Dramatizing Your Story

What's the difference between story reading and story telling? Participants in a summer enrichment program learn all about the difference as they listen to famous speeches, engage in dramatic readings, and craft their own short stories...

Students write about main characters. For this dramatic writing lesson, students brainstorm character ideas. Students create actions and give the character a voice. Students act out the scene in groups and create a final draft.

Third graders develop writing skills. In this beginning, middle and end of a story instructional activity, 3rd graders understand how the sequence of events develops the story. Students work in small groups and act out parts of a story...

Students explore dramatization. In this literacy fluency and drama lesson, students listen to the story Mop Top by Don Freeman and add related sounds at the appropriate times. Students role play, pantomime, and add sounds to  create a...

Heed Charles Dickens' warning of misusing one's life from A Christmas Carol and don't miss the opportunity offered by a resource that prepares learners for this epic tale. Packed with information and lesson ideas, the guide offers...

Read and act out folktales, fairy tales, or myths from various Asian American cultures with your class. Each group reads a story aloud and then works together to create a short play or skit about the story. Suggestions for stories are...

Explore script writing based on prose in a cross-curricular literacy lesson. After listening to the folktale The Drum, middle schoolers identify and describe specific story elements such as characters and events. They work in groups to...

Pupils read "The Golden Ball" and discuss plot and story elements. In this drama lesson, students review script vs. story writing and presentation. Pupils take turns reading parts of the play and discuss, make paper crowns and evaluate...

Students explore storytelling by analyzing a film in class. In this story structure lesson, students view the film "Kit Kittredge: An American Girl" and discuss the characters, plot and settings. Students complete several coloring...

Students read slave narratives and retell the stories to the class, identifying sensory details. In this slavery lesson plan, students discuss the importance of sensory details, then read the slave narratives looking for specific...