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High school english language arts scripts for Easel
Cyclops: The Monster in the Cave--Readers Theater from The Odyssey
Includes comprehension activity, key, and teacher notes! Liven up your reading curriculum and satisfy the Common Core with this kid-friendly classroom play based on the 9th book of Homer's The Odyssey. Originally published in the September 2012 issue of Scholastic's Scope magazine, "Cyclops" is suitable for reader's theater or stage performance. Use it to introduce the original text, build fluency, and improve comprehension. Pair it with a Percy Jackson novel as part of a literature circle! Or j
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5th - 9th
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Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart Reader's Theater Play
Originally published in the October 2008 issue of Scholastic's Storyworks magazine (and later reprinted in Scope, Scholastic News, and my book, Read Aloud Plays: Classic Short Stories), this newly-revised script is true to the original text but is cleverly structured to be more appropriate for middle grade and young adult audiences. It includes the original text, a comprehension worksheet, a "mock trial" activity, as well as teacher notes and a key--fourteen pages in all. Parts for 9 students, s
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5th - 9th
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Read Aloud Plays: Hawthorne's The Birthmark Gothic Reader's Theater
A classic "mad scientist" short story comes to life! Build fluency and meet Common Core Standards with this adaption of Nathaniel Hawthorne's Gothic masterpiece, The Birthmark. It includes comprehension and vocabulary activities and keys. This compelling classroom play was originally published in the Jan. 2013 issue of Scholastic's Scope magazine, so you can trust it meets a high standard. Whether for reader's theater or stage performance, this six page play has parts for seven actors and is bes
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4th - 9th
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Scary Radio Drama Script The Monkey's Paw Horror Acting Script Interpretation
Part of a Bundle Want to "scare" up some fun learning? Here's a twenty-five minute radio drama script for students is adapted from W.W. Jacob's classic, gothic story, The Monkey's Paw. Through this 45 page resource, teach your students about plot, characterization, foreshadowing, horror while strengthening eading, speaking, listening and acting skills, too! This script has 23 +roles (including crew) and was adapted especially for the classroom. Strengthen your students' listening, speaking, an
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8th - 11th
Also included in: Halloween Drama Class Units, Scripts and Lessons Bundle!
Radio Drama Play Script Edgar Allen Poe Cask of Amontillado Revenge
Part of a Bundle Here's a fifteen minute dramatic radio play adapted from Edgar Allen Poe's classic, gothic story, The Cask of Amontillado. This script has 15 + roles (plus crew) and was written especially for the classroom! Strengthen your students' listening, speaking, and reading skills all at once. It's a one stop shop!BONUS: I've included a sample of my new book, "We're Live! Radio Theater #101"! This teacher's guidebook gives you all the advice, tips and guidance you'd need to teach with
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8th - 10th
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Also included in: Halloween Drama Class Units, Scripts and Lessons Bundle!
Funny Skits Teaching Stage Directions
Teach theatre students about stage directions with these fun comedy skits for drama and acting classrooms."Emotional Zones" is about two scientists trying to teach two androids how to feel emotions. For 4 actors (male or female)."Pirates Stage Right" follows a crazy crew of pirates who have to push around their Captain and a tiny ship. For 5 or more actors (male or female)."The Joke Olympics" presents the matholypmics where mathletes compete, solving funny math problems. For 8 actors (male or f
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4th - 12th, Higher Education
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Claudette Colvin Twice Toward Justice Readers Theater Play Script
A true and compelling story from the Montgomery Bus Boycott! Who can forget Claudette Colvin? Well, history did for nearly fifty years. Claudette was just fifteen when she was dragged off a Montgomery city bus for refusing to surrender her seat. Unlike Rosa Parks a year later, Claudette was convicted and then ostracized by her peers, by Civil Rights leaders, and by history. Her story has resurfaced thanks to Philip Hoose’s book, Twice Toward Justice. Use this script independently or paired it wi
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5th - 9th
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Radio Theater Play Script Bow Wow Blues Comedy Great Characters! Buffoonery
Want to have some fun? Here's a fifteen minute comedy radio play, with 15+ roles for students, written especially for the classroom! This original play was written by an award winning middle grade author. Me! Strengthen your students' listening, speaking, reading skills all at once. A one stop shop! HOW DO I USE THIS IN MY CLASSROOM? If you are a reading teacher, you could read this script to cover one of your standards or language arts teacher to study characterization and voicing Or you cou
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7th - 10th
Charles Dickens' Gabriel Grub--Christmas Readers Theater
