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Free 8th grade english language arts scripts for GATE
Listening and Following Directions Activity With Lesson Plan
Listening and Following Directions
An Activity That Challenges Students To Pay Attention To Details
This activity is designed to challenge students to listen closely to directions and complete tasks in the correct locations on a grid.
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Listening and Following Directions Growing Bundle + Reading Comprehension
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Following Directions and Listening Bundle Reading Comprehension
Rapunzel | Readers Theater Script | Grimm Brothers Fairy Tale
Rapunzel Readers Theater Script adapted from the original Grimm Brothers Fairy Tale. Thank you for downloading this free resource!!! Please provide feedback in the Comments & Ratings. Even if it's only a few words. This will help me in creating new and better products. Your help is much appreciated! Help students practice fluency, reading with expressing, and performing in front of others without the stress of having to memorize their lines. Contains original text. ATOS Book Level 6.0
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4th - 9th
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{Are You a Text Talker?} Using the Language of Textual Evidence: ELA CCSS 1
This freebie is a quick cheat-sheet for students to remind themselves of the text-based language called for by students in the Common Core for ELA, in particular, during and while participating in teacher-directed close readings of text. These sentence starters give students a head start on how to begin their thinking and use text-based language when orally citing evidence from the text.
This product is one sheet with the option of several different backgrounds. Print full sheets or select "m
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K - 12th, Higher Education
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The Principal's New Clothes - Reader's Theater for the Entire Class!
This reader's theater is for the entire class! You will need at least 11 students but more is always better. This ties into my other twisted fairy tales except that it was written to do as a class. I split my class into two groups and both groups practice. When we perform we discuss what things we liked about each group. I use this to introduce the small group reader's theaters I have them do the rest of the year. I have also come back to the script at the end of the year to perform in front of
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3rd - 8th, Adult Education
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The Year Santa Got Mixed Up! - Readers Theater for the Entire Class
This is a Reader's Theater for the entire class. It can be performed at any time but is usually performed at Christmas. Reader's Theater is a terrifically fun way to improve your fluency.The Year Santa Got Mixed Up by Melanie Whitesides is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
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3rd - 8th
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FREE Close Reading Bookmarks - Annotating Text & Post-it Note Strategy
Print these bookmarks for your students and they will never forget how to close read! I print mine double-sided and students use one side for when we can write on the text and the other (post-it) side for when we're close reading something we can't write on!*****************************************************************************CCSS Aligned Interactive Reading NotebooksI use interactive notebooks in my classroom on a daily basis. I've created my own interactive notebook pages that are align
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4th - 12th
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Zebra on the Loose! FUN Informative Writing Activity for Common Core Grades 4-8
Zebra on the Loose! FUN Informative Writing Activity for Common Core Grades 4-8Spice up informative writing with this FUN and different lesson!A zebra on the loose in the city? That's not something you see everyday! Read a reporter's interviews (primary sources!) of four people involved in this outrageous incident:- the kid who took the cell phone video of the zebra running through the city that went viral- the zebra's owner who accidentally let him get away (is that LEGAL?)- the lady who hit th
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4th - 9th
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The Princess & The Pea - A Reader's Theatre Script
This 11 page reader's theatre script is designed to target reading fluency and comprehension for a group of up to eight students between the grades of 4th and 8th, depending upon ability level.
Reader's theatre is an activity in which students practice and rehearse a scripted selection of an appropriate text. Students continue to rehearse the script until those same students can read their parts of the selection fluently and with notable expression before a live audience. Reader's theatre is
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4th - 8th
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Free Christmas Play - The Moose Before Christmas! Ebook Reader's Theatre Script
T'was the night before Christmas Eve, and our old friend Santa was ready to leave. It was one day too early but Santa was confused, because Mrs. Claus' memory had been a bit bruised...You see their calendar was set to the wrong year, and so she told Santa to a whole day early to deliver all of the kids' toy gear!When Santa comes early by accident, it is up to a very special moose named Goose to help him get back to the North Pole in time for the real Christmas Eve!A fresh and funny take on an ol
Standards Based 6-Traits Writing Elements (revising/editing)
NEWLY UPDATED!!
An Interactive student Guide to build self-efficacy in 6-Trait Text Revising and Editing. Ready to use for lessons with printables for Students. The guides includes a process with steps that will guide students through each of the 6 traits of writing (i.e., ideas & content, sentence fluency, word choice, organization, voice, conventions) for 6-8th grade.
The new updated version includes both color and black and white pages, a fun design, and all the same helpful content!
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5th - 10th
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Weekly Reading Log with Depth and Complexity Icons Bundle
Help your readers stay on track with this weekly reading log. We use this as homework but it could easily be used in the classroom as well.Students track their daily reading, including title, time spent reading, and pages read. On the back, there is space for a text response. At the end of the week, readers add up their pages and time spent reading. A space for a parent signature is the final piece.The icons of depth and complexity (often called GATE Icons) are added so that students may thi
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3rd - 8th
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Readers' Theater Sampler: Mythology & Fables
This sampler is a preview of the full Readers' Theater unit.
The full unit is composed of five sections, with over 50 scripts.
