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Martin Luther King Day writing-essays scripts
Martin Luther King Day Reader's Theater Toolkit for Middle School
This Martin Luther King Readers Theater Unit is one your middle school students will love! Practice fluency and speaking while incorporating MLK Day activities into your language arts instruction. This 10-character PDF script includes comprehension questions and word work activities, making it a flexible teaching resource you can use in multiple ways!This is the perfect resource for sharing information about the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. while staying on task with your reading and writ
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: ELA American History Reader's Theater Scripts Bundle for Big Kids
Sitting Down for Dr. King: Sit-ins Protests RT
Here's a powerful classroom play set during the Greensboro Lunch Counter Sit-ins of 1960. The event is viewed through the eyes of a middle-class white boy who gets angry when the protests prevent him from enjoying his family celebration at the Woolworth. As the historically-accurate events unfold, he comes to understand the plight of the young protesters and in the end overcomes his own preconceptions to "stand" with them.Best suited for reader’s theater, podcast, or discussion-based classroom r
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5th - 8th
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January ELA Activities Bundle for Middle School
This collection of January and New Year's activities includes the perfect standards-based resources to engage your students on their return from winter break. Use these print-and-go resources to give your students practice reading to self, reading to someone, listening to reading, word work, and writing—all centered around the seasonal themes of January!This January ELA Bundle includes:• New Year's Close Reads for BIG KIDS• Martin Luther King Jr. Informational Text Task Cards• Martin Luther King
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4th - 7th
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3rd GRADE NARRATIVE WRITING | Essay Writing for Third Grade | Writing Program
Do your 3rd Graders need help with narrative writing? This 3rd Grade, STEP-BY-STEP NARRATIVE WRITING UNIT unit has EVERYTHING you need to guide your students to effective narrative essay writing! In this writer's workshop, you will find mini-lessons like character traits, transition words, plot, revising, editing, and more! It also has a comparison chart for narrative vs. personal narrative and how to interchange the lessons. It was explicitly designed for teachers and homeschool parents to EASI
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3rd
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Also included in: WRITING | PARAGRAPH WRITING | NARRATIVE | OPINION | INFORMATIVE | 3RD
Martin Luther King Jr Day Readers Theater
Enjoy and learn with this Reader's Theater script for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Informative Theater unit includes:1 two-page script in black and white with 5 Character Cards1 two-page script in color with 5 Character Cards1 informative sheet about the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial1 Martin Luther King, Jr. Facts Activity Page (2 versions)1 Unscramble the Letters Activity Page*****This is included in our Informative Reader’s Theater from January to June.
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: Holidays January to June Readers Theater Bundle
Informational Writing Sentence Starters/Graphic Organizer
A good way to help those who struggle putting their thoughts together and with writing organization to write a one paragraph informational piece. Includes choice of topic sentence starters, details, and closing sentence starters.
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Not Grade Specific
Letter from a Birmingham Jail reader's theater script
Letter from a Birmingham Jail reader’s theater is a 2 page script for 8 readers that explains the events leading up to Dr. Martin Luther King’s arrest and subsequent letter, summarizes the content of the letter and provides a peek at subsequent landmark events that came as a result of the civil rights movement.Also included: a rubric, reader's theater version of MLK's I Have a Dream speech, and some Black History visual writing prompts/bulletin board items to promote critical thinking.Check out
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Black History Month bundle (in person and remote)
Martin Luther King Jr. Readers Theater Holiday Script, Reading & Activity Packet
This Martin Luther King Jr. Packet provides enjoyable reading and writing activities which coordinate with a readers theater script! This holiday script teaches key facts in the history of the civil rights movement and the life of Dr. King.This packet includes a 2-page readers theater script and 5 script-related activity sheets, each with its own answer key:* Fill-In the Blanks* Vocabulary Fun* Unscramble* Word Search* 5-Question QuizThis is a great way for students to increase reading and writi
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2nd - 4th
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A School Play and Readers’ Theater “The Dream – Martin Luther King, Jr."
