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The Navajo and the Astronaut - A Navajo Joke - Small Group Reader's Theater

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This is a joke the Navajo enjoy telling each other. It takes place in the 1960’s when NASA was preparing to send men to the moon for the first time and took them out to the Navajo Reservation because the terrain was similar in appearance to the moon’s. Find out what one older man said to them in Navajo and asked that they take it to the moon with them. There is a writing assignment for the students to do at the bottom of the last page. I use reader's theaters to encourage my students to practic

5th - 12th, Adult Education

Drama, Short Stories, U.S. History

CCSS

CCRA.R.10

, CCRA.W.10

, CCRA.SL.1

The Volcan & the Volcano - Small Group Reader's Theater

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WonbyOne

This is a Small Group Reader's Theater. It is for 4 students, boys or girls. I use them to help with fluency but I also use them to introduce other topics at times. This Reader's Theater is meant to introduce volcanoes. It centers on the four types of volcanoes and what makes them interesting to study. In the script, one of the students has just decided to become a Volcanologist when they grow up. None of the others know what this is and, at first, they think the person is talking about being

4th - 10th, Adult Education

Drama, Earth Sciences, Short Stories

CCSS

RL.6.10

, RF.4.4

, RF.4.4a

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