This sampler includes one script from each of the following five sections:
1) Fables with 20 scripts (Grades 2-4)
2) Creation Myths with 9 scripts (Grades 4-8)
3) Trickster Tales with 10 scripts (Grades 4-8)
4) Greek and Roman Myths with 7 scripts (Grades 4-8)
5) Norse Myths with 7 scripts (Grades 4-8)
The full unit may be purchased as a whole with the five sect
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2nd - 8th
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St. Nicholas Night Reader's Theater and Close Reading Toolkit
Reader's Theater for BIG KIDS!St. Nicholas Night! I find reader's theaters to be a really fun way to focus on various skills in my upper elementary classroom. My students love to perform and may still need some work in the area of fluency, comprehension, word work, and writing. If your crew has the same needs, this is the perfect toolkit for you.St. Nicholas Night is a holiday that is celebrated in Europe, but is also a tradition that is celebrated here in some communities in North America.
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4th - 8th, Staff
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Depth and Complexity Icons Guide (Thinking Prompts/GATE)
How to Use! Use these icons as thinking prompts to guide a topic.Great for use in all subject areas. Examples: Read Aloud Storiesinformative textsanthologiesfictionnon-fictionScienceSocial StudiesProjects
Grades:
2nd - 8th
Events Leading to the Revolutionary War Free Reader's Theater: Boston Massacre
Events Leading to the Revolutionary War Free Reader's Theater: Boston Massacre
This is a free sample of one of the scripts included in my Reader’s Theater Pack: Events Leading to the Revolutionary War.
The script is short, giving a quick overview of the Boston Massacre. It is written for 3 students.
If you and your students enjoy this script, check out my Reader’s Theater Pack: Events Leading to the Revolutionary War. Topics in that pack include The French and Indian War, Proclamation of 176
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4th - 9th
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Thirty Days Hath September. . .
Phrases, titles, product names, and exaggerations constructed with numbers--we quote them, hear them, see them, but seldom stop to think how useful they are. In this brain teaser, they are the stars.
Treat your students to a view of our language from a different angle with this two-part download, 40 items each. Also included are full answer keys and a list of 50 additional number phrases that creative teachers and students may use as resources for another activity.
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5th - 8th
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Public Speaking Template, Tips, and Tricks for the 1-2 Minute Informative Speech
The common core wants effective speakers and 21st Century Learners!
Here is a template for the one to two minute informative speech in handy notecard-sized cutouts.
This document includes public speaking tips and tricks for all ages and ability levels.
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3rd - 12th
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The Secret Door Reader's Theatre Script
A 10 minute Reader's Theatre Script perfect for new performers!
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Grades:
6th - 8th
Reader's Theater Scooby Doo
Loosely based on Scooby Doo and Zombie Island, the Mystery Inc. Gang once again solves a mystery. This time the appearance of zombies at a local camp has caused the camp to close down and the gang must find out the suspects and if the zombies are actually real.
This is a great way to get your students interacting with English in fun ways that they relate to that also provides a template for public speaking and working as a team.
This script provides the structure for a play or Reader's Theater
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5th - 12th
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Cinderella Reader's Theatre Script
By Drama Dreams and English Themes, this is an original four-page script of "Cinderella," that can be used as the basis for a variety of activities in the English or Theatre classroom. It is useful for reader's theatre as well. The script is written for ten characters and includes humor and references to the modern world. This fairytale skit can provide the basis for collaborative learning, plot analysis, moral and theme work, and short play acting work.
Cover page graphic by mycutegraphics.co
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6th - 10th
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Bell Ringers and Brain Teasers for Young Scholars Free Sample Activities
Challenge your students (and adult friends) to make the connections with these two activities from Brain Teasers for Young Scholars. Keys, fortunately, are included! Download and enjoy.
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4th - 9th
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Cereal Box Book Report - Project Based Learning
This is a fun way for students to show their understanding of either a book you've read together as a class or a book they've read on their own. This resource includes printable pieces that students can fill out, cut, and glue directly to a used cereal box. There is structure, but also the opportunity for creativity. The following template pieces are included in this resource:-Front of box: Students create a cereal name and look for the cereal-Back of box: Students create a game/activity that re
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2nd - 8th
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Myth of Echo and Narcissus, Ancient Greek Theater
“Myth of Echo and Narcissus” is a short play from Greek Plays for Young Actors, a collection of nine short plays based on the stories of Greek mythology and Aesop's fables. The plays are ideal for readers theater, youth community theater groups and classroom theater performances. Following the traditions of ancient Greek theater, each of the nine short plays is performed by two or three actors accompanied by a small chorus that can vary in size. Life lessons of kindness, sharing, humility and re
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4th - 8th
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An Afternoon with Maya Angelou, W.E.B. Dubois and Malcolm X
This is a short play about a fictional account of a lunch between Maya Angelou, Malcolm X and W.E.B. Dubois. This play can be used a reader's theater piece for a literary center or for a Black History Month activity. Throughout this lunch, these historical figures discuss civil rights, human rights and the importance of education. This is play can also be performed as a skit.
Grades:
3rd - 12th
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