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Home: Elementary Music Concert Script for Grades 3-5 (Editable Readers Lines)
Home – A Flexible Grades 3–5 Concert Script & Song Theme GuideLooking for an engaging, meaningful elementary music concert that is easy to produce and flexible for your students? Home is a 25–30 minute upper elementary concert script designed for Grades 3–5 that explores the themes of belonging, community, growth, hope, and connection. This 15-page script provides a complete, cohesive framework while allowing you to choose the songs that best fit your classroom. Perfect for winter, spring, or en
3rd - 5th
Drama, Music, Other (Performing Arts)
Un Proyecto - Reportando un desastre (Auténtico/Realidades 5A)
This is a project for 3 or more students that aligns with Auténtico 2/Realidades 2 - 5A. There are 3 roles (locutor/reportero/testigo). It includes directions, grading rubric, and rough draft pages for students to prepare their lines. Once students have decided on their disaster, they come up with their lines and we set up a news room in front of the class, with a reporter on scene (in front of screen) who interviews a witness about what they observes, heard etc. Utilizes vocabulary from 5A as w
9th - 12th
Spanish
Monologue Analysis
An excel spreadsheet for students to analyze lines of their monologues to find meaning and expression in each line. First 4 lines are filled with examples from two different monologues. I typically copy this into a google spreadsheet so students can work electronically, and can share their work with me.
6th - 10th
Drama, Other (ELA)
A Cinderella Christmas: Script for a Dramatic Production-Reader's Theater
This Play Includes: A List of Characters (M/F, # Lines for each Character) A List of Props Script 1: Teacher Copy (suggestions for scene changes, physical movements and expressions of characters) Script 2: Teacher or Student Copy (depending on teacher's preference (Lines only) May be used for Reader's Theater A Cinderella Christmas can be performed as a dramatic production or as a Reader's Theater. There are speaking lines for 14 people as well as additional roles f
5th - 12th
Drama, Reading
Reader's Theatre Full Class Script: One With a World of Friends
This original Reader's Theatre script is a fantastic collaborative project for a classroom of early readers and/or students working on exploring their creative expression! It incorporates roles for up to 23 students and parts could be doubled to include more. It is a gentle story about friendships and uses basic language to explore the deeper topics and curiosities of belonging and growing up. Each character speaks fairly short lines that are great for Kindergarten or 1st grade. It could also be
K - 3rd
Drama, English Language Arts, Reading
Freeze Frame: A Middle School Tableau & Physical Storytelling Drama Unit (Grades
Freeze Frame is a complete 4–5 class drama unit in which students create and "read" silent frozen scenes called tableaux. No lines. No memorization. Just powerful, body-based storytelling that every student can access from Day 1. What's included: 5 fully scripted lesson plans (60–75 min each) with warm-ups, activities, and pacing guidesELL supports are embedded throughout — sentence frames, word banks, visual scaffolds, and differentiation notes6 printable student handouts — vocabulary card,
6th - 8th
Classroom Community, Drama
Short plays - All Around the World
This activity is brilliant for finishing off a unit involving world geography, specifically, countries around the world. Have the students research and prepare projects on different countries around the world. I chose to have them present their projects as posters, but this can be suited to you, the teacher.
To finish off the unit, act out these cute and comical plays. The great thing about these plays is that there are even smaller roles for students who have trouble remembering lines or who
5th - 10th
Drama, Geography
Shakespeare in 60 Seconds Dramatization (Creative Presentation)
The challenge: present an entire act of a play in 60 seconds.
Make Shakespeare presentations more fun! This assignment requires students to work as a team, choose important lines, scenes and character reactions in order to portray part of a play. At the end, students will have a thorough understanding of their Act.
