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10th grade oral communication literature circles
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Reader's Theatre/Radio Play Script
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Synopsis:Charlie Bucket and Grandpa Joe join a small group of contest winners who get to tour the magical and mysterious factory of eccentric candy maker Willy Wonka. Aided by his diminutive Oompa Loompa workers, Wonka has a hidden motivation for the tour, one that he will reveal only after the children in the group (Veruca, Augustus, Violet, Mike and Charlie) show their true personalities.Included in the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Unit:251 pages and 30 c
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
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Think, Pair, Share Graphic Organizer
Think, Pair, Share Graphic Organizer Great for encouraging classroom discussion and developing English Language Skills for your multilingual students. This awesome graphic organizer has helped my students with the new Speaking and Listening Anchor standards under Common Core, specifically having discussions, while tying it to the Writing Anchor Standards. After reading a text excerpt from a fiction or nonfiction book, newsela.com, or Scholastic Weekly, I give my students a question to discuss wi
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2nd - 12th
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Sentence Sequences for Complex Sentence Development
Using sentence sequences is a natural way to get students to practice using complex sentences. There are two lesson forms available with this download; task cards and EASEL. The EASEL activitycan be used with digital devices and gives immediate feedback to an answer choice by indicating correct answer when it is chosen. The task cards can be given to individual students or used in small groups. There is a self checking feature available through the use of a Bar Code reader. QR codes
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6th - 10th
Also included in:Â Complex Sentences Bundle for Development and Comprehension
Accountable Talk Bubbles for Literacy & Problem Solving
BEST SELLER! This 24 page packet includes 20 accountable talk bubbles with conversation stems, a "Talk with Respect" poster with mini talk bubbles, a mini lesson, and 4 mid size blank talk bubbles. Student led conversations accountable to the learning content or text is the heart of accountable talk. Accountable talk can be taught and used in any grade level or subject area. The talk bubbles are simply a visual reminder of how people respectfully share opinions, ideas, and thoughts.For more clas
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K - 12th
THE ALCHEMIST: A PERSONAL QUEST PROJECT
A packet of materials for an individual project that students will work on during or after studying Paulo Coelho's THE ALCHEMIST. The packet contains guidelines for four stages of the project, each to be written up in a journal entry. The final stage of the project is individual oral presentation about the quest. Guidelines for these presentations also appear in the packet.
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7th - 12th
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Fantastic Mr. Fox: Reader's Theatre/Radio Script
Fantastic Mr. Fox Synopsis:Mr. Fox lives with his wife and four little foxes. In order to feed his family, he steals food from farmers named Boggis, Bunce, and Bean every night. Tired of being constantly outwitted by Mr. Fox, the farmers attempt to capture and kill him. The foxes escape in time by burrowing deep into the ground. The farmers decide to wait outside the hole for the foxes to emerge. Unable to leave the hole and steal food, Mr. Fox and his family begin to starve. Mr. Fox devises a p
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3rd - 12th, Adult Education
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Lord of the Flies Reader's Theatre Script/Story -William Golding -Quiz
Jack MerridewWhere does the beast live? Percival sagged in Jack's grip. PiggyThat's a clever beast, if it can hide on this island. Jack's been everywhere. Where could a beast live? Jack MerridewBeast my foot! Percival muttered something and the assembly laughed again. Ralph leaned forward. RalphWhat does he say? Jack listened to Percival's answer and then let go of him. Percival, released, surrounded by the comfortable presence of humans, fell in the long grass and went to sleep. Jack cleared
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
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Mommy, Do You Hear That? Scary Reader's Theatre/Radio Play -Creative Writing
Mommy, Do You Hear That? Summary:One evening, Ellen and her daughter Alice are returning home from their visit to Aunt Sally and Uncle Albert's house. On the way home, Alice hears sounds all around her in the dark. Ellen calms young Alice's mind by telling her their is a logical explanation for all the sounds she is hearing at that time of the night. The one sound that Ellen does not respond to is the sound of heavy footsteps. Alice continually asks who or what could be making them, while Ellen
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
Accountable Talk: for Middle School and High School
