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Middle school Earth Day ELA test prep scripts
The Tell-Tale Heart Reader's Theater Toolkit for Middle School
The Tell-Tale Heart is a short story by Edgar Allen Poe. This reader's theater adaptation of this scary tale will get your students thinking more deeply as they take on the roles of the narrator, old man, and the police officer.Reader’s Theater is one of my favorite tools to utilize in my middle school classroom. While I have listed the grades 6-8 common core standards that this resource covers, Reader’s Theater directly improves fluency and comprehension. In addition, Reader’s Theater allows s
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Reader's Theater Scripts for BIG KIDS Collection
Earth Day Reader's Theater and Informational Text Toolkit for Grades 4-8
Looking for Earth Day reading and writing activities for your middle school students? This reader's theater script is the perfect way to combine reading, writing, and fluency while raising awareness about our environment!Project Butterfly is an Earth Day reader's theater script your middle school students will love! This 11 character PDF script includes comprehension questions and word work activities, making this unit a flexible teaching resource you can use in multiple ways!• 6-page, 12-charac
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Reader's Theater Bundle: 12 Engaging Scripts for Big Kids
Spanish Por and Para Reading: El medio ambiente: The Environment / Earth Day
This 5-page file includes:~A dialog between two brothers, one of which is trying to get the other to be more environmentally friendly! In addition to a lot of environmental vocabulary, the reading features multiple uses of por and para. Reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary.~The same reading but with blanks where por and para should be. Students need to fill in the prepositions to complete the reading.~A worksheet with 8 reading comprehension questions in Spanish as well as a short writi
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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7th Grade STAAR Reading Review: Drama
This resource was designed for use as a review for drama questions on the 7th grade STAAR Reading test. Other STAAR resources can be found in my store, BrainyCats Learning Store
BEFORE PURCHASING THIS PRODUCT, PLEASE DOWNLOAD AND READ THROUGH THE GUIDED PRACTICE SCENE TO MAKE SURE IT IS SUITABLE FOR YOUR CLASS. My students enjoyed it, but it is about a food contest where competitors try to make disgusting combinations of food, so the topic may be off-putting to some groups. The sample can
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6th - 8th
Earth Day Reading Activities: Readers' Theater Script, Vocab +: Grade 3, 4, 5, 6
Earth Day Activities ~ Poetry & Readers' Theater - Earth Day Readers' Theater Script & Activities: "Twas the Night before Earth Day": Get students thinking about Earth Day with some fun fluency practice. This 25-page toolkit of Earth Day activities makes a terrific reading activity to celebrate Earth Day and get students thinking about ways they can help the environment. It also comes with access to a ready-to-use 9-page TpT Digital Activity that students can complete digitally in litera
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3rd - 6th
State Test Prep Skit
A fun and lighthearted skit or play with fairy tale characters preparing to take a State Test. Is primarily for Test Taking strategies and skills in a way that is fun and interesting to the kids. This skit could also be performed by a drama department. Possibly at a testing assembly.
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5th - 12th
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Earth Day, ShoutBack! Readers' Theater, Bundle 9: 3 Comic Plays, grades 5,6,7,8
Here are 3 humorous, read-aloud plays for middle school casts. Each play depicts odd characteristics and behavior of a wild creature. Lesson plan and cast award certificates included. Fifth graders can perform Musings On An Octopus if vocab is well-covered first.
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5th - 8th
Rachel Carson: A Reader's Theater Script
WOMEN in SCIENCE: Rachel Carson, a Biography!A Biologist and marine zoologist, Carson’s books shared her love of nature, especially the ocean and its inhabitants. Her book, Silent Spring, sparked concern in how chemical pesticides were harming our environment. Carson helped to start the environmental movement in our country, which led to the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. This Reader's Theater Script could be used as a STEM biography any time of year or especially during
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5th - 9th
Jacques Cousteau: A Reader's Theater Script
Studying the ocean? Looking for a resource for Earth Day or World Ocean Day? Introduce your students to Jacques Cousteau with this informative Reader's Theater Script. Oceanographer, photographer, scientist, inventor, writer and filmmaker, Cousteau spent his life studying the oceans and the marine life that lived in the oceans. His books and films on his studies sparked much interest in our oceans and created an awareness about the need for marine conservation. Part of my Ms. Bie Ografee Talk Sh
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5th - 9th
Also included in: Trailblazers in Science(SIX STEM Biographical Plays)BUNDLE of RESOURCES
Genre Theatre (Genre Review With Readers Theater)
This presentation offers eight mini readers theater scripts covering different genres of fiction that will provide students with an opportunity to check their understanding of the concept. The students will be able to select the correct genre from a list of six choices after reading each script. An "answer key" is built into the presentation to provide immediate feedback. Please note that due to space requirements, fantasy and fairytale have been combined as an answer choice.
The readers the
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4th - 8th
Trees, Bees, and Centipedes--Reader's Theater for Earth Day
Perfect for Earth Day! Nature Talks Back is four coordinated skits designed to give younger students insight into ecology and conservation. The main concepts are that trees communicate, that some perceived pests are considered beneficial insects, and that honeybees are super-important pollinators. Each “act” has around 10 characters, which can remain consistent throughout the play or be recast for each skit. Altogether there are fourteen unique parts. The play is aimed specifically at kids in u
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3rd - 6th
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Michael Recycle Reader's Theater Script
This script was adapted from the book Michael Recycle, written by Ellie Bethel. Students will have fun with the rhymes and rhythms of the words as they read. The story is great to use all year long, but would work very well for a unit on recycling or as an Earth Day activity.
There are 8 narrator/character parts.
