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8th grade holidays scripts $5-10
Holy Week Readers' Theater Skit Script
This Holy Week readers’ theater script is an informative and worshipful experience for kids and adults. This serious skit features readings of fourteen eyewitness accounts of the events of Holy Week based on what is found in the four gospels. Starting with the events of Palm Sunday, characters like a Jewish traveler, a disciple, Simon the Leper, Judas, James, Peter, Caiaphas, Pilate, a Roman soldier, Simon of Cyrene, John, Joseph of Arimathea, and Mary Magdalene tell listeners what they saw, h
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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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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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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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:Â Christmas Play Scripts BUNDLE of 4!
Five French Christmas Plays Bundle (French Reader's Theatre)
This product entirely in French from Chez Nathalie is a series of five original Christmas plays.The titles and basic plot lines are the following:Où est Rodolphe ?: Rudolph disappears mysteriously on December 24th. Père Noël à la retraite: Chaos ensues in the North Pole after Santa announces his retirement.Le volodrome: A flying angel race is announced at the volodrome of Grelot. Who will win?Le château du pôle Nord: Gingerbread men come alive and disappear into the woods.La machine à jouets: A
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5th - 12th
10 French Dialogues + Questions for Christmas (NOĂ‹L) - Speaking + Reading
Here are 10 French one-page Dialogues on CHRISTMAS for Reading and Speaking Practice, and a great NO PREP activity for the weeks leading up to Christmas holidays. These dialogues are an excellent literacy tool for comprehensible input as well as for distance learning.Recommended Proficiency Levels:As the holiday addition to my collection of one-page French dialogues, these Christmas dialogues are geared to an Early Intermediate/Intermediate level for students learning French as an additional lan
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4th - 11th, Adult Education
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A Dickens' Christmas -- Reader's Theater Pack
Stage a Dickens-themed holiday pageant featuring his two best Christmas stories (A Christmas Carol and Gabriel Grub) framed by the story of his difficult upbringing (Escape from the Blacking House). Perfect for Zoomer's Theater or live stage production, this bundle is aimed at upper middle grade students. Each play takes about 20 minutes to present, but repetitive reading is encouraged over a couple weeks time to build fluency and maximize comprehension. Comprehension activities and teacher note
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5th - 8th
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HALLOWEEN DRAMA MIDDLE SCHOOL FUN
30% off! Halloween can be CRAAAZY in ELA and drama Middle School lessons. The two fun mystery Readers' Theater scripts, and the 32 impromptu Halloween public speaking topics will funnel your grades 5-8 students' candy crazed energies positively! The Mystery of the Halloween Thieves is set on October 31. The Mystery of the Haunted House is set a few weeks before Halloween, and thus could be used before or after Halloween if time runs out. Both scripts focus on Middle School students and their fun
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5th - 8th
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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:Â Halloween Drama Class Units, Scripts and Lessons Bundle!
CHRISTMAS BRAIN TEASER ACTIVITIES FUN Grades 5-8
The week before winter break is CRAAAAZY in Middle School! These no-prep, fun brain teaser activities will keep grades 5-8 students engaged, while still exercising their critical thinking skills. All this, while not creating any marking for you, AND $3.75 off AND a freebie. What's not to love about these tree-mendous jolly holly hits? These high-interest seasonal activities will keep your students busy and happy, no matter how holiday-obsessed they become. Please check out the preview for each
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5th - 8th
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Sherlock Holmes | The Blue Carbuncle | Short Story Unit | Escape Room | Holiday
Immerse your students in the riveting world of Sherlock Holmes with our captivating Readers Theater Script for "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Unravel the mystery of a valuable blue gemstone discovered in the neck of a Christmas goose as Holmes and Watson employ their brilliant deductive skills. With 9 dynamic reading parts – Narrator, John Watson, Sherlock Holmes, Commissionaire Peterson, Henry Baker, Landlord, Breckinridge, James Ryder, and Maggi
Grades:
6th - 12th
Small Group Reader's Theater for Halloween
In this book, there are 6 reader's theaters. They were written for Halloween. The scripts always look MUCH better on paper than it does in the advert on this webpage. Each reader's theater is sold singly but you can get all six in this packet. Scripts are: Franken Cranky, The Gobble Gobble Ghost, The Halloween Heroes Present Halloween Safety Tips, Shhhh, The Corn Has Ears, The Witch's New Broom, and Which Witch is Which. The booklet gives you 6 for $8. When you buy them individually they cost $2
THANKSGIVING DRAMA FUN Grades 5 6 7 8
This high-interest 30% off Thanksgiving drama fun bundle has all the drama activities you need to make the lessons leading up to Thanksgiving memorable for your students. It is a Black Friday bargain, in fact! A readers' theater script, a drama circle, impromptu speaking AND a game- what a Thanksgiving variety pack, a true cornucopia of goodies!Readers' Theater Thanksgiving MysteryThis amusing Thanksgiving Middle School Readers’ Theater brainteaser mystery script will give students practice in r
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5th - 8th
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A Collection of Short Christmas Plays
