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Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: The Red Hen Ball [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
A reader's theater script for The Red Hen Ball is provided on these pages. Seven character roles are needed in this activity.
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Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Puppies for Sale [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A reader's theater adaptation of the early childhood book, Puppies for Sale, is provided on this script. Six character roles are needed in this activity.
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Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Kimberly Willis Holt's Piper Reed Navy Brat [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
A reader's theater script for Kimberly Willis Holt's book, Piper Reed Navy Brat, is provided on these pages. Seven character roles are needed in this activity.
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Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Pale Male: Citizen Hawk of New York City [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
A reader's theater script for Janet Schulman's children's picture book, Pale Male: Citizen Hawk of New York City, is provided on these pages. Five character roles are needed in this activity.
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Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Emily Jenkins's "Toys Go Out" [Pdf]

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
A reader's theater script for Emily Jenkins' children's book, Toys Go Out, is provided on these pages. Nine character roles are needed in this activity.
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Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Roger and the Three Knocks [Pdf]

For Teachers 5th - 8th
A reader's theater script for Roger and the Three Knocks is provided on these pages. Six character roles are needed in this activity.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Activity: Irrigation Research Challenge

For Students 9th - 10th
A challenge for students to learn more about the importance of field maintenance and water irrigation in sports and then produce a short informational video covering these topics. Specifically, students will record a video after they...
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National Arts Centre (Canada)

Arts Alive: English Theatre

For Students 9th - 10th
ArtsAlive provides a detailed look into world of professional theatre. Thematically organized content walks through all the processes involved in "transforming a play from the page to the stage," including playwriting, directing, acting,...
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PBS

Pbs Kids: Zoom Playhouse

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This PBS kids site features dozens of short plays that have been performed on the children's television series "Zoom." Includes short scripts for skits which students can perform together, and lists of props to include in the performance.
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Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: The Burp Champion [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st
Originally published in a 2009 issue of The Reading Teacher, this reader's theater script was written by two of Dr. Chase Young's second grade students. Two character roles are needed in this activity about a burping contest.
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John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Chivalry and Courtly Love

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this 9-12 lesson, students will explore the Arthurian codes of chivalry and courtly love as portrayed in art, modern films, books, and poetry. They will examine the way in which these ideals have influenced our modern concepts of...
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Other

Hong Kong Education City: English Campus

For Students 9th - 10th
English Campus is an excellent site for Chinese speakers learning English. It includes seven channels - Watch, Read, Practice, Play, Create, Meet, and a Teachers' Corner. Learn by playing word and grammar games, watching movies and...
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John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Cultural Creation Myths

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This ArtsEdge lesson plan provides strategies for teaching the creation myth to high school learners. Students participate in writing intensive activities which relay the various implications of these myths and their relation to the...
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Other

Gooney Bird Greene and Her True Life Adventures

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This original script, available in .pdf form, is based on Lois Lowry's "Gooney Bird Greene."
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Other

Promoting Alabama Youth Development: Module 7: Making Better Choices [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Activities to help teens understand how to make good choices. Includes an activity feedback form for students to fill out, a poster, sample situations teens may face, and several short scripts for role-playing.