I'm pretty strict with the 60 second limit (5 second grace period under/over) before I deduct marks. This means that presentations are well rehearsed, and memorized. Students who di
7th - 12th
Drama, English Language Arts, Literature
As You Like It Abridged Script (approximately 1 hour 15 min performance)
This custom abridged script was originally developed from the open-source script for 7th/8th grade students, though it could easily be used for high school students. Unessential lines and sections were removed, but the original Shakespearean language, sequencing, characters, and plot has been preserved. I performed this version with much success! THIS RESOURCE IS PROVIDED AS AN MS-WORD DOC TO ALLOW FOR EASY EDITING. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE MS-WORD, THE FILE CAN BE CONVERTED TO A GOOGLE DOC BY UPLOADI
7th - 9th
Drama, Other (Arts)
Twelfth Night Abridged Script (65 pages - approximately 1 hour performance)
This custom abridged script was originally developed from the open-source script (106 pages) for 7th/8th grade students, though it could easily be used for high school students. Unessential lines and sections were removed, but the original Shakespearean language and plot has been preserved. I performed this version with much success!
7th - 10th
Art, Drama, English Language Arts
CCSS
CCRA.SL.1
, CCRA.SL.2
, CCRA.SL.6
Daniel in the Lions Den - A Fun Easy Play for VBS or Chapel PowerPoint Version
This quick play for the story Daniel in the Lions' Den is fun and easy to produce, with very little preparation. Use as a teleprompter to help students with their lines. My first grade students performed this play for our all-school chapel after only three days of practice, and it was a great success. Easy to set up and perform for a Vacation Bible School VBS activity in the summer. It has 11 characters, which can be adjusted if you use more or less lions and guards. There are six short scenes,
1st - 4th
Drama, Reading, Religion
CCSS
RL.1.10
, RL.2.10
, RL.3.10
+1
Christmas Skit: The Three Kings/Magi/Wise Men
This skit has some comedic elements but dives deeper into the meaning of each gift the magi brought, and the holiness of the promised Messiah. This skit can be used as a stand-alone project for any annual Christmas presentations, Reader's Theater, for Bible class, or as a Christmas-themed activity for drama, where everyone takes turns performing this in groups of three. Students can be creative with the script by filling in the names of their camels and adding their own lines to the script.
4th - 10th
Drama, Religion
Also included in: Bible Class Bundle!
Script Template using Elements of Plot Structure
This is a simple script template that prompts students to create a story in the form of a script using the elements of plot structure (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution). It was developed as part of a group project for newcomer ESOL students to work together to write a script. The layout includes lines for dialogue including a stop and check section with guided questions. You can adapt it by adding more scenes or guiding questions.
5th - 9th
Drama, Short Stories
CCSS
W.6.3
, W.7.3
, W.8.3
+1
Civil War Unit - The Better Angels Readers Theater Script (Part 5 of 5)
Civil War – The Better Angels of Our Nature (Part 5 of 5) Readers’ Theater Script concludes America’s struggle from Appomattox surrender to a nation’s lilac-scented mourning. Twelve scenes explore stacking arms, Richmond aflame, Lincoln’s assassination, the Sultana disaster, and a 1913 Gettysburg embrace—immerse students in courage, grief, and reconciliation. Walt Whitman’s lines anchor emotion while Abigail’s wonder and Benjamin’s analysis ensure clarity. Tiered roles support mixed-ability read
9th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Speaking & Listening, U.S. History, Writing
CCSS
CCRA.R.1
, CCRA.R.2
, CCRA.R.4
+7
Shakespeare: Comedy of Errors Abridged Script - 45 pages (about 45 minutes)
This abridged script was originally developed from the open-source script for 7th/8th grade students, though it could easily be used with high school students. A few characters were removed. Specifically the script excludes the character of the COURTEZAN and LUCE, and related minor storylines (this avoided topic of a a prostitute which worked better for younger students). Unessential lines and sections were removed, but the original Shakespearean language and plot has been preserved. I perf
7th - 10th
Art, Drama, English Language Arts
CCSS
SL.7.6
, CCRA.L.4
, CCRA.L.5
Halloween Seasonal Scene Bundle
This bundle has “spooky stuff” perfect for October! Choose from Improvisation prompts, scriptwriting prompts, and fully scripted scenes! Perfect for class assignments and October-themed shows, the scenes and prompts will make students excited about theatre and the season! In addition, if you need a day off in October, several of the items work as great substitute lessons! Most scripts give the option of gender changes if necessary, and there are options of some smaller roles or walk-ons with
