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Critical thinking drama Common Core RL.8.7 resources
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Movie Response Unit | Film Analysis & Review | Media Literacy | Digital & Print
⭐ Make MOVIES and VISUAL TEXTS A MEANINGFUL learning opportunity in 2024 with this UPDATED and engaging collection of FILM STUDY graphic organizers, activities and tools your students will love. ⭐ All the hard work is done for you with NO PREPARATION REQUIRED for this DIGITAL and PRINT MEDIA LITERACY resource.This collection of 27 INDEPENDENT TASKS and GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS takes students beyond the hype, special effects and trailers to look at visual literacy from several perspectives, offering D
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5th - 8th
Also included in: Innovative Substitute Teaching Bundle | No Prep Sub Plans
Introduction to Drama Unit with Interactive Notebook Lessons Slides Activities
Teaching introduction to drama in middle school is finally broken down with this complete drama unit. This unit includes 11 done-for-you lesson plans, interactive notebook lessons, 10 accompanying lesson slideshow presentations, reference pages, graphic organizers, and grading rubrics. Each lesson is quick and easy to set up and I have done ALL the work for you. You could even leave these lesson plans for subs. Here's what you'll get:Drama Unit: 11 Lesson Plans and Resources10 Slideshow presen
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6th - 8th
Middle School Interactive Reading Log {Common Core Aligned}
Give your 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students meaningful homework where they can read a fiction or non-fiction text of their choice and apply a wide-variety of reading prompts to the section of the text they read each night. Interactive reading logs provide a necessary bridge between students, teachers, and parents. They were created using the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th reading standards for literature and informational texts. Beyond the Common Core, the reading prompts will ensure that students a
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5th - 8th
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The Hitchhiker by Lucille Fletcher—Radio Play Drama Analysis & The Twilight Zone
Students will read and analyze the script of Lucille Fletcher's radio play: The Hitchhiker (also spelled The Hitch-Hiker). Have them listen to the drama on the Orson Welles Show to understand the impact that music and sound effects have on a play. Students will love to compare the audio version of The Hitchhiker to the episode of The Twilight Zone Rod Serling adapted for television. (The gender swap of the main character makes for a great discussion.)In this dreadful, ominous tale, students will
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6th - 9th
Also included in: The Hitchhiker Unit — Radio Drama by Lucille Fletcher
Game: Fairy Tale Wedding (Mystery Activity Package)
FAIRY TALE WEDDING MYSTERY ACTIVITY PACKET
You are cordially invited to the Fairy Tale Wedding of Prince Charming and Cinderella. Oops! They've been kidnapped! Whodunit? Why?
Bring literature to life while writing your own ending to a highly interactive event that immerses students in literary terms and research first hand. After engaging in discussion and research into the fairy tale genre of literature, players take the roles of various fairy tale characters and function as both suspe
Introduction to Drama PowerPoint
This Drama PowerPoint is an excellent introduction to theater and drama lesson you project on your whiteboard to start teaching and hook your students. Presentation has animations, sounds, and graphics that engage students when starting a drama unit. Defines drama terms like playwright, stage directions, set, props, script, etc. Includes staging, dramatization, how plays are produced, the role of the audience and theater etiquette. Also includes information on Greek theater, Shakespearean theate
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6th - 9th, Adult Education
Also included in: Drama Unit Resource BUNDLE Print and Digital Easel Activities
22 spooky, scary reader's theater scripts and monologues from Literature