Come share a school bus ride to Lakeview Elementary School in Montgomery, Alabama, and follow the children as they participate in an assembly about the life of one or our most famous African-Americans.“The Dream – Martin Luther King, Jr.” is an original play written for use as readers’ theater, as a part of balanced literacy (Read-Aloud, Shared and Performance Reading or Guided Reading), or for an actual play production. In readers’ theater or through one of the balanced literacy approaches to t
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Bundle of 15 Holiday Plays gr. 1-5
Response to Literature Common Core Kid Friendly Writing Kit Bundle
Common Core Standards inspire and require teachers to move our students toward a focus on thinking and taking ownership of their own learning. The Kid Friendly graphic organizers, rubrics, student score sheets, 3 and 5 paragraph exemplary essays, and peer edit checklists in this kit support students as they learn to do just that, preparing them for career and college readiness in the 21st Century!
Writing is challenging to teach and time consuming to grade. The pages in this kit ensure that yo
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4th - 6th
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Step-By-Step Writing Conference Guides for Volunteers & Tutors Gr. 2-6
Got help? Great! Getting the targeted help you need? PRICELESS! This packet includes step-by-step, 1 page guides for meeting with individuals and small groups for writing conferences in grades 2-6. The guides are written to be used by parent volunteers, tutors, aides or other paraprofessionals. I've left out educational jargon (or explained any that appears) to keep the guides user-friendly. This packet will be a treasured resource and huge time saver for you!SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: I just
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2nd - 6th
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LEAP 2025 Test Prep Writing Prompt: The Trial of Cardigan Jones
This Third Grade Writing Prompt is based on the story, "The Trial of Cardigan Jones." As an added bonus, I adapted the story to a Reader's Theatre Script ( My students love to read scripts.)The Prompt reads as follows:In this fantasy, the author created a character named Cardigan who was accused of stealing an apple pie from Mrs. Brown’s window sill. Imagine that you are a newspaper reporter covering, “The Trial of Cardigan Jones.” Conduct an interview with Cardigan to get story details from
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3rd - 4th
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I Have a Dream Speech Reader's Theatre: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School
10-page Reader's Theatre Script of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream "speech including a forward. It has been written with 20 parts but can be adjusted. MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech is the perfect opportunity to actively engage your students in a history lesson. Martin Luther King Jr. is one of America's finest orators of all time. Use his speech as a catalyst for students to work on their presentation skills. Included in the packet are two essay prompts with writing pages. Specific inst
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5th - 8th
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Writing Process & Fundamentals Unit-BUNDLED-Differentiated, Common Core
This 5-week long Writing Fundamentals unit teaches students compound sentences, the power paragraph, and the five paragraph essay. It also teaches students how to workshop one another's pieces to help each other succeed.
**This unit includes three other products from my site:
--Differentiated compound sentences
--Writing the Power Paragraph
--Writing the Five Paragraph Essay (complete with the Writer's Workshop!)
