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Common Core RL.11-12.1 scripts
Reader's Theater Bundle: 4 Scripts and Lessons, Middle & High School
Allowing your students to perform rather than simply read a play brings a new dimension to a class study of a dramatic piece. When students get up and act out the parts for their audience –usually comprised of non-acting students in the class – it brings a sense of identifying with and ownership of their parts. They have a safe and small audience to perform in front of – which makes it real and more doable. Bring or encourage costumes, the use of musical instruments in the background, or sound e
Reader's Theater Script "Everyman" + Lessons Middle & High School
Medieval drama has never been this fun - share a taste of Medieval European culture and drama with your students, both middle school and secondary! With this purchase, you will receive BOTH the PLAY and lesson materials for a cross-curricular history and ELA experience. This product is also available in my My Top Five Favorite Products in My Store. Check it out - it's a great deal!Students analyze a cultural experience reflected through this short work of literature (RL6). Check out the preview
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Also included in: English Language Arts - Bundle of MY Favorite Products in My Shop
Bundle: American Literature
Save time and over 50% of individual pricing ($26) with this American Literature bundle. It contains 20 reader’s theater scripts, 5 choral readings (poems), lesson plans, projects, Power Points, rubrics, printables and instructions on how to use the resources within. Several activities and assignments combine two or more authors for comparison and analysis.Reader's theater is an excellent way to increase comprehension and character analysis as reader's use their voices to become the characters
Humorous and Ironic No Prep Reader’s Theater Play: The Cop and the Anthem
Do you need a laugh? Do your students need one, too? This fun and engaging resource was designed to entertain students as they learn. The 28-slide PowerPoint resource is a fun-filled reader’s theater version of O. Henry’s short story “The Cop and the Anthem” created for Grades 7-12. The reader’s theater play is quite humorous and contains numerous examples of irony. Colorful slides, or setting backdrops, enhance the fun as students read and/or act out each scene. The story contains themes of
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7th - 12th
Don Quixote Project based learning (PBL) & readers theater script
Wondering how to engage 21st century learners with a 17th century text? Over the years scholars have debated on the sanity of the Don Quixote character. This project combines reading, writing, acting, analysis, group work, discussion and critical thinking to answer that question. Included are readers theater scripts (1 longer introductory script and 4 more shorter ones), discussion questions, 4 rubrics, a tie in lesson on censorship/banned books, internet resources and review games. Great int
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
The Red Badge of Courage (Reader's Theater Script-Stories + Reading Guides)
Penning the ultimate novel of the Civil War, Stephen Crane takes us into the mind of a soldier. The Red Badge of Courage portrays one youth’s struggle against himself as he fights his first battle. Because of its psychological realism, the novel still resonates with young readers today. This two-script adaptation is perfect for teachers who need an engaging way to exposure their students to the events of the novel. These script-stories can be used in conjunction with the original text to increas
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: American Literature Teaching Resources Bundle
Hearts and Hands by O. Henry: Reading and Writing Standards-Based Activities
This 43-slide PowerPoint resource contains a fun and engaging reader’s theater of O. Henry’s short story “Hearts and Hands." The activities contained in this resource were designed to be used either as a PowerPoint or as printables in a literacy center or whole group setting. The materials, ideas, and activities were designed to accommodate different learning styles and can be easily used to differentiate learning. The activities require students to analyze, evaluate, apply, synthesize, compa
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7th - 12th
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Gulliver's Travels: Voyage to Lilliput (A Reader's Theater Script-Story)
Gulliver's Travels is the ultimate satire. Through Gulliver's visit to the land of Lilliput, Jonathan Swift shows just how "small" people can be. When ship's surgeon, Lemuel Gulliver, washes up on the Lilliputian shore, the six-inch-tall residents tie him to the ground and demand that he aid them in their war against their enemies. Not only are Gulliver's attempts to acclimate himself to his tiny surroundings laugh-out-loud funny, but Swift's razor-sharp wit is in rare form as he satirizes every
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7th - 12th
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Journalism 101 Class