Graphic descriptions and scenes begging for prediction occur frequently in horror literature. This genre also elicits some strong emotions and students often find it easy to put themselves into the character’s shoes. This product includes 22 pieces crafted from American writers such as Edgar A. Poe, H. P. Lovecraft, Jack London and Nathaniel Hawthorne and World Literature such as Shakespeare, Sir, Arthur C. Doyle and George MacDonald.Pre- and post- points to ponder, writing prompts, exit tickets
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7th - 12th
Radio Drama Unit and The Frozen Pirate Radio Play
Sea Shanty anyone? This THREE-WEEK radio theater unit and play, nearly 80 pages in length, is suitable for high school drama classes or upper middle grade gifted classes and includes: • Rationale for teaching radio theater• A lesson on the history of radio theater • Information about Foley engineers• Three links to video clips of Foley engineers• Student-created sound effect project• Five links to radio play performances (some vintage and some recent) • A mini-lesson in writing and pr
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9th - 11th
A Midsummer Night's Dream | Digital Escape Room | Abridged Script
Do you have a problem finding an appropriate version of Shakespeare that can be performed with teens? Shakespeare for Teens A Midsummer Night's Dream with a Digital Escape Room Review Game is your solution. The language of the original version can be challenging, while modern versions make the text unrecognizable. This adapted version allows teens to easily access the text while giving the same feel and rhythm of language as the original. This lesson gets students out of their seats and performi
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5th - 12th
MyPerspectives 9th Grade Unit 4: Star Crossed Romance (Romeo & Juliet)
This comprehensive and engaging resource consists of 114 Slides for Romeo and Juliet. Slides contain activities, prompts, assessments, discussion questions, a mock trial, close readings, Jeopardy game links, mini-lessons, and so much more to make teaching and learning Romeo and Juliet fun, educational, and creative!The handouts bundle includes over 20 resources of corresponding handouts for the unit, which includes a mock trial framework, a ready to use end-of -play assessment with a step-by-ste
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8th - 12th
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Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief Movie Viewing Guide
Movie viewing guide for the movie "Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief." Questions ask students to:Analyze characters and character motivationsCompare and contrast the book to the movieConsider why changes were made in adapting the bookNote: This viewing guide is intended to be used after reading the book--several questions ask students to compare and contrast the book and the movie.
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6th - 12th
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Scripts: Mark Twain reader's theater (2) & lesson plans
Two of Mark Twain’s humorous short stories are presented in reader’s theater format: The Million Pound Note and The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County. Also included are lesson plans with NCTE and Virginia standards, review games, a How and Why of Reader’s Theater and a How to Use the Jigsaw Method. (ZIP file with PDF’s)Recall and higher level thinking questions plus a variety of formal assessments make the lessons easy to tier. Makes an excellent pre-reading activity not only to prov
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Bundle: American Literature
A Midsummer Night's Dream 1999 Film Analysis Graphic Organizer
Students analyze the 1999 film adaptation of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, directed by Michael Hoffman. Students reflect on casting choices, setting choices, costuming and the performance of individual actors as they use facial expression, gesture, and tone to bring life to their characters.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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A Christmas Carol-Horovitz stage adaptation-close reading questions all scenes
These questions are to be used with the Israel Horovitz stage adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.
These will work as close reading or lit circle questions. They can also be used prior to performing the play.
Pages are formatted in two columns, and can be printed front to back then cut in half to save paper and to fit better into notebooks and journals.
This is the complete set of questions. I also have the questions for individual scenes available on my TpT site.
