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The Navajo and the Astronaut - A Navajo Joke - Small Group Reader's Theater
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
+2
Romeo & Juliet Balcony Scene Rewrite
This creative writing activity will allow your students to have some fun creating a parody of the famous Act II, Scene ii of Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet. Students choose their own setting and translate the language to fit their time period. An example is attached. An option is to have students act out their scenes for extra credit.
8th - 12th
Creative Writing, Drama, English Language Arts
Reality Show Proposal & Commercial Project
This is a great language or drama activity. Students will complete a plan/proposal page to outline their own reality show. Then they will plan out a commercial, write a script and act/record the finished product. Includes example outline and script. Includes: -Reality show proposal outline (PDF & Editable PPT) -Commercial Outline, Rubric, Planning Page, Script Page & Examples (PDF & Editable PPT)
4th - 12th
Creative Writing, Drama, Other (Performing Arts)
The Volcan & the Volcano - Small Group Reader's Theater
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
+13
Hawthorne's Wives of the Dead scripts, PPT, projects and more
This bundle includes 2 reader’s theater scripts of Hawthorne's tale The Wives of the Dead (4 pages each) one with Hawthorne’s words, the other modernized. Brevity and language make these ideal for readers who need differentiation, are ELLs or for performance. Reader’s theater gives students an authentic reason to read and reread as well as analyze characters in order to perform. The PPT converted to .PDF includes 24 pages including writing prompts, background information, assignments, projects
9th - 11th
Drama, English Language Arts, Literature
CCSS
RL.9-10.1
, RL.9-10.3
, RL.9-10.4
+6
Costume Design Notes and Powerpoint
Costume Design Notes and Powerpoint. #Costume Design Worksheet#Scenic Analysis Worksheet#Theater Costume Activities#Drama Classroom Resources#Stage Costume Lesson Plan#Theater Production Worksheets#Drama Teacher Tools#Educational Costume Activities#High School Theater Worksheets#Stagecraft Lesson Plans#Theater Arts Resources#Costume Design for Students#Educational Drama Worksheets#Secondary School Theater Activities#Stage Costume Techniques#Creative Drama Worksheets#Secondary Theater Arts#Secon
6th - 12th
Art, Drama, Other (Arts)
Also included in: Technical Theatre Design Google Slide Notes Bundle
The Telephone Scene
This packet includes three different versions (5 character, 8 character, and 10 character) of a scene in which characters are waiting and then receive an important phone call. Students must write the surprise ending, scripting several more lines to finish the resolution. It's a great scene for teaching characterization, blocking, focus, stage business, voice, timing, and social distancing within a scene. It can be used as a serious or a comic scene, and the packet includes suggestions for us
7th - 12th, Higher Education
Drama
Also included in: Theatre Teacher's Bundle of Scenes and Scene Prompts
Podcast Script, comedy script ready for recording/analysing, fictional podcasts
This ready to use podcast script is developed for students to read and recreate. You can use this script as a template for creating foley sounds, group recordings, learning podcasting technologies, story development or even just deconstructing for analysis purposes. With gender neutral names and pronouns, this script is best for groups of 3-4 students of any age.
6th - 9th
Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Performing Arts
Camping In a Haunted House Scene
Fully scripted 8-page (10-12 minute) seasonal October scene for 6 females and 1 male. Roles are easily adaptable for either gender. Works great as a class assignment or as a part of a collection of seasonal scenes for a show. Two additional roles (one male and one female) are walk-on parts at the end with no lines. An aunt's plan to scare a teenage niece and her friends backfires when the house they "camp" in for Halloween already has inhabitants.
7th - 12th
Drama
Also included in: Fully Scripted Halloween Scenes Bundle
Fossil Soup - Readers' Theater for the Whole Class
This is a Reader's Theater for the entire class. I suggest your spring play and, of course being teachers, merging the Language Arts goals of reading with our Science goal of learning about fossils. In the script, A family is traveling home for the winter and has been on the road a while. They are tired and want a good night’s sleep and some food to fill their empty bellies. The town they come to does NOT like strangers, especially poor ones. There is a small discussion/writing prompt at the e
3rd - 10th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Classroom Community, Drama, Short Stories
CCSS
RL.6.10
, RF.3.4
, RF.3.4a
+14
Incredibles Play- No bullying
This is a play I created to support our bully-free school. The play is based on the movie Incredible's and the teachers at our school played the parts. It would work for students to play parts as well.
