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As The Cell Turns - The Drama of Life -Science Reader's Theater Script
This is an original Reader's Theater script, based on the organelles of the animal cell and their function. Your students will enjoy playing the parts of the living cell as they argue about who is the most important and learn how all the parts of the cell work together. This cross-curricular science script can be used in reading class as a non-fiction work, or in science while studying the cell.
Along with the script, name tags for each organelle are included with an icon chosen to help stu
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5th - 7th
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"We Love You, California" Fourth Grade History Play
A fourth grade history play written to include our school's entire fourth grade (94 students). You can adjust the groups (miners, railroad workers, etc.) to fit your student population.Four children need to work on a final California history exam. A time traveler "Zeit Reisander" appears to take them back through time to learn about the amazing history of CA. Songs, humor, and history all rolled into one! European explorers, missions, miners, railroad workers, 1904 San Francisco Earthquake, Ros
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4th
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Small Group Reader's Theater for Halloween
In this book, there are 6 reader's theaters. They were written for Halloween. The scripts always look MUCH better on paper than it does in the advert on this webpage. Each reader's theater is sold singly but you can get all six in this packet. Scripts are: Franken Cranky, The Gobble Gobble Ghost, The Halloween Heroes Present Halloween Safety Tips, Shhhh, The Corn Has Ears, The Witch's New Broom, and Which Witch is Which. The booklet gives you 6 for $8. When you buy them individually they cost $2
Greek Mythology Plays: The Adventures of Perseus
This fifteen minute play is a depiction of the classic Greek myth of Perseus and his quest to kill the gorgon Medusa. It's modern language and humorous approach will have students racing to class to rehearse.
This play features 14 speaking rolls:
King Polydectes: the evil king
Martin: an evil advisor to the king
Bob: an evil advisor to the king
Harry: an evil advisor to the king
Perseus: the Greek demigod who defeats medusa
Hermes: messenger of the gods
Athena: goddess of wisdom and war
Hag 1
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5th - 8th
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The Greatest Showman (Show) Script
I looked and could not find an official script, so then I purchased some of the other homemade ones out there and was very disappointed. My 6/7/8 class really wanted to do it as a play ... so I wrote a script. The preview is a full pdf version for free. If you would like to support the crazy number of hours put into the script please buy the editable Word.docx document version. Thank you.It is a great play as you can showcase as many students as you have as performers. I kept it very simple
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6th - 11th
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Living Stations of the Cross Script
This is a 30 page packet. If you are responsible, or want to take on, having your students present the Living Stations of the Cross to the school community, this may be for you. This script is powerful. It will involve all your students and will be such a great visual for the school community. The packet includes the script, the songs you should use, and a powerful video link to show to your students.We have great success with this, and I hope you do as well! We have presented to both the s
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7th - 12th
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Math Stories - Small Group Reader's Theater
This group of scripts was written to introduce or reinforce key math concepts. As you are aware, math has a language all its own and it is critical to practice and use the language as much as possible. These reader's theaters were written just for that purpose. Some of the items covered in them are the properties of multiplication; classification of quadrilaterals; formulas for perimeter, area and volume; introducing fractions , mixed numbers, and explaining the need for common denominators. Som
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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Small Group Reader's Theater for Halloween - Book 2!
In this book, there are 7 reader's theaters. Each script is written for 3 - 5 students. They were written for Halloween. The scripts always look MUCH better on paper than it does in the advert on this webpage. Each reader's theater is sold singly but you can get all seven in this packet. Scripts are: Jack-o'-lantern A.K.A the Legend of Stingy Jack, The Ghost and the Jack-o'-lantern, The Headless Chicken (A True Story), The Legend of Sleepy Hollow or the Headless Horseman, The True Story of the H
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4th - 12th
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Christian Easter Play for Second Grade- Animals- 7 Characters - 8-10 minutes
For our Easter special at the school I taught at last year, my kids wanted to put on an play with animal characters. I created this play, "What The Animals Thought" to share the story of Jesus' death and resurrection through the perspective of livestock.
There are 7 characters, but more animals could be added to suit a larger class. The characters and their roles are as follows:
Adina - a farm girl who is bored with everyday life until the animals share what happened a few years ago in her hom
Greek Mythology Plays: The Seasons
This fifteen minute play is a depiction of the classic Greek myth of Hades and how he kidnapped Persephone which explains the seasons and how they came to be. It's modern language and humorous approach will have students racing to class to rehearse.
This play features 10 speaking rolls:
Narrator:
Hades: god of the Underworld
Demeter: goddess of Agriculture
Persephone: daughter of Demeter; queen of the Underworld
Zeus: king of the gods; brother to Demeter and Hades
Tree 1: evil pomegranate tree
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5th - 8th
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"Nobody Knows My Name" Religious Christmas Program/ Children's Play
Loosely based on characters from "A Christmas Carol," this play, "What's in a Name?" uses an Angel of Christmas Past, Present, and Future, to show how the man labeled 'innkeeper' in books and plays all over the world may feel if he were to find out his name wasn't included over the centuries of retelling Christ's birth story.