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7th - 8th
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Black History Month Readers Theatre Play
This Readers Theater script for Black History Month is great for middle and high school students. "The Spirits of Black History." 8-10 actors. All genders are flexible. Ten minutes long. Can be done in class or on stage. The staging is simple, with no heavy or large props. Written by playwright Dante Wellman. There is a very short dance routine performed by the Nicholas Brothers. The teacher has full discretion/freedom here to develop a brief routine; one or two musicians could also be added to
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7th - 12th
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The Diary of Anne Frank: Movie Questions
After reading the actual diary or the play adaptation of The Diary of Anne Frank with your students, show your class the 2009 film version (TV mini-series). These movie questions help students stay focused during the film and give them ideas to think about as they compare the play to the film version.I'd love to hear how this product worked for you so please leave me a review.Click to Follow:https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Sellers-Im-Following/Add/Knowstuff
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK (the play): Unit materials
The Devil and Tom Walker reader's theater scripts, prompts and projects
Product includes 2 reader’s theater scripts breaking the short story by Washington Irving into 10 scenes. One is for whole classroom participation while the other can be used for a performance or drama club script.Reader’s theater gives students an authentic reason to read and reread as well as analyze characters in order to perform. Additionally, exit tickets, a reader’s theater rubric, the How’s and Why’s of Reader’s Theater, Jigsaw Method with Reader’s Theater Scripts, and a compare and cont
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Bundle: American Literature
MyPerspectives 9th Grade Unit 6: World's End
This comprehensive and engaging resource consists of slides that correspond with Unit 6 of the 9th Grade MyPerspectives curriculum. Slides contain activities, prompts, assessments, discussion questions, Jeopardy game links, mini-lessons, and so much more to make teaching and learning fun, educational, and creative!
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: 9th Grade Unit 6: World's End BUNDLE Slides & Printable Activities, etc
Growing Edited 45-60 Minute Shakespeare Script Bundle- 6+ Scripts in Google Doc
Growing Shakespeare Script Bundle!Includes 45 -60 minute cuts of Shakespeare favorites such as:1.) Romeo and Juliet2.) Macbeth3.) Midsummer Night's Dream4.) Hamlet5.)Comedy of Errors6.) Julius Caesarand more! Continually growing resource!Purposefully put in Google Doc format so ease of adaptation for your unique performer needs! Includes space for student, director and Stage Manager notes or space for students to annotate the text as needed!#Shakespearean Classroom Resources#High School Theatre
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Daily Mind Builders: Language Arts - Quick, Fun Brain Energizers for Grades 5+
A 37-page printable PDF ebook for grades 5 and up to wake up sleeping brains with fun daily doses of critical thinking! This book is comprised of intriguing ELA-themed activity pages to wake up sleepy brains for the day's lessons. Each activity page takes about 5-15-minutes to solve and develops the most important reading comprehension skill found on all standardized reading tests. Synthesizing disparate information and using the result to produce a reasonable conclusion is an essential skill as
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5th - 12th
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Rip Van Winkle script and more
Compare and contrast the original Rip Van Winkle with this reader’s theater version for 13 characters and a choral reading poem. Reader’s theater can build fluency and comprehension whether it is used as a pre-reading introduction or an option for readers who might struggle with the original text. It gives an authentic reason to read and reread.Also included are 14 discussion starters, journaling prompts and assignments as well as directions for how to do choral readings and reader’s theater a
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Bundle: American Literature
THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK (the play): Unit materials
As you teach your students about the tragedy of the Holocaust and read the play version of The Diary of Anne Frank, give your students a review of the characters, quizzes about the interplay of events, and a movie guide to reflect on how well the movie portrays the book.
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7th - 11th
Edgar Allen Poe Unit Test w/ The Raven and Tell-Tale Heart Distance Learning
My friend and fellow teacher and I wrote this test after attending a question vetting session. What an eye opener that was for us.We wrote the test with two different passages serving two purposes. They can be used together or separately. We used The Raven excerpt as a cold read to assess if the students could apply all they had studied and learned during our in-depth study of The Tell-Tale Heart. We included a portion on The Tell-Tale Heart because we had spent so much time working on this gr
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7th - 9th
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Introduction to Drama Presentation on Google Slides
This Drama presentation on Google Slides is an excellent introduction to theater and drama lesson you can project on your whiteboard to start your teaching and hook your students. Slide presentation has animations and graphics that will engage your students when beginning a drama unit. Defines drama, and drama terms like playwright, stage directions, set, props, script and much more! Includes staging, dramatization, how plays are produced, the role of the audience and theater etiquette. Also inc
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Drama Unit Resource BUNDLE Print and Digital Easel Activities
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