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High school literature scripts $10 and up
The Odyssey: A Collection of Reader's Theater Script-Stories
Are you looking for a more engaging way to teach the Odyssey? These five 40-minute script-stories bring Homer's epic to life by allowing your students to inhabit the classic characters. Although dialogue and touches of humor have been added to increase engagement, the adaption is incredibly faithful to the original epic.Included in this 73-page download are five script-stories and two handouts designed for grades 7-12:"Searching for Odysseus" (script-story)"On Calypso's Isle" (script-story)"In t
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7th - 12th
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The Canterbury Tales Bundle (Collection of Six Reader's Theater Script-Stories)
Ever have troubles teaching The Canterbury Tales? Use this collection of six script-stories to generate student interest in Geoffrey Chaucer's classic. Allow your students to inhabit the characters as they learn why these tales have been celebrated for hundreds of years. Each script is approximately 30-40 minutes. Chaucer's humor is still evident, but some of the stories' rougher edges have been softened to make them classroom-appropriate. These tales end up being a favorite of my students.Note:
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7th - 12th
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The Epic of Gilgamesh (Reader's Theater Script-Story Collection)
Introduce your students to the granddaddy of all epic heroes, Gilgamesh the warrior-king of Uruk. Bring The Epic of Gilgamesh, the world’s oldest known epic poem, to life with three student-friendly Reader’s Theater script-stories. Follow Gilgamesh as he develops from a cruel tyrant to a wise ruler through his adventures with his friend, Enkidu. Relive Gilgamesh’s epic feats—facing down Humbaba the giant protector of the cedar forest, taming the Bull of Heaven, resisting Ishtar the goddess of lo
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6th - 12th
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The Scarlet Letter (Reader's Theater Script-Story Collection)
Have you ever wanted to teach The Scarlet Letter but couldn't find the time? While preserving the author's literary style, this 52-page text adapts Hawthorne's classic novel into four 45-minute Reader's Theater script-stories. Allowing the students to inhabit classic characters like Hester Prynne and Reverend Dimmesdale brings the literature to life!
Also included with the script-stories is a teacher guide for each of the four parts, complete with relevant background information, plot summary,
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: American Literature Teaching Resources Bundle
Beowulf (A Reader's Theater Script-Story Collection)
Want your students to experience everyone's favorite Anglo-Saxon epic in a brand-new way? This 34-page adaptation of Beowulf is made up of three 35-minute Reader's Theater script-stories designed for grades 7-12.Each script-story has its own teacher guide with anticipatory questions, relevant background information, story summary, connections, teachable terms, and discussion questions.Also check out my Beopoem assignment (a Beowulf spin on writing a biopoem).
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7th - 12th
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The Trojan War: A Collection of Reader's Theater Script-Stories
Are you looking for a more engaging way to teach the Iliad and the saga of the Trojan War? These six 40-minute script-stories bring the epic story to life by allowing your students to inhabit the classic characters. The entire plot of Homer's Iliad is included. Other selections like "The Judgment of Paris," Euripides's Philoctetes, and "The Fall of Troy" from the Aeneid round out the story. Although dialogue and touches of humor have been added to increase engagement, the adaption is incredibly
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Sherlock Holmes | 3 Short Story Lesson BUNDLE | Readers Theater | Escape Room
Sherlock Holmes Short Story Reader's Theater Bundle is the perfect addition to any literature or drama curriculum. This bundle features three classic Sherlock Holmes mysteries - "The Adventure of the Speckled Band," "The Red-Headed League," and "Scandal in Bohemia" - adapted into engaging reader's theater scripts for students to perform. Besides a Digital Escape Room, Movie Guide, and PowerPoint Presentation, each lesson provides a writing prompt, open-ended questions, vocabulary, and graphic or
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5th - 12th
Alice in Wonderland BUNDLE | Readers Theater Scripts Print & Digital Activities
Alice in Wonderland Readers Theater Script Bundle. A perfect way to engage students in reading fluency and comprehension. This bundle includes 7 different scripts adapted from Lewis Carroll's classic tale, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Each script comes with a print and digital activity, as well as a graphic organizer, to help students understand and analyze the story. Use as a classroom play, ELA, or ELL/ESL unit. The bundle also includes a word search puzzle for an extra challenge. This i
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4th - 9th
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Frankenstein: A Collection of Five Reader's Theater Script-Stories
Bring Frankenstein to life with this collection of five Reader’s Theater script-stories! The story of a misunderstood monster pitted against his unfeeling creator, Frankenstein is just as relevant today as it was 200 years ago—exploring deep-thinking questions like, “Should there be limits on science? And are monsters born or made?” From the moment Victor brings the creature to life to their final showdown at the North Pole, experience the classic story in all its gothic glory. This adaptation e
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6th - 12th
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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
The Great Gatsby excerpts abridged and adapted for readers' theater
Bring F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby to life by performing a readers' theater version of select scenes. Including in the bundle are scripts for the following scenes:From Chapter 1: Nick's visit to the Buchanans' East Egg mansionFrom Chapter 2: Tom and Nick train ride past the Valley of Ashes through the chaotic party at Manhattan apartmentFrom Chapter 3: When Neck connects with Jordan at Gatsby's partyFrom Chapter 4: The meeting with Meyer WolfsheimFrom Chapter 5 (Bonus file): Gatsby an
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10th - 12th
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World Myth Bundle: Teach a Semester-Long World Mythology Course
This planet-sized bundle gives you materials you need to teach a semester-long world mythology course with 92 days of instruction from which you can pick and choose! These stories are drawn from a variety of world cultures: Ancient Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, Africa, China, Japan, Russia, American Indian, and many more! The WORLD MYTH BUNDLE includes:Digital teacher guide versions of 5 mythology textbooks: Reaching Valhalla, The Road to Camelot, Tales from Ancient Egypt, Hero Tales from Around
