ST PATRICK'S DAY READERS' THEATER MYSTERY SCRIPT

This funny Readers’ Theater brain teaser mystery script will give grades 4-7 students practice in reading fluency, comprehension and writing, while having lots of drama and ELA fun. This 8 page St Patrick’s Day Mystery script requires your students to perform inference work to discover the basketball thief. The cast list is intended for 9 readers, but the number of readers can easily be contracted or expanded, depending on how many groups you wish to have.

PLOT

This humorous and engaging story is about the theft of a basketball at school on March 17. It isn’t just any old basketball, though: it was signed by a Boston Celtics All Star. The owner, Shaun, a short boy with a big heart, is devastated. Despite his small stature, he is a devoted basketball fan; he must get that ball back! Luckily, his ELA and drama teacher, Ms Green, is a determined woman too. His friend, Alec Tricity (a real bright spark!), eventually plays Shamrock Holmes and hunts it down.

STUDENT TASKS
-- Students read aloud their individual role.
-- Students have to use clues to solve the identity of the basketball thief.
-- They have two writing tasks to perform, one of them being to write a ‘missing scene.’
-- Fast finishers can tackle a challenging St Patrick’s Day word search.

List of contents

Cast list -- page 1

Script -- pages 2-9

Writing tasks -- pages 10-11

Word search -- page 12

Answers to mystery & word search -- page 13

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
Try a scary mystery script: READERS' THEATER SCARY MYSTERY
For oodles of drama fun, try Drama Games for Middle School.

Students will also love the 15 tales in Mini Mysteries grades 5-8 and this long, single mystery: Brain teaser mystery fun inferential skills practice
OR select a bundle of ELA Games and mini-mysteries: Brain Teaser Bundle grades 5-8 or just ELA Games Grades 5-8

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