Enjoy these five short plays ranging from 2 - 5 pages, which are funny, easy and a lot of fun for your students. They're great to show off your students' acting ability. Each play showcases from 2 - 6 students and they involve minimal preparation and very few props. Included, you will find a list of the characters for each of these plays. They're very simple scripts; the students love playing these roles and becoming different people for a brief moment. It's so much fun for both the teacher an
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5th - 10th
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Easter Bible Play Script - Readers' Theater - Holy Week
The Easter Bible Story comes to life with this 24-page play all about the events leading up to Jesus death and his resurrection! Students will act out the Bible story of Holy Week including Jesus' triumphant entry, the Last Supper, Jesus before Pilate, his death, burial, and resurrection! Characters include: Jesus, Peter, James, John, Mary of Bethany, Martha, Lazarus, Mary Magdalene, Pilate, Nicodemus, etc. I have taken the script from the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John and interwoven
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5th - 9th
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Also included in:Â Easter Story - Holy Week Bible Activities BUNDLE
Making Inferences - Creative Teaching Packet
This 46 page packet is filled with everything you need to teach your students about the art of making inferences. The activities are fun to do and will have your students actively involved. Each activity taps into the learning styles of all your student. It can be used at ANY TIME DURING THE YEAR! It's awesome to use around Halloween, as the story is suspenseful....and the inference activities are great mysteries!The packet includes:-The Widow's Broom Readers' Theater Script (2 characters i
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3rd - 8th
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Five French Halloween Plays Bundle (French Reader's Theatre)
This product entirely in French from Chez Nathalie is a series of five original Halloween Plays. The titles and basic plot lines are the following:Le concours des maisons hantées: Twin brothers brag that their haunted house is the scariest in the village. One day, two friends suggest a contest… Les fantômes imprudents: A man notices two ghosts in a cemetery playing a game of « boules ». Chaos ensues following the discovery.La fête d’Halloween: The Halloween characters go to a party to meet some
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5th - 12th
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Christmas Play The Night Before Concert
Everyone knows the stress involved in preparing for a Christmas concert! This play gives staff or students the opportunity to present the night before the concert in a poetic style and can be used as a final item on your program! Students will have a blast acting out the parts of their stressed out teachers, or, for a change, the teachers themselves can present the poem and act out the drama of the stress of the night before concert! However you choose to present this poem, it will be a hit w
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5th - 8th, Staff
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Living Stations of the Cross Script
This is a 30 page packet. If you are responsible, or want to take on, having your students present the Living Stations of the Cross to the school community, this may be for you. This script is powerful. It will involve all your students and will be such a great visual for the school community. The packet includes the script, the songs you should use, and a powerful video link to show to your students.We have great success with this, and I hope you do as well! We have presented to both the s
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7th - 12th
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The Widow's Broom - Making Inferences Creative Activity Pack
This 46 page packet is filled with everything you need to teach your students about the art of making inferences. The activities are fun to do and will have your students actively involved. Each activity taps into the learning styles of all your student. It can be used at ANY TIME DURING THE YEAR! It's awesome to use around Halloween, as the story is suspenseful....and the inference activities are great mysteries! (For the faith-based teacher, this is perfect! It's a great story to use around
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3rd - 8th
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California Missions and Native American Indians
The California Mission Era — most textbooks in middle school and junior high devote only a few pages or less to this period in American history, and if you want to give your students more, it can be problematical. If students only learn about the missions and the economic benefit they brought to California, they will not know about the damage done to Native American Indians by European invaders. If students focus only on the hardships suffered by Native Americans, they will not have enough infor
Grades:
4th - 8th
CHRISTMAS DRAMA MIDDLE SCHOOL FUN
This exciting 30% off Christmas and Winter drama activities bundle for grades 5-8 has everything you need to make the days leading up to the winter break fun and memorable for your Middle School drama students. And with $4 off, what's not to love? READERS' THEATER CHRISTMAS SCRIPT: CHILLY THE SNOWMANThis fun winter Readers’ Theater Script introduces Middle School students to the TRUE tale of a much loved Christmas character. A lot of fake news surrounds the legend of Frosty the Snowman - includi
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5th - 8th
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TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS grades 5-8 FUN ACTIVITIES
The poem "Twas the Night Before Christmas" still delights grades 5-8 students in our Christmas ELA lessons 200 years after its composition. Exercise your students' reading aloud, critical thinking and drama skills, while having lots of seasonal fun!Two items in the bundle are readers' theater scripts. One is a brain teaser whodunnit mystery, "The Mystery of Mama's Missing Kerchief." The other is a whole class reading of the original poem (with some fun modern twists). The bundle is rounded off b
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5th - 8th
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