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\nCrash Course Theater and Drama\n

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\nForsooth! Here’s a collection that has everything you ever wanted to know about the theater and drama—everyone from Aristotle to Chikamatsu, from Moliere to Shakespeare to Williams. From Banraku to Zaju, every type from comedy to...\n
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\nFluency: Connected Text, Readers' Theater\n

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\nReaders' theater is a fun way to get kids reading with expression and improve their fluency! There is a full script here for The Three Bears with five characters to assign.\n
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\nA Reader's Theater Script for Clever Jack Takes the Cake\n

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\nBreathe life into a reading of the children's story Clever Jack Takes the Cake with this Reader's Theater script. Offering speaking roles for nine students plus a sound effects chorus, this is a great activity that engages the whole...\n
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\nCivil War Reader's Theater\n

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\nEncourage class members to add expression and put themselves back in time during the Civil War with a reader's theater activity. The scripts include dialogue on what it was like for the Union and Confederate sides during this time.\n
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\nA Reader's Theater Script for Oh, No!\n

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\nIf you are reading Judy Freeman's Oh No! or your class loves animals, use a reader's theater exercise to bring the story to life. After assigning 12 parts to your young actors, have them act out the story with a script that will be...\n
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\nReader's Theater Exercise\n

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\nHere's a great idea for your Parent/Family Night—host a Reader's Theater! Everything you need to organize the night, as well as a K-3 and a 4-7 script, is provided in the packet. \n
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\nReader's Theater Exercise: The Night Before Christmas\n

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\nYes, Virginia, there really is a reader's theater script for \"The Night Before Christmas.\" The exercise is a great way to productively channel pre-holiday energy.\n
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\nNarratives as Theater, Part I: What is Readers Theater?\n

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\nDiscover the exciting world of readers theater! Scholars learn all about the reading strategy, reading a script about American heroes and completing an I Notice/I Wonder chart. Next, pupils participate in readers theater using the...\n
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\nLaunching the Readers Theater Groups: Allocating Key Quotes and Scenes\n

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\nThere's no I in collaboration! Scholars work in small groups to write a Readers Theater script for a scene from Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird. Next, within their small groups, pupils discuss how their scenes communicate the main...\n
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\nDrafting Individual Readers Theater Scripts for a Specific Scene: Rephrasing, Narrator Introduction, and Identifying Characters\n

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\nRead, revise, refine! Scholars refine their readers theater scripts by rephrasing some of the lines. Next, they write drafts of their narrator introductions and share their work with peers to give and receive feedback. \n
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\nReader's Theater\n

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\nConduct a Reader's Theater. Third, fourth, and fifth graders rewrite books with a baseball theme to a Reader's Theater format. They form groups of four or five, practice reading the script, and then perform it for an audience.\n
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\nReader's Theater Flip Video Fluency\n

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\nLearners practice fluency. In this reader's theater lesson, students practice their fluency by rehearsing a script with their group. Once the group is ready, they create a background and props and are videotaped performing their script.\n
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\nReader's Theater: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer\n

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\nThe opening chapters of Mark Twain's masterpiece, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, can be daunting for some readers. A reader's theater assignment divides the second chapter of the novel into a seven-role script, allowing...\n
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\nA Tribute To Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.\n

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\nHow much do your learners know about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.? Set up an opportunity for kids to learn about Dr. King while practicing reading fluency with a reader's theater activity. The script is for four voices and includes...\n
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\nUsing Reader's Theater in the Classroom\n

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\nReaders Theater: Writing a Conclusion\n

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\nThat's all, folks! Scholars work with their group members to create conclusions for their To Kill A Mockingbird reader's theater scripts. They use a criteria list to help guide their conclusion writing and discuss how the conclusions...\n
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\nDrafting Individual Readers Theater Scripts for a Specific Scene: Narrowing Text for our Readers Theater Scripts\n

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\nLet's focus. In small groups, writers narrow text selections to produce a narrative script based on the novel Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan. Next, pupils plan their reader's theater scripts based on the text.\n
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\nMid-Unit Assessment: Readers Theater Scene Selection Justification and Peer Critique\n

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\nIs it justified? Readers complete the mid-unit assessment to justify their reader's theater scenes and quote choices from To Kill A Mockingbird. After completing the assessment, scholars conduct peer reviews and critique the script...\n
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\nOur Group Readers Theater: Managing the Sequence of Events in Our Script\n

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\nGo with the flow. Scholars learn how using transition words and phrases helps their scripts flow smoothly. Readers think about connecting each section after determining the sequence for their readers' theater manuscripts from To Kill A...\n
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\nWriting the First Draft of the Readers Theater Script\n

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\nScholars analyze a model Readers Theater script. Then, small groups read their scripts aloud to help determine where they need to make revisions.\n
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\nEnd of Unit 3 Assessment: Readers Theater Commentary\n

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\nProve it! In the end-of-unit assessment, scholars write a commentary and provide evidence to justify the connection between their reader's theater scripts and To Kill A Mockingbird. After completing the assessment, they practice...\n
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\nPerformance Task: Readers Theater Performance\n

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\nIt's show time! Scholars finalize their learning by performing their Reader's Theater script of To Kill A Mockingbird. As groups of actors perform, the remaining pupils give feedback using a rubric. After all groups finish, each person...\n
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\nPerformance Task: Readers Theater Second Rehearsal and Performance\n

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\nPrepare, practice, perform. Using the resource, actors first revise their conclusions for their readers theater scripts. Then, groups perform their scripts in front of the class, while peers evaluate each performance using a rubric. \n
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\nOur Group Readers Theater: Revision, Conclusion, and First Rehearsal\n

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\nRevision is the key to great writing. Individuals revise their readers theater scripts and write a group conclusion. Scholars then perform their scripts for another group and receive feedback.\n
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