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2nd - 6th
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Figurative Language Reader's Theater Script
This reader's theater script is about a soccer game at a Clarksville Middle. It is six pages long. However, the document you will be purchasing is 18 pages long, as it contains:
-An original version
-A scaffolded version
-A teacher's key
You can use this interactive reader's theater script to review the following Figurative Language terms:
1. Simile
2. Metaphor
3. Hyperbole
4. Onomatopoeia
5. Alliteration
This activity asks students to read the script aloud and fill-in the figurative language
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4th - 8th
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Bundle Earth day Readers Theater Series: 5 stories
Bundle Earth day Readers Theater Series: 5 storiesThe Green GuardiansThe Energy DetectivesThe Recycle RallyPlanting the FutureMission: Save WaterEarth day themed Reader's Theater scripts, for students in grades 4-7. Each script in this series not only entertains but also educates students on important environmental issues, such as recycling, conservation, and sustainability.What's Included:Comprehensive Instructions: A detailed guide on how to introduce the script, assign roles , and effectively
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4th - 7th
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Poetry Writing - Choral Reading, Oral Interpretation, Drama Creative Writing Sub
Poetry Writing! Performance Poems are FUN! Performance Poems will get students out of their seats and speaking before the class. Performance poems will engage all students. Performance Poems may include groups of two to six students.Students will watch youtube examples and will participate in reading poems written in my English 10 class from a powerpoint presentation. The poems are color coded so that each speaker in the presentation knows what lines to read alone and what lines to read together
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6th - 12th
The Triple R's (Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle) - Small Group Reader's Theater
This reader's theater was written for a small group of 5 students. It was written to introduce and reinforce the topic of recycling as well as discuss Earth Day. In this script, five students have volunteered to help their teacher clean up after the class party. They get into a discussion about how they can reduce their garbage and why they should. Through this script, students are introduced to a poem to help them remember how to recycle. It is called The Triple R Test. I use all of my Reader's
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2nd - 6th
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Character Trait Text Evidence -- Court Case
Read a court case to determine which student is guilty of being insensitive.
Students will read a court case to the class, and the class will have to reach a verdict from the evidence that is presented -- Which student is insensitive? This is a fun way to have students find evidence to support their answer.
I have included:
1.) A script (3.5 pages) & a highlighted script for each role.
2.) Name tags for students (judge, sheriff, student 1, student 2, witness 1, witness 2)
3.) A worksheet f
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3rd - 6th
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Environment Class Play or Assembly
Environment Class Play - what can we do to help?
Cast of 30 - easily adapted up or down.
Narrator plus 29 Protesters! And who would have thought our narrator would find himself ... a Protester?
Duration - around 15 minutes reading time (not including music suggestions). The length of the script can of course be easily extended by adding on more information about man's negative impact on the environment and what we can do to reduce our carbon footprints.
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Protester 28: We can all do
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4th - 7th
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Green Team Starter Kit
Interested in starting a club at your school? Here is everything you will need to start a Green Team and help your students learn about reducing, reusing and recycling. This starter kit will provide ways for students to take action and be leaders in the school. It includes...year long schedule templates for and information about how we run announcements a number of skits for students to perform about going greendifferent programs to run such as ColorCycling, recycling, and events for schoolaward
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3rd - 8th
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Earth day readers theater Series: Planting the Future
Earth day readers theater Series: Planting the FutureEarth day themed Reader's Theater scripts, for students in grades 4-7. Each script in this series not only entertains but also educates students on important environmental issues, such as recycling, conservation, and sustainability. What's Included:Comprehensive Instructions: A detailed guide on how to introduce the script, assign roles , and effectively use the Reader's Theater method to enhance learning and participation.Key Vocabulary and D
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Bundle Earth day Readers Theater Series: 5 stories
Earth day readers theater Series: The Energy Detectives
Earth day readers theater Series: The Energy DetectivesEarth day themed Reader's Theater scripts, for students in grades 4-7. Each script in this series not only entertains but also educates students on important environmental issues, such as recycling, conservation, and sustainability. What's Included:Comprehensive Instructions: A detailed guide on how to introduce the script, assign roles , and effectively use the Reader's Theater method to enhance learning and participation.Key Vocabulary and
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Bundle Earth day Readers Theater Series: 5 stories
Earth day readers theater Series: Mission: Save Water
Earth day readers theater Series: Mission: Save WaterEarth day themed Reader's Theater scripts, for students in grades 4-7. Each script in this series not only entertains but also educates students on important environmental issues, such as recycling, conservation, and sustainability. What's Included:Comprehensive Instructions: A detailed guide on how to introduce the script, assign roles , and effectively use the Reader's Theater method to enhance learning and participation.Key Vocabulary and D
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Bundle Earth day Readers Theater Series: 5 stories
Earth day readers theater Series: The Recycle Rally
Earth day readers theater Series: The Recycle RallyEarth day themed Reader's Theater scripts, for students in grades 4-7. Each script in this series not only entertains but also educates students on important environmental issues, such as recycling, conservation, and sustainability. What's Included:Comprehensive Instructions: A detailed guide on how to introduce the script, assign roles , and effectively use the Reader's Theater method to enhance learning and participation.Key Vocabulary and Def
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Bundle Earth day Readers Theater Series: 5 stories
Earth day readers theater Series: The Green Guardians
Earth day readers theater Series: The Green GuardiansEarth day themed Reader's Theater scripts, for students in grades 4-7. Each script in this series not only entertains but also educates students on important environmental issues, such as recycling, conservation, and sustainability. What's Included:Comprehensive Instructions: A detailed guide on how to introduce the script, assign roles , and effectively use the Reader's Theater method to enhance learning and participation.Key Vocabulary and D
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Bundle Earth day Readers Theater Series: 5 stories
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