A fully comprehensive introduction to Journalism curriculum/course/lesson plan. Suitable for high school students to freshman/sophomore college students. Full semester of teacher/learning materials (12 weeks of instruction material). Covers the following material: Foundational Principals of Journalism; Basics of All Journalism; Types of Stories/Sections Within the Paper (features, editorials, sports, etc.); Media Law; Media Ethics; Community Journalism; Radio Journalism; Online Journalism; Photo
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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William Carlos Williams "This is Just to Say" & Kenneth Koch | Satire & Tone
Looking for an engaging poetry lesson to get your students excited about critical thinking and enjoying poetry writing? William Carlos William’s poem “This is Just to Say” is a deceptively simple poem about the everyday experience of taking the last delicacy from the fridge. It’s also a poem about family relationships, communication, guilt, and family life. And it's a great poem to easily and quickly teach tone, diction, and structure.The creative writing prompt inspired by Kenneth Koch's poe
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9th - 12th
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American Horror 2-3 week unit reader's theater, projects, prompts +
American Literature Horror and Gothic Horror unit. Take a quick trip through the various periods of American Literature. OBJECTIVES includeWhat makes language powerful?How is the writer’s time period reflected in his work?How is the writer’s individual perspective reflected in his work?How is the historical context seen in literature?How did one author influence others? Product contains 11 reader’s theater scripts,1 choral reading (Haunted Houses poem by Longfellow)Poe's Poems virtual escape roo
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8th - 11th
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Collision Course readers theater script, rubric, prompts, projects
Collision Course (based on The Signal Control by Wadsworth Camp) adapted to play format by Kathy Applebee is an 11 page, 3 scene script for 1 female, 3 males, 3 either. Script can be used as a reader’s theater or performance piece. Run Time: 20-22 minutes. Can be done using the Jigsaw method in class. It is an ideal piece to teach conflict in literature since several types appear in the plot. The 14 pages of projects and prompts provide opportunities for the teacher to choose, the students to
American Lit. semester 1: The American Dream 18 weeks
Save time and 50% of individual pricing ($26) with this American Literature semester 1 bundle. It contains reader’s theater scripts, 5 choral readings (poems), lesson plans, projects, Power Points, rubrics, printables and instructions on how to use the resources within. Several activities and assignments combine two or more authors or pieces for comparison and analysis. While not strictly in chronological order, the units focus on a themes around the American Dream: Puritan and Colonial influenc
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8th - 12th
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Moby Dick Reader's Theater Script-Story Collection
Have you ever wanted to teach Moby Dick but couldn't find the time? Moby Dick is an American classic for a variety of reasons, but the original novel is daunting to high-school learners. That's why this Reader's Theater script-story adaptation is the perfect solution! While preserving the author's literary style, this 108-page text adapts Herman Melville's classic novel into six 45-minute Reader's Theater script-stories. Allowing the students to inhabit classic characters like Captain Ahab, Ishm
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: American Literature Teaching Resources Bundle
Elizabeth Nesbit's The Ebony Frame reader's theater script, project and prompts
The Ebony Frame by Edith Nesbit adapted to play form by Kathy Applebee is a 10 page, 7 scene script for 4 females, 3 males, and as many extras as desired can be used as a reader’s theater or performance piece. When a man inherits a mansion, he is strangely drawn to a portrait of a woman. Who is she? What does she want?The 12 pages of projects and prompts provide opportunities for the teacher to choose, the students to interact with the text and work on various projects, writing and discussion
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7th - 11th
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American Dream - Unit 1 for American Literature
Save time and get started with American Literature unit 1 of the American Dream. Materials for about 2 weeks. It contains 3 reader’s theater scripts, 2 choral readings (poems), lesson plans, projects, Power Points, rubrics, printables and instructions on how to use the resources within as well as a connotation – denotation lesson. It introduces students to the American Dream with early American writings and speeches , John Edward’s “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, poetry of Anne Bradstre
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9th - 12th
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The Three Strangers by Thomas Hardy script, projects, prompts