7th - 12th
Drama
Shakespeare? Seriously?!: A time-travelling script for young actors
SHAKESPEARE? SERIOUSLY?!When a group of bored schoolchildren roll their eyes at yet another Shakespeare lesson, something unexpected happens - a swirl of smoke, a flash of light, and POOF! they find themselves standing in the bustling Globe Theatre of Elizabethan London! There they meet the man himself; William Shakespeare. He’s shocked by their strange clothes, odd words, and disbelief that his plays could ever be fun. Determined to prove them wrong, the Bard whisks them on a whirlwind tour thr
5th - 8th
Creative Writing, Drama, Reading
Also included in: The Total Shakespeare Experience: Units, Scripts, Time Travel and Trivia
Christmas Play - The Grinch
I adapted Dr. Suess' beloved Christmas story into a play that would work in elementary school. In my case, I had my grade 6/7 class as the actors, and the other classes each performed a song. I had help from the music teacher and other classroom teachers for the songs. If you don't have a music teacher, then you could easily omit the music portion and the play would still run great. I suggest surveying your potential actors to see who is interested in learning a lot of lines and who isn't befor
Not Specific
Drama, Music, Other (ELA)
The Princess's New Clothes Word Document you can edit stage play script for 7-11
The Princess's New Clothes is a twist on the tale of the Emperor's New Clothes. “What happens when a princess wants to wear too many clothes?” CAST OF CHARACTERS (Written with 11 speaking roles -1 female and 10 of any gender, but parts can be combined for a cast of 7 or divided up into more than 11 parts using the suggestions below) PENELOPE: A princess who loves nature and animals MAGICO: An evil wizard who hates nature and animals ANIMALS: COW, UNICORN, WOLF, BUTTERFLY, SQUIRREL (NOTE: some A
3rd - 12th
Drama, Literature, Speaking & Listening
The Gardener, a play about regrets....
Dewey grew up with a mentally absent father, a very harshe grandmother and one friend, Billy. When Billy gave up on him, that was the beginning of a bully. It was all Dewey could take. He bullied everyone, from child to senior citizen. His mistakes finally led to an action that he would never be able to take back and had a harsh outcome on his life, now filled with regrets.
(A play that is part of an anti-bullying campaign)
This is a digital file....you may print as many copies as you like
5th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Drama, Reading
Our Lady of Guadalupe: Slide Show and Art Project
Celebrate December with this inclusive slide show on Our Lady of Guadalupe and the miracle that Juan Diego witnessed in Mexico 500 years ago. The slide show also includes a section on Aztec culture and Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire to give students background on how the miracle affected relations between the two warring cultures. Other slides illustrate and discuss some 20 symbols and miraculous features of the tilma that Juan Diego used to gather roses in. A simple art project is also i
1st - 8th
Religion, Visual Arts, World History
Sports and Entertainment Marketing Press Conference Project
Students will play the role of college athletic director, coach, and athletes or general manager, coach, and professional athlete in this press conference project that allows for student choice in scenario and script creation. Students will select an athletic or event scenario, create a script and a press kit, press conference name tents, a press conference backdrop, and assign speaking roles. At the conclusion of the project, students will act out their press conference in class. The teacher pl
9th - 12th
Business
Project Based Learning Theatre Curriculum Bundle Student Focused - Free Updates!
This Project-Based Learning Theatre Curriculum Bundle is a comprehensive, no-prep-friendly collection of student-centered theatre projects designed for busy middle school and beginner/intermediate high school theatre teachers. Perfect for engaging students while saving time & classroom budget, this PBL theatre curriculum allows students to research, design, draw, build, write & perform as they explore key theatre concepts and real-world theatre jobs, all through hands-on, differenti
6th - 12th
Dance, Drama, Music
McCarthyism, Cold War & 1950s Activities Bundle | Simulations & Projects
Simulations, Role Play, Inquiry & Creative Projects Bring the early Cold War and 1950s to life with this engaging, low-prep unit packed with simulations, investigations, and creative activities your students will actually enjoy. This bundle moves from the origins of the Cold War into the key themes of the 1950s, including fear of communism, consumer culture, and the Civil Rights Movement—giving you a complete, ready-to-teach unit. What Makes This Different? ✔ Students don’t just learn histor
7th - 12th
U.S. History
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