Does it matter if nobody knows your name?
This play has 23 speaking parts, but can be easily edited for more/less. There were four songs (available on iTunes) that I us
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4th - 12th
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A Christmas Carol:a modern play for reader's theater or royalty-free performance
As a companion text for Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, Three Ghosts and a Jock is the full package including a script for 23 actors which can be performed royalty-free or used in the classroom as a reader's theater production. This modern version is set in a school and follows basketball star, Ethan Scott, "rich" in talent, but poor in matters of the heart as three teachers of school days past, present and future visit him to change his erroneous ways. Crafted from the original, this str
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6th - 9th
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Readers Theatre: WOMBAT STEW
The classic Australian picture book Wombat Stew by Marcia Vaughan and Pamela Lofts has been adapted into a readers theatre script.All children can confidently participate; those who lack confidence can be part of the chorus. The script is colour coded to assist with reading tracking. The students can be seated in a semi-circle, facing the reading screen. Props are optional for readers theatre, but children could wear animal masks and a cooking pot could be placed on the middle. Two pages of cros
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1st - 4th
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Also included in: 4 x Readers Theatre Bundle K-4 (reading, drama, poetry)
Little Red Hen Play Package
Put on a performance and watch your students shine! The Little Red Hen is a timeless story which leaves students with a wonderful message about sharing and caring. This package includes a Teacher’s Script, a unique song written just for this performance, Reader’s Theatre, Writing Prompt, Invitation, Playbill, Cast Party Sign Up Sheet and a Costume Reminder for parents.
Students benefit by learning theatre vocabulary, reading skills through re-reading of the reader’s theatre, enthusiasm for lea
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K - 1st
Stations of the Cross Drama Script- easy and effective for Lent Passion Play
Looking for a way to involve your students in the Lenten tradition of Stations of the Cross? This student-friendly adaptation will get your students actively participating by representing the fourteen events in Jesus' life with silent "tableau" pictures while a classmate reads the scene. Involve an entire class of 30 with parts for narrator, Jesus, Pilate, the soldiers, Veronica, Mary, and the townspeople. Included in this product is a link to a fully-staged live production of this script pe
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4th - 12th
Melodrama script: The Cheesecake Factory
A campy melodrama script for middle or high school. Fun for class or for full production! Will the Graham sisters be able to save their cheesecake factory from the evil Riley Slapdash and his clumsy assistant?!?
The Cheesecake Factory, OR The Women of Cheesy Virtue by Tammie Pogue is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
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Not Grade Specific
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Elferella full Christmas play script
You've met Cinderella, now it's time to meet Elferella. Follow three children on a magical Christmas journey to return Elferella's shoe found amongst their presents on Christmas morning.An upbeat, fun Christmas play script.May be used as a whole school play with class songs throughout or for individual classes.
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PreK - 8th
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Treasure Island Readers Theater
Readers theater version of Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson
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4th - 10th
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Irish Small Group Reader's Theater Pack
In a world where reading is pushed so hard on students that many are losing their love of reading it is IMPORTANT to give them opportunities to read that are fun. Reader's Theater does this. In this package I have placed 6 Reader's Theaters. Each one has been written for Saint Patrick's Day but can be formed at any time. The names of the reader's theaters are Fair, Brown and Trembling - Jack Fox & the Leprechaun – Leprechauns, Rainbows, and Saint Patrick's Day - Not Every Rainbow has a Pot
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4th - 8th, Adult Education
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Play and Class Assembly about Brazil's Culture and Rainforest
This is a fun and interactive play all about Brazil. It includes parts about the rainforest, carnival, culture, language, landmarks and of course soccer. Dancing is also incorporated throughout the play.
12 Angry Men Debate
12 Angry Men, by Reginald Rose, is a class American play. I do this play with my senior English class, but this is appropriate for all high school grades. After reading the play, I follow up with this debate. The epilogue incites a different look at the evidence in the play. With a new defendant and new evidence, students are divided into 2 sides: Defense and Prosecutor. Their goal is to argue, successfully, for their side (guilty or not guilty for the new defendant). This lesson should be
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9th - 12th
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Mock Trial Outline for The Outsiders
Make your mock trial accessible to all of your students! I struggled with a way to ensure that all students were engaged in the process, and decided that creating a class outline was the best option. ALL students were required to fill in the packet for all of the roles, and we pulled names from a hat for parts on the day of the trial. Many students said that this was their favorite activity of the year!
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6th - 10th
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Reader's Theater for "Too Many Tamales" by Gary Soto
This is a reader's theater based on the book "Too Many Tamales" by Gary Soto. Incorporating 11 characters, you can choose to do a simple reader's theater or a full blow play in your classroom! Great for teaching problem and solution, as well as character. Perfect for the holiday season!
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1st - 4th
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