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Christmas Reader's Theater Script based on How the Grinch Stole Christmas
21 Roles - KID FRIENDLY - 8 page script - varying abilities - great vocab!
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3rd - 9th
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Christmas Reader's Theater and Reading Literature Toolkit for Grades 4-8
The Show Must Go On is a Christmas reader's theater script your middle school students will love! Practice fluency and speaking while incorporating the holiday season into your language arts instruction. This 13 character PDF script includes comprehension questions and word work activities, making this unit a flexible teaching resource you can use in multiple ways!The Christmas reader's theater resource includes:7-page script with 13 different charactersContext clue worksheet for word work4 read
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Reader's Theater Bundle: 12 Engaging Scripts for Big Kids
A Christmas Carol reader's theater play script (includes two versions!)
Originally part of the December 1998 issue of Scholastic's Storyworks Magazine, this traditional re-telling of the Ebenezer Scrooge story is perfect for Zoomer's theater, podcast, or classroom play--or add holiday hymns and create a full-fledged stage production. For 10 to 16 participants and innumerable extras. A second version from my book, Read Aloud Plays: Classic Short Stories (2010 Scholastic) is also included. In it, Scrooge is a woman, Eleanora Scrooge. Two comprehension activities are a
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: A Dickens' Christmas -- Reader's Theater Pack
Christmas Reader's Theater Script based on Home Alone the Movie
23 roles - 8 pages - fun, fun, fun!
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3rd - 9th
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Game: Murder at the Manor (mystery party activity)
If you like Game of Thrones, you'll enjoy Murder at The Manor
The Earl Henry is dead and without an heir on the eve of the annual tournament and feast. Who could have done such a dastardly deed at the castle? His 4th wife? The traveling minstrel? One of his sisters or a host of other relatives, servants and knights from the realm? Play a suspect and a detective as you investigate the crime set in Medieval Europe.
Mystery party games are an engaging alternative to hum drum usual fare and
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Christmas Comedy Drama Bundle - four Christmas plays
Christmas Comedy Drama Bundle is a collection of four original humorous plays that are suitable for reader's theater, classroom skits, or as a performance for a large audience. In The Christmas Rush, many last-minute shoppers hit their frustration point as they wait in a checkout line at a store behind an easygoing, unhurried shopper, who holds them up with his unintentional delays. In The Truth of the Matter, several characters pass along a story about a man who slipped and fell while out colle
Grades:
5th - 8th
A Christmas Carol Readers Theater, Discussion Questions and Test (3rd grade RL)
This readers' theater is based on A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens and is written at a third-grade reading level. It could be used for middle school ESL students or middle or upper elementary school students.Scene (chapter) questions and a final test can be used to assess student understanding of the basic themes, characters, and vocabulary in A Christmas Carol, either during class discussion or as a personal assessment of understanding.See also the correlating character crowns available for
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3rd - 8th
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Christmas Play Script - The Grouch
A funny Christmas play that revolves around a town where everyone loves Christmas. In fact they love Christmas so much it is all they talk about! However, a mysterious outcast lives outside of the town; this outcast hates Christmas and anything to do with the festive time of year. This beast is called the Grouch!The play follows the story of Mary-Boo and her family as they open up to the Grouch, and try to show him what Christmas is all about. However, the Grouch has his own plans to ruin Christ
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4th - 8th, Staff
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Also included in: A Bundle of Five Christmas Play Scripts
December ELA Activities Bundle for Middle School
This collection of December and Christmas ELA activities includes the perfect standards-based resources to engage your students during this festive month. 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 December and the holidays!Included in this ELA Activities Bundle:• Christmas Close Reads for Big Kids• Digital North Pole Job Application• The Show Must Go
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4th - 7th
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Sherlock Holmes | The Blue Carbuncle | Readers Theater Script Short Story Unit
