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Spanish Reader's Theater--La Gallinita Roja (The Little Red Hen)
Reader's Theater is a great tool for building fluency in reading. As a bilingual educator I have found that Spanish reader's theater is a valuable tool to get Spanish language learners to practice their oral development. Although I have used these scripts in my First grade classroom, they would also work well for secondary Spanish classes.
The Little Red Hen is easy to follow with its repetitive phrases and familiar storyline. This reader's theater is an excellent way for students who are lear
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K - 12th, Adult Education
An Afternoon with Maya Angelou, W.E.B. Dubois and Malcolm X
This is a short play about a fictional account of a lunch between Maya Angelou, Malcolm X and W.E.B. Dubois. This play can be used a reader's theater piece for a literary center or for a Black History Month activity. Throughout this lunch, these historical figures discuss civil rights, human rights and the importance of education. This is play can also be performed as a skit.
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3rd - 12th
La Llorona; One-act play based on Mexican folktale The Weeping Woman
This a legend that is popular in the Southwest and Mexico. It is a cautionary tale that parents tell their children to prevent them from wandering off at night. It is the story of a beautiful woman who is betrayed by a rich man leaving her with two children. In a fit of rage, she drowns her children. She instantly regrets her horrific act and searches for them wailing and crying in grief. It is said that she looks for them every night. Parents warn their children to stay at home or La Llorona wi
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6th - 8th
Our Town by Thornton Wilder- Guided Reading Worksheet
Guided reading worksheet for the play "Our Town." In my class, we assign roles, read the play aloud, and stop to answer the questions as a class. The worksheet is divided into 3 acts and I give a quiz over each act. Students perform much better on the quiz after having completed this worksheet.
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7th - 12th
Chinese New Year Chinese restaurant menu pretend play
What child doesn't enjoy playing restaurant? Celebrate Chinese New Year by dining in at Panda Palace with your children as the chefs. Pages 1 and 2 are the menu; print them two sided and laminate. Page 3 contains three sticker labels for your to-go containers. This is my first product on TPT, suggestions welcome. Thank you :)
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PreK - 1st
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The History of the Hanukkah Miracle Reader's Theater
A short Reader's Theater play covering the history of the Hanukkah miracle. There are 10 parts.
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3rd - 8th
Puppetry Research Project
Teach your students the history of various types of puppetry from around the world! Students will be assigned (or they can choose) a puppetry topic and then they will present about their puppetry style to the class! This resource includes links to informational websites for students as well as guided questions for them research in order to complete their presentation. This can be easily modified to students writing a research paper instead of presenting. Students can also work individually or in
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7th - 12th
Shakespeare's Julius Caesar parody
A 60-90 minute parody of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. Includes a list of easily-obtained props and enough characters for your whole class! Makes a great introductory activity before attending or reading the play. Also an excellent filler activity for standardized test days!
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6th - 12th
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The Story of Young Eagle and The Forest Animals
This is a script that I wrote for this years 1st/2nd grade concert. The theme is Native American Music. I wrote the word "song" into the script to indicate where I had the students sing. I also included 2 resources, in a bibliography at the beginning of the script, from where I took the songs we used. The students sang all of the songs, except for one and a half songs, in the original languages. When I first started teaching in my current school, none of the students liked singing in foreig
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1st - 4th
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Romeo and Juliet and The Greatest Showman's "Rewrite the Stars"
One Page Worksheet: Students can read the lyrics (and watch the clip on Youtube) of "Rewrite the Stars" from The Greatest Showman. They will answer several analytical questions in order to compare and contrast Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet with the song, "Rewrite the Stars."