50 DIFFERENT SENTENCE STEMS AND QUESTIONS WILL KEEP YOUR STUDENTS TALKING AND ENGAGED!! These Cafe Conversation Cards were created to help students learn how to ask thought-provoking questions and engage with classmates for an academic purpose. Simply make enough copies for each group, have students choose a question or prompt and then sit back and enjoy listening to your students take over the class! When the conversation fades, students simply read off of the cards and fill in the blanks w
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5th - 12th
Shrek: Reader's Theatre Story -Funny Moral Fairy Tale
Summary: Once upon a time, in a far away swamp, there lived an ogre named Shrek whose precious solitude is suddenly shattered by an invasion of annoying fairy tale characters. They were all banished from their kingdom by the evil Lord Farquaad. Determined to save their home -- not to mention his swamp-- Shrek makes a deal with Farquaad and sets out to rescue Princess Fiona to be Farquaad's bride. Rescuing the Princess may be small compared to her deep, dark secret. Along the way, Shrek will enco
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3rd - 12th, Adult Education
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The Greatest Gift Reader's Theater Script -Questions -Philip Van Doren Stern
George PrattGive me just one good reason why I should be alive. I’m sick of everything! I’m stuck here in this mud hole for life, doing the same full work day after day. Other people are leading exciting lives, but I…well, I’m just a small-town bank clerk. I never did anything really useful or interesting, and it looks as if I never will. I might just as well be dead. Sometimes I wish I were. In fact, I wish I had never been born!The StrangerWhy, that’s wonderful! You have solved everything. You
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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1984 Reader's Theatre Script Unit -George Orwell -Dystopia -Questions & Quiz
Winston SmithWhat are you in for? Tom ParsonsThoughtcrime! Winston SmithAre you guilty? Tom ParsonsOf course I'm guilty! You don't think the Party would arrest an innocent man, do you? Thoughtcrime is a dreadful thing, old man. It's insidious. It can get hold of you without your even knowing it. Do you know how it got hold of me? In my sleep! Yes, that's a fact. There I was, working away, trying to do my bit—never knew I had any bad stuff in my mind at all. And then I started talking in my sleep
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Fairy tales ✿ TABOO - Speaking game
This game is a great way to reactivate vocabulary and grammar. It is a lot of fun for all levels.Game instructions:Get into groups of 3 to 5. The objective is to get your friends to guess the fairy tale you are describing, but there’s a list of 3 words you can’t say !Take it in turns to take a card and score the most points by guessing the most tales correctly (1 tale = 1 point).Included are:- Game instructions (printable or projectable)- 18 taboo cards - Blank cards (in case you need to add a p
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1st - 10th
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Also included in:Â Fairy tales BUNDLE - TABOO game + writing fairy tales with PICTURE PROMPTS
Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets Circle Talks/Journal Prompts
Hello Lovely Potterhead Educators! I have created these Circle Talk and Journal Prompts to go along with the second Harry Potter Book. There are 4-5 prompts per chapter. They can be used in a variety of ways: Display these on your SMART Board and have students pick their own prompt to write about in their journal after each chapter. Many of the prompts promote students to make connections to their own lives and make connections to the themes of the story. Use the prompts to create literacy cir
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3rd - 10th
The Hitch-Hiker: Spooky Reader's Theatre Story -Halloween -Ghost
The Hitch-Hiker Summary:Doctor Edward Stevens has just finished visiting a patient from a house call on a dark and rainy night. As he is driving home, he sees a girl waiting at a bus shelter in the middle of the night. He picks her up and she introduces herself as Layla. She was attending a party, and her friends dropped her off at the bus shelter. She requests to be taken to her parents home since they are worried about her. As Doctor Stevens speaks to Layla, he suddenly notices something odd a
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3rd - 12th, Adult Education
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The Count of Monte Cristo Radio Play Script/Reader's Theatre -Alexandre Dumas
The Count of Monte Cristo Summary:Edmond Dantès has it all: a beautiful fiancé and a caring father, but that is all taken away from him when Edmond is wrongfully imprisoned on the island of Chateau d'If. While in prison, Edmond plots his revenge against those who betrayed him. With help from another prisoner named Abbé Faria, he escapes the island and proceeds to transform himself into the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo as part of his plan to exact revenge and gain his life back.Included in this
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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Sorry, Wrong Number -Reader's Theater Script -Suspense -Lucille Fletcher