Long before Scrooge there was Gabriel Grub, the gravedigger. From Dickens' The Pickwick Papers, this eerie tale is a perfect compliment to the Christmas Carol story or a wonderful stand-alone Gothic holiday play. Enough parts for an entire class, or double up roles and stage it with as few as twelve. Suitable for reader's theater or a full stage production. Use it with grades 5 and up. (Warning: it may be too scary for younger students). Fully reproducible: original purchaser is licensed to prin
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5th - 9th
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Also included in: A Dickens' Christmas -- Reader's Theater Pack
Creating Drama Stage Directions and Scripts: Teaching Plans and Activities
This handout can be used with creative writing, English or drama students when the assignment is to write a play. It offers 1. an outline of basic stage direction elements2. an outline for writing scripts3. Write Now!- two dozen ideas for comedic/dramatic plays.Creating drama is a natural for young people. These activities offer them the chance to combine their realities with the fiction that they design.As always, this activity- PDF version- may be downloaded and printed for classroom use. A
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6th - 12th
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Drama Theater The Invisible Man Radio Play Plus 3 Week Unit Sci-Fi H.G. Welles
IMPROVED! This THREE WEEK radio theater unit and the PG13 rated radio play of The Invisible Man by H. G. Welles, with roles for 17 + students teaches the history of radio theater, Foley engineering and gives students an opportunity to write a commercial, create sound effects and perform in a radio play. Plus students' reading, writing, listening and speaking skills are strengthened. It's a one-stop-shop! The Invisible Man is a novel by H.G. Wells which I've adapted into a radio play. It is r
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8th - 11th
Also included in: Halloween Themed Drama Units Speak Design Read Write
Romeo and Juliet Reader’s Theater Final Project w/ 5 Days of Lesson Plans
Make your Romeo and Juliet Unit memorable with this one week Reader’s Theater Activity. Lesson plans guide students through the entire process of selecting a scene, assigning parts, developing a script with vocal expression, facial expressions, and gestures, creating a Performance Brochure, rehearsing and performing! Includes a link to a student version in Google Slides! Please click the PREVIEW above for a closer look at everything included in this resource! This resource includes: ⭐ Five days
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9th - 12th
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The Piece of String Reader's Theater: Maupassant's Classic Cautionary Tale
A read aloud play and eight pages of comprehension activities designed to satisfy the Common Core. Guy de Maupassant's classic short story about character and reputation. "A Piece of String," includes compelling characters, intriguing dialect, and a lesson that will resonate with students from 5th through 8th grade (and up!). Originally published in Scholastic's Scope magazine, "String" includes parts for ten to fifteen students depending on your casting needs. Use it as reader's theater to buil
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6th - 9th
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LOS SALUDOS -Spanish Greetings- Ice Breaker ¿Quién eres Tú?
This worksheet is wonderful for students to get to know each other the first weeks of class. It will allow them to interview each other. The package consists of two worksheets. The first one has questions and answers in an easy format that can be used between two students to find about someone in the class. the second page will provide information about the student answering basic questions such as name, age, where they come from?, How many brothers and sisters? their birthdays, favorite book
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Restaurant Dialogue Thematic Unit Food Topic - En el restaurante
Teach your students the give and take of restaurant interactions with this amazing thematic dialogue. Interactive script will provide your students with dozens of authentic variations between a restaurant server and a customer using common textbook expressions above the Spanish 1 level. (Spanish 2 and above language learner levels, Immersion and Heritage Speaker)Included (Use for print-based and digital activities. Options to add text boxes, special instructions, images and highlight):· Biling
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: Restaurant Dialogue Plus Regional Food and Meal Vocabulary Bundle
Travel ROLE PLAYS for Adult ESL
Travel is like a passport to different worlds, cultures, and experiences, except without the annoying passport control officers! Whether it's a weekend getaway to a neighboring town or a long-haul flight across the world, travel is an exciting and essential aspect of our lives. And what better way to learn English than through a travel-themed role play pack?This travel-themed role play pack is perfect for adult ESL teachers who want to make their classes interactive, engaging, and fun. This pack
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10th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Role Plays for Adult ESL bundle 1
ACTING SHAKESPEARE | 1 Week Unit | Theatre & Drama
