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text. This Common Core practice follows an "I do," "we do," "you do" model and is part of my Continuous Improvement Model (CIM) series.What is a CIM? The acronym “CIM” stands for “Continuous Improvement Model.” It is one name for the research-based strategy that follows the “
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7th
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Also included in: 7th Grade Common Core Practice RI1 RI2 RI3 Key Ideas and Details Cluster
More Stage Directions Review Using "Stranger Things"
This PDF includes an excerpt of a script from season 3 ("Chapter 1: Suzie, do you copy?") and five multiple choice questions that address TEK 7.5A to help prepare students for the Texas 7th Grade STAAR.
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7th
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Building a Response: A Reader's Theater About Planning an Extended Response
Use this Reader's Theater as an engaging way to prepare students to write an extended response on your state's assessment. This script features Bob, a builder with a lot to say about the importance of planning an extended response. This resource contains a pre-reading Anticipation Guide, a Reader's Theater script for five readers, and follow-up activities. The script has editable blanks where you can type in the name of your state assessment before you print the scripts for student readers.
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5th - 8th
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Radio Drama Script FREE SAMPLE Frankenstein's Mystery Grades 8 to 10 Horror
THIS IS A SAMPLE OF Frankenstein's Mystery, an electrifying radio play that resurrects Mary Shelley's timeless tale in a mesmerizing audio experience, skillfully combining classic storytelling with the dynamic world of radio theater. This production offers a comprehensive package that not only delivers a riveting performance but also provides valuable resources for directors, actors, and educators. If you decide to perform for the public, there are no royalties to pay. The Story: Frankenstein's
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8th - 11th
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