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Reader's Theater Script: 'Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving
This purchase includes a full reader's theater script for the picture book 'Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving by Dav Pilkey
This script has 23 narrators and each narrator gets to speak 2 times during the reader's theater. (You could easily adapt this script to fit more or less students)
Kids LOVE to perform Reader's Theaters (especially from popular stories that they've heard time and time again) and it's a great way to build fluency and confidence in readers!
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1st - 4th
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Thanksgiving Reader's Theater Bundle
This purchase includes a bundle of five printable Thanksgiving-themed Reader's Theater scripts. Each script is typed so that there are 22 narrators that get two (or more) speaking parts throughout the Reader's Theater. *However, the scripts could easily be adapted to accommodate more or less narrators. Four of the scripts are for fiction stories, but the fifth script is a nonfiction text. It would be a really fun way for students to learn about the first Thanksgiving or to share with others abou
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1st - 5th
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The Terrific Turkey Thanksgiving Reader's Theater
This is a humorous Thanksgiving Reader's Theater I wrote for an RTI class. It is appropriate for grades 3-5. There are nine speaking parts and takes about 11 minutes to perform. Synopsis: Dad orders a turkey for the family Thanksgiving dinner. The fun begins when they go to pick it up and discover he has mistakenly ordered a live turkey! Sarah befriends the turkey and schemes to save its life.
My students enjoyed reading it multiple times, switching roles. It's an enjoyable way to practice flue
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3rd - 6th
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Thanksgiving Reader's Theater: The Great Thanksgiving Escape
This purchase includes a printable Reader's Theater script for the picture book: The Great Thanksgiving Escape by Mark Fearing.
The script is typed with 22 narrators that each get to speak twice in the Reader's Theater performance. *However, the script could easily be adapted to accommodate more or less narrators.
If you like this Reader's Theater, check out my other holiday and non-holiday Reader's Theater scripts and bundles. Thank you!
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1st - 4th
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Best Christmas Gift Ever Persuasive Essay Example
This example essay can serve as the foundation for a teacher's modeling of how to write a persuasive piece. It is color-coded to demonstrate for the students how to separate the different reasons why their gifts are the best gifts ever. The students can approach the essay from two angles--either to persuade someone that a past gift is the best gift ever, or to persuade a parent or guardian that he or she should purchase or make the gift for their child.
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4th - 5th
Ten Things I'm Thankful For - Small Group Reader's Theater
This reader's theater was written for a small group of 4. It was written to be used in November for Thanksgiving. In the script, Susan has to create a list for an assignment in writing. The title is Ten Things I’m Thankful For. They have to be things she can describe and go into detail about as well as say why they are important. Susan put off doing the assignment because she thought it was easy and ran out of time but her friends help her to come up with a list. While they are creating it, they
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3rd - 6th
Reader's Theater Script: The Night Before Thanksgiving
This download includes a reader's theater script for the story The Night Before Thanksgiving by Natasha Wing.
There are 23 narrators and each narrator gets to speak three times in the script. But, this script could be edited/adjusted to fit the needs of your particular classroom.
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1st - 4th
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The Pilgrim's Voyage to the New World & their first Thanksgiving
This is the in depth story leading up to the Pilgrim's first Thanksgiving from their original departure from England to Holland, and then traveling to the New World. Visuals of the boats, the people, and the terrain add to the understanding of the difficulties that persisted. Carefully researched facts are included in the presenter's view and contain information about the purpose of the Pilgrim's voyages, conditions and measurements of the Mayflower, the passengers, the Mayflower Compact, expedi
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3rd - 8th
Tad Saves Jack - The Story of the First Presidentially Pardoned Turkey
This Reader's Theater is my favorite November/Thanksgiving script! It was written for a small group of 4 students. The title explains it all. This true story is about one of my favorite Thanksgiving events! In the script, President Lincoln was given a turkey to be eaten for Christmas dinner. Tad Lincoln adopted it as a pet, named him Jack, and taught it to follow him around the White House grounds. The Hosts of the Little Known Historical Facts Show present the story of how the turkey Jack manag
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
True Story of the Pilgrims and the First Thanksgiving
The True Story of the Pilgrims & the First Thanksgiving teaches students what life was like for the Pilgrims as they traveled on the Mayflower and made new homes in America, while learning about the Native Americans who lived nearby. This slide show uses paintings and drawings of life in the 17th century - you will not find cartoon-like pictures in this presentation because I believe students of any age can appreciate fine art and explore the myriad of details to be found in this type of il
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4th - 8th
Winner, Winner, Turkey Dinner! - Full Version
A delight for all ages to perform and watch! This is a patriotic, semi-historical (but mostly inaccurate) Thanksgiving skit that will have audiences giggling with glee and roaring with laughter! Originally written to be performed in a Reader's Theater Course, this skit can be done with only a few actors playing multiple roles or each role being performed by a different actor. Costumes, props, and set pieces are optional! Forgo the "traditional" Thanksgiving plays with pilgrims and native America
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Text Based Informative Constructed Response Sentence Frames grades 6-12 & Rubric
This sentence frame are designed for struggling writers who need structure. Many struggling writers do not know where to begin. My sentence frames are designed to provide structure thus increasing efficacy and confidence. These sentence frames can be used for any informative or expository constructed response prompt.