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9th - 10th
Our National Day of Prayer - Small Group Reader's Theater
This is a religious reader's theater intended for a small group of 4 students. In the script, Students are discussing the upcoming National Day of Prayer. Samuel thinks that it is a day when you can say ALL your prayers for the entire year but the others explain to him why that wouldn’t be a good idea. They also explain that the National Day of Prayer is a day for praying for our country. All of them make a plan to take part in the National Day of Prayer as well. It would make a great skit per
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4th - 11th, Adult Education
Reader's Theater The Jade Rabbit A Chinese Myth
Students use a short play to learn about a myth from China. The parts are color-coded and the vocabulary is age appropriate. The lesson includes a standards-based assessment.
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3rd - 5th
Assembly Script - Honesty
A full class assembly script for the theme, Honesty. The script is editable, so it can be personalized with ease.
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K - 3rd
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End of Year Production script - Time Travel Inc.
Written for a year 1-6 school production, featuring optional song and dance sequences.Show running time: 75 minutes approximatelyLead roles: 4Narrators: 3 or moreSupporting roles: minimum 19 with additional single line speaking roles throughoutSynopsis:This is the story of hardworking inventors from Time Lab Inc. who take their maiden voyage through time and space with the Osmic 1000.The Osmic 1000 is one unpredictable machine - it takes the adventurers through Ancient Egypt, an alien spaceship
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K - 7th
Reader's Theater of Anansi and the Number Five
This reader's theater script is an adaptation of an Anansi story from Jamaica.
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1st - 4th
Drama Around the World Poster Assignment
This assignment is based off the Ontario Arts Curriculum expectations and encourages students to research and answer questions on 1 type of drama from the provided biography cards. Based off their research questions they create an informative poster. Their poster is displayed within the classroom and their classmates circulate around with a poster reflection page taking notes on different forms of drama. *Biography card information was found on the web and I do not take responsibility for such
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4th - 8th
Shakespeare in Action!
Welcome to the insiders' guide to creating your own unit or course of SHAKESPEARE IN ACTION! This is a FREE intro to my units on the individual plays, ROMEO & JULIET, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM and, soon, HAMLET. Each of these plays gives you a choice of a 15-day unit or a 25-day unit. These courses work well with LD, average and Honors students. See how to do it!
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9th - 12th
Timeline for Playwriting
This printable gives a basic timeline for how to encourage students to write plays. Follow these simple steps and your students will be writing, directing and performing before you know it.
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2nd - 12th
Cultural Items From Home
This posting can be used outside of your classroom or sent home at the beginning of the school year to encourage families to bring items from home for the children to use during play times. We collect food items, clothing, books, magazines, pictures, photos, etc. We add materials to our dramatic play center, science, blocks, writing, art, and toy center, etc.
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PreK - 2nd
Different types of celebrations
Focusing on Celebrations by looking at different special occasions and discussing the differences and similarities between them. This lesson plan includes the resources that will be used alongside with the detailed lesson plan. It is suitable for Stage 1 students, with the incorporation of English and Drama outcomes.
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K - 2nd
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Animal Masks-Art and Theatre
Students will read informative texts on the topic of masks. Students will read narrative texts such as folk tales with animals as characters. Students will create an animal mask by repurposing a plastic gallon milk container. They will learn the four major functions of masks. They will learn artistic concepts such as texture, pattern, balance, symmetry and asymmetry and color symbolism. As an extension, they can use their masks to perform a play of one of the folktales they read or create their
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3rd - 6th
MORNING ASSEMBLY -School -Reopening Day
This is a write up on the New Year. All teachers can use this to welcome students of their school to the New Year Celebration. A teacher can give away the write up, as it is to the students and ask them to read it in parts. The students can either memorize their parts or read them aloud in the school hall to welcome the fellow students. It will be a great start for the new year and the new day too. This will be most suitable to conduct a MORNING ASSEMBLY
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4th - 12th, Staff
Live Theatre Evaluation form
Use this form to give a grade for a student's attendance of a play, instead of just marking them present. You can also have them add a summary of the play's actions and characters.
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4th - 12th
German lesson 1 grade prep-2
This is the first German lesson of the year for Grade Foundation-2. It introduces 'Guten Morgen' (Good morning).
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PreK - 2nd
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