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\nCreating an Original Opera\n

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\nThis may be a lot to ask of a high schooler, but then again, who knows? Pupils work in groups to explore, write, and then perform an original opera. They view versions of The Magic Flute and La Traviata, then compose a plot, characters,...\n
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\nMONSTERS AND MYTHS: SCRIPTS /SCULPTS\n

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\nSeventh graders are introduced to myths formed by many cultures as a unique genre of literature. They use critical thinking skills to compare and contrast mythic tales, compare versions of the same story, and respond to literature in...\n
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\nTheater: Create a Script\n

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\nFigurative language is the focus in the book Teach Us, Amelia Bedelia. After reading Peggy Parish's book, class members dramatize idioms from the text, using dramatic strategies such as characterization, exaggeration, and...\n
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\nThe Pied Piper of Hamelin\n

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\nSix tasks make up a lesson plan designed to reinforce comprehension and language skills using the poem \"The Pied Piper\" by Robert Browing. Scholars discuss and define unknown words, identify adjectives and onomatopoeia, review...\n
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\nOur Group Readers Theater: Managing the Sequence of Events in Our Group Script\n

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\nThe whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Working in small groups, class members combine their independent readers theater scripts into part of a larger group script. They complete a storyboard to determine the best sequence for...\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: Evaluating a Novel Versus a Script\n

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\nHow are novels and scripts alike and different? As part of the mid-unit assessment, scholars complete a Venn diagram to compare two types of writing: a novel and a script. Next, they respond to short-answer questions, evaluating passages...\n
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\nEnd of Unit Assessment: Individual Sections of Readers Theater Script\n

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\nLet's play! Pupils create titles for their readers theater scripts and act them out in a fun game of charades. Next, as part of their end of unit assessment, they write final copies of their individual scripts.\n
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\nNarratives as Theater: Esperanza Rising, from Novel to Script\n

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\nCalling all thespians! Working in small groups, pupils practice reading and performing a readers theater script for the novel Esperanza Rising. Next, they read aloud passages from the novel and use an anchor chart to compare the script...\n
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\nReader's Theater Script: Three Billy Goats Gruff\n

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\nIn this reading worksheet, students perform a reader's theater script based on Three Billy Goats Gruff. Students read the 4 character script like a play.\n
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\nStructural Elements of Drama\n

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\nThe world may indeed be a stage, and players certainly need to know drama vocabulary. This list of 16 terms (and their definitions) often found in scripts will prompt actors to perform their role.\n
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\nWho knows? You may inspire the next George Lucas or Steven Spielberg with a script writing presentation that provides some basic tips. Young film makers begin by reading scripts for movies they know, scripts for movies they don't know,...\n
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\nWriting Scripts\n

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\nCreate a classroom full of writers using this innovative technique. The presentation walks learners through the process of writing a script, including identifying the setting, characters, and major events in the story. After reviewing...\n
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\nNineteen Eight-Four\n

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\nNineteen Eighty-Four is a perfect text for an age of fake news and alternative facts. And what better way to introduce a new generation of readers to George Orwell's dystopian classic than with a reader's theatre version of the tale. The...\n
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\nDrama\n

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\nTen drama lessons are the perfect addition to your language arts or theater class. With a focus on script elements, plot development, and parts of a dramatic story, the lessons guide young playwrights through the steps of telling a story...\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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\nCivil War Play\n

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\nEveryone has a role to play. Young scholars step into history by taking on the roles of soldiers—both male and female—during the Civil War using a fictionalized play of what life was like on the battlefield. Pupils also examine the roles...\n
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\nA-Scripting We Will Go\n

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\nStudents write script for a puppet show. In this writing lesson, students write a puppet show script using facts from a previous lesson. They listen to DyAnne DiSalvo Ryan's, City Green before discussing the characters and which ones...\n
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\nElements of Drama: Vocabulary\n

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\nIntroduce your young thespians to the elements of drama! Key vocabulary helps them through their first week of class. The presentation outlines parts of a script, stage direction, and strategies for reading a script. Tip: The strategies...\n
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\nTalking Heads\n

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\nAfter processing notes from research or an interview, middle schoolers turn the information into a script or dialogue for narrative, persuasive, or expository text. Use this lesson in any writing unit to reinforce proper writing skills.\n
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\nFlora and Fauna as Figures of Speech\n

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\nWhat a lovely way to incorporate artwork into your language arts lesson. View artwork in illustrated manuscript pages, depicting insects, animals, plants, flowers, and ornate writing in the Getty Museum. Practice using figurative...\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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\nJames Bond in a Honda? Trial Simulation\n

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\nYour class members will take on the roles of jury members in this exciting simulation. After reading a detailed script and reviewing pieces of evidence, they will determine whether Honda violated copyright and copied James Bond.\n
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\nWriting a Screenplay\n

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\nIt's time to make a movie! Kids follow 15 steps to take their movie ideas from concept to script, following clear examples. The resource includes creative ways to guide learners into developing a few words and concepts into fully...\n
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