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6th - 12th
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ROMEO AND JULIET - elementary or middle school script
I have really enjoyed--over my past ten or so years teaching grades 5 through 7--putting on a Shakespearean play with my class. The kids have shown incredible enthusiasm and it has escalated, over the years, into becoming quite a big production.The first step, however, has been for me to take time (quite a lot of time!) to rewrite the script to tailor it to the elementary, or middle school, classroom. I have kept as much original script as possible while adding in narrators and paraphrasing wh
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5th - 10th
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A Christmas Carol school play
This 10-15 minute adaptation of A Christmas Carol was written by Sue Russell as a versatile resource - one which can be used as a performance piece or one which can be used within the classroom. The cast of 20 plus can be divided into smaller groups for rehearsal within the classroom or as a set of guided reading scripts. In whatever form, the story always 'packs an emotional punch' - a wonderful message conveying the power of love and the importance of sharing at this festive time of year.Other
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3rd - 9th
Romeo and Juliet In Urban Slang Shakespeare Modern English Adaption
Suitable for a whole class read, literature circle, independent reading, or drama class, Romeo and Juliet in Urban Slang makes a study of Shakespeare's play fun and accessible even for reluctant, struggling, or ENL readers. It is a 74-page PDF that retells and condenses the events of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet into contemporary, urban slang. This product was updated in 2021 to reflect recent urban slang from its 2008 debut.Divided into five acts, Romeo and Juliet in Urban Slang can functio
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8th - 10th
Hamlet - middle school script
I have really enjoyed--over my past ten or so years teaching grades 5 through 7--putting on a Shakespearean play with my class. The kids have shown incredible enthusiasm and it has escalated, over the years, into becoming quite a big production.The first step, however, has been for me to take time (quite a lot of time!) to rewrite the script to tailor it to the elementary, or middle school, classroom. I have kept as much original script as possible while adding in narrators and paraphrasing wh
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6th - 12th
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Of Mice and Men Play/Script Format
This PDF document is an edited format of John Steinbeck's popular novel Of Mice and Men. 99.9% of the original text was kept as I turned his novel into a play to make it more approachable for my students. For years as I taught this book, we naturally started reading it in parts like a play. So now I sat down and made the play version. The text and chapters are completely the same, so you can use all your normal resources. The script style is 115 pages and includes a narrator so that none of Stei
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7th - 10th
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Dracula: A Reader's Theater Script-Story Collection
Need a Gothic horror story you can really sink your teeth into? In Bram Stoker’s Dracula, the forces of good face off against an ancient evil—Count Dracula, the lord of the undead, as he travels from his crumbling castle in Transylvania to the teeming city of London in search of fresh blood. Filled with fascinating characters like the resourceful Mina Murray, the knowledgeable Professor Van Helsing, the crazed mental patient Renfield, and the diabolical count himself, the story is equal parts ho
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9th - 12th
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Alice in Wonderland BUNDLE | Readers Theater & Digital Escape Room | Movie Guide
These resources are for studying Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. Readers Theater Script closely follows the original text. Use digital graphic organizers to keep track of the plot and characters in each section. Digital Escape Room provides a fun and interactive review, and the movie guide and analytical discussion questions help students focus while watching the movie.*************************************************************************************************************
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5th - 9th
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The Taming of the Shrew - middle school script
I have really enjoyed--over my past ten or so years teaching grades 5 through 7--putting on a Shakespearean play with my class. The kids have shown incredible enthusiasm and it has escalated, over the years, into becoming quite a big production.The first step, however, has been for me to take time (quite a lot of time!) to rewrite the script to tailor it to the elementary, or middle school, classroom. I have kept as much original script as possible while adding in narrators and paraphrasing wh
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5th - 12th
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Drama for Kids - Thirty One Act Plays for the Classroom
This collection includes the following thirty short plays: Stone Soup, Princess on the Rocks, Rhyming Goldilocks, A Magic Paint Brush, The Lost Horse, The Wolf and the Lamb, The Lion and the Mouse, The Grasshopper and the Ants, The Tortoise and the Hare, Belling the Cat, The Lion in Love, The Boy Who Cried Wolf, The Fox without a Tail, The Crow and the Pitcher, The Hare with Many Friends, The Heifer and the Ox, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse, Bullies, Dr. Chicken and Mr. Hawk, Gift of the
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3rd - 9th
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60 Shakespeare Scenes for Teens
60 Shakespeare Scenes for Teens
edited by Lisa Bansavage, L.E. McCullough & Jill K. Swanson
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You can’t beat a Shakespeare scene for tuning up your acting chops.
The 60 scenes in this 322-page collection offer a methodic skeleton key by which young actors may unlock a wide-ranging storehouse of emotion, technique and interpretive skills.
Scenes from 27 Shakespeare plays are represented, offering a cross-section of comedy, tr
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6th - 12th
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Animal Farm Reader's Theatre Unit -George Orwell -Russia -Questions
SnowballThe Seven Commandments may be reduced to a single maxim: "Four legs good, two legs bad." This statement contains the essential principle of Animalism. Whoever has thoroughly grasped it, will be safe from human influences. SheepFour legs good, two legs bad! Four legs good, two legs bad!When they had once got it by heart, the sheep developed a great liking for this maxim, and often as they lay in the field, they would all start bleating it for hours on end, never growing tired of it.Snowba
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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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