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6th - 12th
Thanksgiving Play for ESL High Beginning or Elementary
This play follows the Pilgrims from Holland in mid-1620 to America to the first Thanksgiving in late 1621. It teaches the history and vocabulary of Thanksgiving in play format and has comprehension and vocabulary exercises at the end. Suitable for ESL students at any age with some grasp of present tenses and simple modals and an introduction to simple past tense. Play is mostly presented in simple present tense with narration in simple past. Recommended use: Introduce vocabulary and read through
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3rd - 6th, Adult Education
Twenty Terrific Turkey Facts for Thanksgiving Day - Small Group Reader's Theater
This small group reader's theater was written for 4 students for Thanksgiving. It is intended for fun but also to teach some facts about turkeys. In the script, Tom is collecting as many turkey facts as he can to share while having Thanksgiving dinner. He begins sharing them with his friends only to find that they have some facts about turkeys as well. By the time they are through, they each will know plenty of facts to share with others and so will you! My 3rd graders who are on grade level did
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3rd - 12th
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Climate Change Discussion Text - Year 4-6 - Talk4Writing
This model text is of the persuasive and discussion genre, suited to upper primary students. It is based on the Talk 4 Writing (Pie Corbett) structure / formula including age appropriate connectives and vocabulary. 460 Word count.
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4th - 7th
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Too Many Turkeys
This reader's theater was written for a small group of 4 students for Thanksgiving. It is about Thanksgiving dinner. In the script, Bob and Molly have planned to have all the family over for Thanksgiving Dinner. It is supposed to be a potluck meal. Molly did not send a list for people to sign up and everyone has brought a turkey to eat. There are no other dishes. Thanksgiving is not ruined because everyone is thankful to be together and have plenty to eat. When my students performed this our qui
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4th - 6th
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The Story of the Cornucopia or the Horn of Plenty - Small Group Reader's Theater
This small group reader's theater was written for 4 students and is used mainly during November for Thanksgiving but - because of its Greek basis - could be used at any time. It is the story of the FIRST cornucopia. In the script, Sam is told that they will be drawing Cornucopias in class today. He tells James and Sonia that he has no idea what one is. So James and Olivia tell him the story. It begins with Kronos, the father of Zeus, who has decided to eat all his children when they are born so
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5th - 12th
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Small Group Reader's Theaters for Thanksgiving
This is a Thanksgiving pack of small group reader's theaters. There are 6 of them. Each reader's theater is sold singly but you can get all six in this packet and save some money. The scripts are: Black Friday, The Gobble Gobble Ghost, Let's Talk Turkey, The First Presidential Pardoned Turkey, Ten Things I'm Thankful For, and Too Many Turkeys. The Gobble Gobble Ghost was in my Halloween packet but involves a turkey so I put it in here also. The pack gives you 6 for $8. When you buy them individu
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4th - 7th, Adult Education
Thanksgiving Play Script
A google docs script for a thanksgiving play. This script includes 4 songs, 8 independent reading parts for kids, and enough roles for 20-25 kids. Groups of characters should be between 4-5 students (ex. turkeys: 4-5 kids playing turkeys).
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K - 2nd
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That's Not Punny - Jokes for Thanksgiving and Small Group Reader's Theater
This small group reader's theater was written for 3 students for Thanksgiving. It is intended for fun. This script isn’t so much a story as a comic routine. The characters in it tell each other different jokes that they have heard about Thanksgiving. The jokes come from many different sources. In fact, the same jokes were found in many places. The script is meant to be funny and enjoyable for those listening and for those who read it. There is a small writing response piece at the end. I write r
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3rd - 12th
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Thanksgiving
A short skit of a family helping others in need during Thanksgiving.
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1st - 5th
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PLAY SCRIPT WRITING - 11 WORKSHEETS WITH ANSWERS
A set of 11 worksheets with answers on play script writing. This Resource includes: Writing dialogues to go with the story in the given visuals.Turning flat dialogues into an exciting story.Adding scene description and stage directions.Adding dialogues and reporting verbs.Preparing play-scripts for dialogues.Selecting best option to answer play-script questions.Turning given story into a play script. Rewriting the narrative poem as a play script.Here are some possible uses for these in your clas
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6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â WRITING WORKSHEETS AND TASK CARDS BUNDLE
Compare and Contrast Benchmark Writing Packet
This is a packet to create a rough and final draft for any benchmark writing prompt on the subject of compare and contrast. Student will compare and contrast using themselves and a friend. Activities included are:
~Definition and Prompt along with an Example using a cat and dog.
~An Interview Sheet for the student and the friend they have chosen to work with.
~A Draw You and Your Friend activity for Visual Learners.
~A Follow Up to the Interview where students list things about themselves on on
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3rd - 5th
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Winner, Winner, Turkey Dinner! - Sample Version
Winner, Winner, Turkey Dinner is a patriotic, semi-historical (but mostly inaccurate) Thanksgiving skit. This was originally written to be performed as part of a Reader's Theater course, but could be performed with full costumes and sets if desired. Hilarious and entertaining for all ages, this skit is a delight to watch and participate in!AN INTRODUCTION....."Thanksgiving has been a long-time favorite holiday for many Americans. Not only is it a time to reflect on the blessings and abundance of
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Not Grade Specific
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