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 classroom community, rather than dividing the class into smaller reading groups. Each of the students has at least three individual speeches to read, and everyone is kept busy reading the frequent whole class EVERYONE responses together. For classes smaller than 26, give students two roles. Perfect for engaging ELA reading or autumn drama performances!

PLOT

This funny and engaging story includes two mysteries AND a storm that your students create primarily with their rubbing, clapping, clicking and snapping hands. While the classroom is in darkness during the brief power outage caused by the storm, two things happen before the lights come back on: a pet is freed and a cake is stolen. The first whodunnit to unravel is who let the class gerbil out of his cage. The gerbil is not a class favorite - the students think he makes their classroom look too juvenile - but their attitude changes after he vanishes. The second whodunnit is the identity of the birthday cake thief. Don’t worry: tween sleuth Jean Yuss and her friend Knowlan (AKA Nolan Dobbs) will help your students to solve these mysteries!

STUDENT TASKS
Students have to:
-- read their own individual part aloud
-- read the EVERYONE parts aloud

-- perform the EVERYONE actions, such as the ones that create the storm
-- answer written questions
-- complete self and peer feedback forms
-- complete the two additional fun fall activities

A ready-made Easel Activity script is included with your purchase.

For an 'evergreen' whole class mystery that you can use all year round, try
READERS' THEATER WHOLE CLASS MYSTERY: The Drama Class Mystery
For ALL of my Readers' Theater scripts - largely MYSTERY scripts - take a peek at READERS' THEATER INDIVIDUAL SCRIPTS GRADES 5-8

For ALL of my Readers' Theater script BUNDLES, take a peek at READERS' THEATER SCRIPT BUNDLES
Or try a seasonal script like READERS' THEATER THANKSGIVING MYSTERY MIDDLE SCHOOL SCRIPT

Try a scary mystery script: READERS' THEATER SCARY MYSTERY
For oodles of drama fun, try Drama Games for Middle School. Need fun exit tickets to keep your classes focused until the last minute of class? DRAMA TIME FILLERS & FUN EXIT TICKETS

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