PreK - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Drama
Key Signatures: Google Slides with Lesson Script
This Google Slides presentation gives a thorough explanation of key signatures: what they are, what they do, how to read them, and how to find the major keys they represent; as well as the Orders of Flats/Sharps and the Circle of Fifths/Fourths. It also includes a lesson script in the Speaker Notes embedded in the Slides file (you can view these in editing mode by going to Insert > > Show Speaker Notes; or in presenting mode by hovering your mouse near the bottom of the screen until the
5th - 12th
Instrumental Music, Music, Vocal Music
Also included in: Music Theory Google Slides Bundle
Holidays - Reader's Theatre Play
This is an 11 page HOLIDAY PLAY that can be used with a class or theatre group to put on a performance to both small and large audiences. It is based loosely on the story 'Scrooge.' It centers around a student that wants to quit the Holiday play out of selfishness. After visits from Spirits the main character learns the errors of his ways. The play teaches a moral about how others depend on us even though we don't realize it. For adventurous teachers, there are also some recommendations for s
3rd - 12th, Higher Education
Drama, Reading
George Washington - The President Who Loved Dogs! - Small Group Readers' Theater
This Reader's Theater was written for a small group of 4 students. It is about George Washington's love of dogs. In the script, Glen’s family have a lot of dogs and his dad’s dog is named Sweet Lips just like George Washington’s favorite dog. Martha, Jake, and Jamie didn’t know George Washington even had a dog and they didn’t know how much he loved them. Glen tells them about George’s love for dogs and how he once even gave a dog back to the enemy when they lost it and how George Washington eve
4th - 12th, Adult Education
Drama, Short Stories, U.S. History
CCSS
RF.4.4
, RF.4.4a
, RF.4.4b
+12
Goldilocks Behind Bars - TOTALLY Twisted Fairy Tales - Small Group R.T.
This small group reader's theater is for 3 students. In the script Goldilocks is a delinquent who broke into the three bears home. The police have arrested her with mama bear's jewelry in her pocket and are trying to get her to confess. There is a small writing/discussion prompt at the end for your students to respond to.I write small group reader's theaters so students will work better in centers and to avoid having long wait times between student's lines. Wait time is not reading time and oft
3rd - 9th, Adult Education
Drama, Reading, Short Stories
CCSS
RF.3.4
, RF.3.4a
, RF.3.4b
+16
Two Short Scenes
When you need a short "generic" scene to stress basic concepts like projection, enunciation, reaction, stage business, memorization, or blocked movement, what do you do? Try this set of two scenes for four characters: "We're So Excited" and "A Terribly Short Scene." They're perfect for characterization work, for vocal work, and for movement and blocking practice for young directors. They'll fit into almost any unit, and they can easily be altered to allow for gender changes or number of char
7th - 12th, Higher Education
Drama
Also included in: All the Scenes and Prompts Bundle
Aladdin: Short fairytale script
This fun-filled 15-20 minute Aladdin pantomime script was originally written as a full-scale school production, but it can easily be adapted for a Drama Club performance, presentation evening, or festive celebration. Bursting with audience participation, comedy, and classic pantomime sparkle, this is a script that takes us to the bustling streets of Peking, where young Aladdin dreams of a better life. When the evil Abanazer tricks him into finding a magic lamp, chaos, laughter, and a little roma
5th - 12th
Drama, Reading, Short Stories
Also included in: Scripts for Elementary & Middle School
Readers Theatre- How To Survive a Horror Movie
A funny, fresh, fast-paced Readers Theatre based on the book "How To Survive a Horror Movie" by Seth Graham- Smith. The performers love this as much as the audience does. It pokes fun at all those cliche's that we see in every scary movie. Graham-Smith is the author of " Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" and "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter". This RT is great for Halloween or for the movie buff who screams at the screen-"Don't go in there..." enjoy
8th - 12th
Drama, Reading
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