Bell to bell lessons for this one-week unit introducing students to Shakespearean acting! Slide presentations with videos, worksheets, activities to support students as they prepare one of 6 provided Shakespeare scenes! Give your students the support they need to succeed with this exciting but challenging material! Notes available for print or digital learning with Easel! Videos are brief but rich with great perspective and advice for young actors new to Shakespeare. Expose your students to mode
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: FULL YEAR THEATRE BUNDLE: Intro and Intermediate Drama
Macbeth Final Project as a Reader’s Theater Performance Activity With Scripts
Make Macbeth come to life with this 1-Week Reader’s Theater Performance Activity! Lesson plans and student materials guide students through the entire process of selecting a scene, assigning parts, developing a script with vocal expressions, facial expressions, and gestures, creating a performance brochure, rehearsing and performing! This summative assessment is the perfect way to end your Macbeth unit! Includes a link to all student materials in Google Drive. More Macbeth Resources: ⭐ Macbeth
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9th - 12th
Radio Drama Script The Invisible Man Science Fiction Invisibility Intrigue
This radio theater script adaptation of H.G. Welles' story, "The Invisible Man" with roles for 16 students plus sound and music crew, is suitable for middle and high school students. Radio theater helps students strengthen their reading, speaking and listening skills and encourages differentiated instruction. Plus students become familiar with one of fathers of science fiction. This script could be used separately as a stand alone lesson or as part of a unit about science fiction. The story c
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: Radio Drama Script| Four Radio Plays and Unit Great for High Engagement!
Pip & the Prisoner: Dickens' Great Expectations Reader's Theater Play Script
Pip & The Prisoner is an original script based on the first five chapters of Charles Dickens’ novel, Great Expectations. FREE Google Forms quiz supporting this RT is available here on my storefront.The script endeavors to introduce the main character, Pip, in such a way as to motivate students to want to read the full novel--presumably when assigned to them in high school. But whether Dickens is a part of your curriculum or not, this 20-minute reader's theater or stage play is an enjoyable b
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5th - 9th
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Getting an Apartment & more ROLE PLAYS for Adult ESL
In this comprehensive role-play resource tailored for adult ESL students, learners dig into real-life housing scenarios surrounding apartment hunting, lease agreements, landlord interactions, roommate dynamics, and maintenance inquiries. This dynamic tool is designed to empower your students with practical language skills, fostering confidence in crucial situations.WHY THIS TOPIC? Well, it stems from a deep understanding of the challenges adult ESL students face while trying to find housing in
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10th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Role Plays for Adult ESL bundle 1
Student-Led Write A Reader's Theater
A reader's theater is a script that students can read together, but do not memorize the lines. Allowing students to design and write their own reader's theater script is a great way to reinforce concepts with creativity!The script provides a basic outline, but students will complete the actual writing. Scene 1, Scene 2, Scene 3, Scene 4, and Scene 5 sheets included, blank sheet, and title page too!Thank you for your interest in this product!Check out other products by Miss Iced Coffee
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3rd - 10th
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Going to the Dentist ROLE PLAYS for Adult ESL
Ever found yourself in a dental chair, surrounded by unfamiliar words and procedures, in a foreign land? I sure have—experiences in South Korea and Mexico left me wide-eyed at the dentist's office, grappling with the language barrier. But those experiences sparked an idea: role plays to give adult ESL students a glimpse at what they might encounter and exposure to language that might be helpful.These immersive dental visit role plays add depth and fun to health lessons. Students step into patie
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10th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Role Plays for Adult ESL bundle 1
A SOCIAL STORY "Please Don't Put That In Your Mouth" (SPECIAL ED/ SEL ACTIVITY)
This social story is created for children who are not diagnosed with pica but have a tendency to mouth inedible objects. Be sure to read this story to your child once a day and start to teach them proactive alternatives to mouthing inedible objects.This item can be used in an interactive notebook or classroom. Add notes & annotations through an interactive layer and assign to students via Google Classroom.
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1st - 10th, Not Grade Specific
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Also included in: Pica Bundle
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Strong reading skills can help students make sense of written content, and gather information for further analysis. Writing skills can help students articulate their ideas, construct arguments, and synthesize information. And speaking and listening skills empower students to clearly present their ideas, participate in group discussions, and collaborate with their classmates. This is why teaching English language arts is critically important for student’s success in school and beyond.
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