A fun holiday short story or drama theater lesson that improves students' reading and comprehension skills with a proven reading strategy. This Christmas mystery is adapted into a Readers Theater script for "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" based on the short story from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Google Slides Presentation, Readers Theater Script, writing exercise, discussion questions, vocabulary worksheets, and word search puzzle with answer key.**********
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5th - 12th
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A Christmas Carol - A Traditional Version Play Script
This is a play script for Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'. It tells the story of a mean, old man named Ebenezer Scrooge, who runs a dark and miserable business. His workers are under-paid and over-worked, especially his assistant Bob Cratchett.It is Christmas eve and his Bob asks for the day off to spend time with his family, and sick child – Tiny Tim. Scrooge almost refuses but decides to just dock his pay for the day. Then, that evening he gets a visit from his previous business partner –
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4th - 7th, Staff
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Also included in: A Bundle of Four Christmas Play Scripts
CHRISTMAS READERS THEATER FUN SCRIPT - Rude Alf the Red-Nosed Reindeer
This high-interest Christmas Readers' Theater script activity will give students practice in reading aloud fluency, comprehension and writing, while having ELA and drama chuckles. Rude Alf is perfect for performances to other classes, or even the whole school. Bring the Santa spirit to your classroom community!This humorous play will be a tree-mendous jolly holly hit! PLOTThe script introduces them to the TRUE story of a much loved character. There was no such reindeer as Rudolph. He was called
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4th - 7th
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A Bundle of Five Christmas Play Scripts
Five Christmas play scripts for just $18, each is usually priced at $5.50.Firstly, a funny Christmas play that revolves around Holly the Elf. After being accidentally taken to the North Pole one Christmas Eve, she stayed until adulthood and grew up thinking she was an elf herself. One day she found out she was a human, and decided to go and visit her biological father. On arrival she wasn’t welcomed by her father but soon the family grew to like Holly, and she also found a boyfriend. But then ev
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4th - 7th, Staff
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CHRISTMAS PLAY! Goldilocks & The Christmas Elves
Get ready for a hilarious romp across the North Pole in this crazy, mixed-up fairy tale adventure, with an appealing, comical script for a Christmas performance play or a Readers’ Theater. Goldilocks wakes Sleeping Beauty and transports her to the North Pole, and what follows is a madcap adventure with lovable and memorable characters, including Santa Claus himself, and a engaging variety of Christmas Elves. There are 15 characters in this script, as outlined below. Note that elves can be added
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4th - 8th
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Emergency Sub Plans for Physical Science with Choice Board for Middle School
Looking for a quick and easy sub plan template? These sub plans provide 5 choices the substitute can choose from, can easily be implemented by a sub, and includes a choice board for students with 9 open ended choices. They are designed with the middle school student in mind and strictly comes as a Google Doc ™ so it can be edited to include your own personal details and information.What's Included?Teacher NotesSubstitute InformationEmergency Lesson Plan ChoicesClassroom Notes PageWebsite Evalua
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6th - 8th
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Last Week of School Reading Activities Short Play Readers Theater Scripts Fables
Reader’s Theater Script Bundle - Engage your upper-grade students with this exciting Reader’s Theater Script Bundle, featuring adaptations of seasonal and holiday-themed plays. This collection is perfect for building reading fluency while incorporating elements of literature, vocabulary, and public speaking.✅ What's included: ✅Reader’s Theater Scripts:A Christmas Carol adapted from Charles DickensSt. Patrick’s DaySpringHalloweenSummerCharacter Name Tags:Printable name tags for students to wear
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4th - 7th
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Christmas Play Script Hilarious Comedy "Christmas Idol" 14 - 23 parts
UPDATED! Includes tips for pandemic-time performances; revised parent letters! This Christmas Play script has been teacher tested and audience approved! Prepare to laugh! It's fun to act in, super fun to direct and hilarious to watch. It's suitable for all ages because of its whimsical flare. Kids love to act in this but teachers would love to act this out for the student body, as well. The script alone is 13 pages; part of a 41 page book that contains Director's Notes, Cast of Characters list w
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PreK - 12th
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Also included in: Christmas Play Scripts BUNDLE of 4!