The Three Strangers by Thomas Hardy adapted to play form by Kathy Applebee is a 16 page, 4 scene script for 3 females, 8 males, 4 either and as many extras as desired can be used as a reader’s theater or performance piece. During a celebration in a remote shepherd’s cottage, three strangers knock on the door seeking relief from the storm. Before the evening ends, pride, mistaken identities and what passes for justice in a rural area plagued by bad economic times will confront all of those invo
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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Nathaniel Hawthorne Unit (reader's theater scripts, projects, prompts and more)
One bundle with 4 literary works by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Scripts can be used in class or adapted to a performance and they are all royalty free. Over 50 pages including a rubric and how to use the Jigsaw method with the scripts.Check out a bigger bundleAmerican Horror 2-3 week unit reader's theater, projects, prompts +
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8th - 12th
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The Great Gatsby: Reading chapter 6 through the character's perspective
If you don’t have time to read chapter 6 as a class but you need students to know the important revelations within this chapter before you get to the climax in chapter 7, then this activity is perfect. Instead of reading chapter 6 the traditional way, students will read through the events of chapter 6 through the characters' perspectives. Each character, Gatsby, Daisy, Tom, and Nick, has an inner thoughts page dedicated to them. Students will read through a chapter summary. Then, they'll read ea
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Also included in: Gatsby Bundle: Highly engaging activities for chapters 5-7.
Fahrenheit 451 Readers Theater The Parlor scene pages 88-99
Bring this significant scene to life through this readers theater guide! The Parlour Scene is the perfect scene to act out. Students have fun and emphasize just how ridiculous these women are. It's easy for them to analyze why Montag is so frustrated.Resource includes a lesson plan, a how to set up the room, 3 versions of the script: 1 without the guided questions, 1 with the stop and reflect prompts, and one for teachers, which includes extensive answer key to the stop and reflect questions. In
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Also included in: Engaging Fahrenheit 451 Activities for the beginning, middle, and end!
Hawthorne's Young Goodman Brown reader's theater script, projects, prompts
Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne, adapted by Kathy Applebee. Royalty free, 7 scene, 7-page script for 6 readers, run time 15 minutes with rehearsal. Set in colonial New England during the Salem Witch hysteria. Young Goodman Brown meets the devil and realizes many of his fellow community members, including his young wife, are actually in league with the devil. Or was it all a bad dream? Also included are “How to do reader’s theater”, “Jigsaw method of reader’s theater, and 14 pages of p
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8th - 11th
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Script: The Yellow Wallpaper reader's theater, lesson plan, project +
The Yellow WallpaperProduct includes a reader’s theater script breaking the short story into 25 scenes. Reader’s theater gives students an authentic reason to read and reread as well as analyze characters in order to perform.Does sitting around doing nothing cure or cause madness? The story follows the deterioration of the protagonist's mental health: obsession with the yellow wallpaper in her bedroom and the decent from depression to psychosis. The PPT converted to .PDF includes writing prom
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Bundle: American Literature
Anne Bradstreet & Jonathon Edward's scripts, projects & prompts
Two Early American Lit Puritan period scripts, projects and prompts in 1 product. Sinners in the Hand of an Angry God is a 4 page, 4 scene reader’s theater for 4 readers per part. It summarizes Jonathon Edwards’ sermon and provides some background and analysis to jumpstart learning conversations and to go with the graphic organizers, projects and prompts in 2 PDFs that work like a PPT. (one for teacher, one for students) It provides a good lead in for American Lit or a persuasive writing lesson
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9th - 12th
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Writing A Film Analysis Essay Google Slides- Film Studies High School
In Google Slides for Easy Editing Our concise and comprehensive Google Slides Notes simplifies the complexities of essay writing, providing educators with ready-to-use resources to streamline lesson planning.With clear instructions and insightful tips, our notes empower teachers to effectively convey the intricacies of film analysis to students. From dissecting plot structure to analyzing character development and thematic elements, we cover all the essential aspects of crafting a compelling fil
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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