Sergeant MartinYou know, telephones are funny things. Now, look, why don’t you look at it this way: Supposing you hadn’t broken in on that telephone call. Supposing you got your husband the way you always do. You wouldn’t be so upset, would you? Agnes StevensonI...well I suppose not. But it sounded so inhuman, so cold blooded… Sergeant MartinWell, a lot of murders are plotted in this city everyday, ma’am. We manage to prevent almost all of them, but a clue of this kind is so vague, it isn’t mu
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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It's Thanksgiving, Charlie Brown! Reader's Theatre Script -Questions & Rubric
SallyHi, Linus. Maybe you can talk to my brother. I think Thanksgiving is making him crazy. LinusI will see what I can do. Charlie BrownLinus, I think I am losing control of the whole world! Peppermint Patty has invited herself, Marcie, and Franklin over for Thanksgiving dinner, and I’m not even going to be here! LinusWhy don’t you just call Patty back and tell that to her?Charlie BrownYou can’t explain anything to Peppermint Patty because you never get a chance to say anything. I’m doomed! Thre
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4th - 10th, Adult Education
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Circle Talks/Journal Prompts for The Hobbit
Hi Educators!I was reflecting on my last year teaching Grade 4/5 and reading The Hobbit. I thought about our class novel study and what I could do to improve our lessons. The traditional book study pages with all of the paperwork just wasn't working for my group of kids. I thought this may be a fun and creative way to expand on the lessons in The Hobbit in a more verbal and creative way for those students who struggle with traditional writing tasks and thrive while making connections to their ow
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4th - 10th
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Alice in Wonderland Radio Play/Reader's Theater Script -Lewis Carroll
Alice in Wonderland Summary:A young girl named Alice falls asleep in a meadow while her sister reads a book. Alice dreams that she sees a White Rabbit running by her with a pocket watch, so she follows the White Rabbit down a burrow. She has many bizarre adventures with illogical and very strange creatures. She encounters the Dormouse, Caterpillar, the Duchess, The Cheshire Cat, The March Hare and the Mad Hatter. She plays a game of croquet with a flamingo for a croquet mallet and hedgehogs for
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
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Home Alone: Reader's Theatre/Radio Play -Christmas
Summary:When bratty 8-year-old Kevin McCallister acts out the night before a family trip to Paris, his mother, Kate McCallister, makes him sleep in the attic. After the McCallisters mistakenly leave for the airport without Kevin, he awakens to an empty house and assumes his wish to have no family has come true, but his excitement sours when he realizes that two con men named Harry and Marv, who call themselves the Wet Bandits, plan to rob the McCallister residence, and that he alone must protect
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5th - 12th, Adult Education
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Ultimate Literature Circle Pack
Resources included:All Graphic Organizers, ready for copyTwo Complete Sample Unit Plans, with suggested durationsIntroductory Google SlideshowWhat Literature Circles are:Literature circles are small, student-led discussion groups centered around a piece of literature. They are designed to promote critical thinking, active engagement with texts, and collaborative learning. In literature circles, students typically read a common text, either a novel, short story, poem, or play, and then come toget
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7th - 10th
The Murders in the Rue Morgue: Reader's Theatre/Radio Play -Edgar Allan Poe
The Murders in the Rue Morgue Summary:An amateur detective named C. Auguste Dupin and his friend, Poe, investigate the murder of two women on the fourth floor of the Rue Morgue. Numerous witnesses heard a suspect, though no one agrees on what language was spoken by the suspect. At the murder scene, Dupin finds a hair that does not appear to be human. The Gendarmerie are baffled as to who could have committed the murders, leaving Dupin to use his uncanny ingenuity to solve the case.I have read th
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5th - 12th, Adult Education
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The Wind in the Willows Reader's Theatre Script with Questions
BadgerToad, I want you to solemnly repeat, before your friends here, what you fully admitted to me in the smoking-room just now. First, you are sorry for what you have done, and you see the folly of it all? There was a long, long pause. Toad looked desperately this way and that, while the other animals waited in grave silence. At last he spoke. ToadNo! I am not sorry, and it was not a folly at all! It was simply glorious! BadgerThen you do not promise, to never touch a motor-car again? ToadCerta
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5th - 10th, Adult Education
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