Christmas Play Script - Holly the Christmas Elf
A funny Christmas play that revolves around Holly the Elf. After being accidentally taken to the North Pole one Christmas Eve, she stayed until adulthood and grew up thinking she was an elf herself. One day she found out she was a human, and decided to go and visit her biological father.On arrival she wasn’t welcomed by her father but soon the family grew to like Holly, and she also found a boyfriend. But then everything changed when she fell out with her father and she decided to leave.However,
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4th - 7th, Staff
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Also included in: A Bundle of Four Christmas Play Scripts
The Twelve Days of Christmas - a humorous Christmas play
The Twelve Days of Christmas is a humorous play in which Maria, the recipient of daily gifts from her true love Jonathan, writes a thank you note for each new gift. However, their love is truly tested as the gifts keep arriving. Although his intentions may have been good, his choice of gifts was not. The humor builds with each new day to the point where Jonathan would have been much better off to have not sent gifts at all. The run time for this skit is about 10 minutes.The script for this play
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Christmas Comedy Drama Bundle - four Christmas plays
Readers Theater scripts: African American scientists & inventors
Nine African-American scientists/inventors (Benjamin Banneker, Mae Jemison, Patricia Bath, George Washington Carver, Dr. Mary Chinn, Lewis Latimer, Yvonne Cagle and Elijah McCoy, Patricia Bath) are featured in this collection of reader's theaters. They may be used in language arts, science or history class, adapted for a school wide program or even memorized and done, royalty free, as a stage play or video.Each interview is self-contained so students can be divided into groups to read and rehea
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5th - 8th
Also included in: Black History Month bundle (in person and remote)
Scripts: Space science reader's theaters (3 scripts, 13 writing prompts)
Space science package 1 includes 3 scripts and 13 writing prompts. This is part of the Earth and space science bundle.
Reader’s theater is an excellent way to teach science content while improving fluency, comprehension and giving students an opportunity to shine. While providing authentic reasons to read and reread, students can analyze characters, plots and other story elements in an interdisciplinary study of these topics.
President of the Solar System club -If the sun resigned, who woul
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4th - 8th
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Gift of the Magi Reader's Theater Play Script
"The Gift of the Magi” is a traditional re-telling of the endearing story of a husband and wife who pawn their most precious things in order to buy gifts for one another, only to discover the gifts are no longer needed. The original story was written by William Sydney Porter, who wrote under the pen-name “O. Henry.” He was famous for plot twists and surprise endings. This reader’s theater adaption originally appeared in the Nov./Dec. 2001 issue of Storyworks, the Dec. 2010 issue of Scope, and in
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4th - 7th
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READERS' THEATER CHRISTMAS MYSTERY SCRIPT for Middle School
This humorous Christmas Readers’ Theater brain teaser whodunnit mystery script activity will give your ELA and drama students fun practice in reading, critical thinking and writing. Perfect for engaging ELA reading or Christmas drama performances for grades 5-8! The Mystery of the Vanishing Presents 9 page script (plus questions and Christmas activities) will entertain your students and require them to perform inference tasks to solve clues. The script is designed for 11 readers but the number
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: CHRISTMAS DRAMA MIDDLE SCHOOL FUN
Holiday Mindfulness Counseling Activities
These exercises are perfect for introducing mindfulness or during the holiday season as a supplemental activity to any mindfulness unit! Use in individual, group, or classroom settings. Use scripts in combination with labyrinths or use as separate activities. All clipart included is originally hand-drawn.This download includes: •3 holiday moment scripts (winter time in a park, holiday drive, holiday party) •3 holiday labyrinths •1 mindfulness tool worksheet •Directions and short lesson plan •
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5th - 8th
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