By purchasing this bundled unit, you save over 20% than if you purchased the less
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5th - 11th
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. "I Have a Dream" Reader's Theatre for High School
10-page Reader's Theatre Script of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream "speech including a forward. It has been written with 20 parts but can be adjusted. MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech is the perfect opportunity to actively engage your students in a history lesson. Martin Luther King Jr. is one of America's finest orators of all time. Use his speech as a catalyst for students to work on their presentation skills. Included in the packet are two essay prompts with writing pages. Specific inst
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9th - 12th
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Martin's Big Dream: The Youth of MLK Readers Theater
Classic reader's theater from the pages of Scholastic’s Storyworks magazine! Martin's Big Dream is based on a true story from Dr. King’s childhood in which neighborhood boys refused to play baseball with him. Dr. King wrote that it was a pivotal moment in his becoming a civil rights leader. It was recently enacted by a branch of the Palace Theatre with support from the local BLM chapter, and it pairs nicely with Doreen Rappaport's book, "Martin's Big Words." It includes parts for ten to twelve
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4th - 7th
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Gonna Let it Shine: MLK Selma Readers Theater
Students will quickly connect with eight-year-old Sheyann Webb. In “Gonna Let it Shine” she shares her emotional, often frightening childhood experience as Dr. King’s “Smallest Freedom Fighter.” We’re used to hearing about the Civil Rights struggle from the viewpoint of adults, yet here is the true story of a little girl who not only saw it, but was there on the front lines in Selma risking the same dangers as her adult counterparts. Carefully researched, it improves upon an earlier version that
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4th - 8th
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Reader's Theater -- News of Ruby Bridges
This small group reader's theater is for 4 students. The names are girls but could be changed to include boys. This story is about Ruby Bridges told from the perspective of children living during that time. It was written for Black History Month. Most of my students have never heard of the people we study during this month. This is why I place such an emphasis on heroes of this caliber. I tie in their fluency study with history. It makes it both fun and educational. If you want more of these, th
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3rd - 9th
MLK Jr. Reader's Theatre Bundle: "I Have a Dream" & "We Dream a World"
This is a bundle perfect for the celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day! Included in this bundle are two different Reader's Theatre scripts. One is MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech and the other is based on a book written by his granddaughter, "We Dream a World." Provide your students the opportunity to deepen their understanding of Dr. King's speech with this engaging, reading activity. All my students love it when we use a Reader's Theatre script, especially my students who typically struggle.
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3rd - 5th
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African American Trailblazers(Bundle of SIX Famous African American)
This bundle contains six of my Ms. Bie Ografee Talk Show format Reader's Theater Scripts. The bundle includes Bessie Coleman, Tuskegee Airmen, Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King and George Washington Carver.Each play has the "guest" visiting Ms. Bie Ografee's Talk Show and audience questioners asking the guest questions about their life and accomplishments. The plays include a Did You Know? of factoids, comprehension questions, a teacher page with extension activities and the key.Gr
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4th - 8th
Martin's Big Words: Reader's Theater Script, Quote Posters, & Timeline Cards
This packet is based on the book Martin's Big Words written by Doreen Rappaport & Illustrated by Bryan Collier. It includes a reader's theater script, posters of the quotes from the book, and times cards to match up dates and facts about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s life.These instructions are also included in the packet: written by Doreen Rappaport & Illustrated by Bryan Collier. It includes a reader's theater script, posters of the quotes from the book, and times cards to match up dat
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2nd - 8th
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Martin Luther King - Readers' Theater
Your students will enjoy learning about the accomplishments of this amazing man through readers theater. Included with the script are three task cards and an acrostic poetry form. Buy this script alone or in a bundle with the following holiday scripts:
Veterans Day
Columbus Day
Christmas Around the World
President's Day
St. Patrick's Day Readers' Theater
Earth Day Readers' Theater
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4th - 8th
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"I Have a Dream" Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Reader's Theatre- Elementary Edition
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Speech "I Have a Dream" in a 10-page Reader's Theatre Script for 15 students. Perfect for elementary students.Provide your students the opportunity to deepen their understanding of Dr. King's speech with this engaging, reading activity. All my students love it when we use a Reader's Theatre script, especially my students who typically struggle. Reader's Theatre allows students to prepare and practice before speaking in front of peers. All students will work on fluenc
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: MLK Jr. Reader's Theatre Bundle: "I Have a Dream" & "We Dream a World"
Martin Luther King Readers Theater Scripts SEL Plays to Teach Cultural Diversity
Martin Luther King Jr. Reader's Theater Scripts Include 5 Short Plays to Teach About Cultural Diversity in the Classroom and in the World. These can also be used for social emotional learning stories to teach about inclusivity.Ignite creativity and foster a love for storytelling with cultural diversity reader's theater plays. They feature humorous content that make learning and self-expression a fun experience for elementary students.Included:Five 5 Plays (3-4 pages each)Each Play Includes 4-6 C
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2nd - 5th
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