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Drama Common Core CCRA.SL.5 resources
Public Speaking Unit | Speech Curriculum | Lessons & Activities
Everything you need to teach public speaking! This printable and digital bundle is jam-packed with engaging lessons and activities your students will love! The comprehensive and easy to use lessons include directions, examples, rubrics, and more! Save time and build student confidence with this step-by-step curriculum plan! Printable PDF and Google Drive versions for ALL lessons are included. **By purchasing this bundle, you are saving 20% off the full value of the individual resources! You will
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6th - 9th
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Black History Month Skit and Readers Theater Play with Script 4th and 5th Grade
Are you looking for an exciting Black History Month skit or readers theater play that connects with students using pop culture, has a variety of roles for all students, and teaches history in an engaging way? Then this script is it! This short play explores a child's dream where he/she is visited by Letitia Woods, historian and the first Black woman to earn a Ph.D. in history at Harvard University. Using her knowledge and books about heroes from the past, she explains how their accomplishments r
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4th - 6th
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Black History Month Skits & Readers Theater Plays with Scripts 4th and 5th Grade
Are you looking for exciting Black History Month skits or readers theater plays that connects with kids using pop culture, have scripts with a variety of roles for all students, and teaches history in an engaging way? Then this is it! Readers theater = better comprehension!There is no better way to teach students critical reading skills than with reader's theater. As they perform and learn about the various historical heroes, students will improve their skills by:- connecting with the text- lear
Decades Themed Musical Performance Script for Elementary Students
This show is a time traveling musical history lesson!! The speakers’ script includes many facts about inventions and inventors of the 20th century and the musical performances will take the audience on a trip down memory lane.This performance package can be used by an elementary classroom teacher, a music teacher, a summer camp coordinator, or a drama program instructor.This show could be performed by anywhere from 25 to 100+ students depending on stage size.The length of the performance is appr
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K - 8th, Not Grade Specific
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Script Writing, Puppet Making, and Dramatization Project: Print and Digital
Hands on reading, writing, speaking, listening, project your students will love. Now available as a Digital TpT Activity for Google Classroom and Distance Learning. Great for the classroom or family activity. Easy instructions that become a fun adventure for Remote Learning or Home Schooling. The lesson gradually releases your students/kids to recount a short story by rewriting it in script form, making a puppet, and then acting out the drama. Teachers will have the option of allowing students
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: Cinderella and Culture Bundle: A Multicultural Fairytale Reading Unit
Black History Month Skit and Readers Theater Play with Script 4th and 5th Grade
Are you looking for an exciting Black History Month skit or readers theater play that connects with kids using pop culture, has a script with a variety of roles for all students, and teaches history in an engaging way? Then this it! Readers theater = better reading comprehension! There is no better way to teach students critical reading skills than with reader's theater. As they perform and learn about the various historical heroes, students will improve their skills by:- connecting with the tex
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4th - 6th
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Mr. Harper's Public Speaking and Reading Textbook Thingee
Dear Teachers,I’ve entitled my first book, Mr. Harper’s Public Speaking and Reading Textbook Thingee (where he keeps trine to make us talk good) not simply out of whimsy but as a means to point out the declining gifts of articulation amongst our students. This book was developed for two purposes. The first is to provide schools with the materials needed to create two new elective courses for their students devoted to public speaking, reading and acting. The second purpose is to give our beleague
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Staff
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Broadway Themed Musical Performance Script for Elementary Students
This Broadway themed variety show will have your toes tappin’ and your mouth laughin’. The play combines fun facts about the history of Broadway, hilarious skits and of course Broadway tunes!The performance begins with a song titled “The Broadway Kids”, which the entire cast performs together. Then each group performs one skit and one Broadway song/dance. Finally, all the groups join together once more for the finale “Seasons of Love”.Each group performance is introduced by a short speaking part
Wizard of Oz Musical Performance Script for Elementary Students
If you are a fan of the original Wizard of Oz and it’s wonderful music… then this is the show for you! This performance utilizes almost the entire movie soundtrack in a simplified play that is suitable to be performed by elementary students.This performance package can be used by an elementary classroom teacher, a music teacher, a summer camp coordinator, or a drama program instructor.This show could be performed by anywhere from 25 to 100+ students depending on stage size. The length of the per
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K - 5th, Not Grade Specific
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Mock Trial: Inquiry Based Middle School ELA Project Simulation
Engage students in writing, research, and oral presentation skills with this inquiry based project! This is a must have project for your social studies or history classroom. This project is naturally differentiated so that ALL of your students will be engaged. Seriously, even my ornery kids were HIGHLY ENGAGED in this project. Plus, this project takes uses very little of your valuable instructional time. Decide your topic and assign students roles - this project can fit just about anything you h
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5th - 8th
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Shadow Theatre Project Guide and Template | Group Skit / Play | Drama Activity
Exciting shadow theater project guide. Learn about shadow puppetry, play writing and making puppets all with one project. Included are two levels of outlines for younger and older grades. Ranges from grade 1-6.Outline contains:-Checklist-Character creator-Setting Creator-Summary Section-Script templateOutline helps students organize their own puppet show beginning to end:-Fill in skit graphic organizer -Write skit (on loose-leaf paper) -Create stick puppets -Create stage -Practice skit w
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1st - 7th
Circus Themed Musical Performance Script for Elementary Students
This Circus themed performance package can be used by an elementary classroom teacher, a music teacher, a summer camp coordinator, a vacation bible school, or a drama program instructor.This show was originally performed by 60 students in my drama program (K-5th). I divided them into 3 cast groups of 20 students. However this show could easily be performed by less or more students depending on your class/classes and your stage.The show is approximately 40 minutes long.Some grouping options are:-
Macbeth- Supported Alternative Assignments by Act - Focused Reading
I love Macbeth, and I love teaching it. Yet, I recognize students need more support with Shakespeare as well as a fresh approach. Over many years, I developed these materials to support student learning while teaching Macbeth. You will not find arduous and dry tests or line-by-line scene questions. This material strategically zooms into particularly vital moments of the Scottish Play and then zooms out to focus on the skills & important concepts rather than prioritizing plot recall. I do hig
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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Cinderella and Culture Bundle: A Multicultural Fairytale Reading Unit
What better way for your students to learn about CULTURE and DIVERSITY than through the fairy tale genre, particularly Cinderella. This unit gives you everything you need to integrate READING, (Fiction and Non-fiction) WRITING, SPEAKING AND LISTENING, GEOGRAPHY, and WORLD CULTURE. The projects, activities, graphic organizers and close reading questions work well with FAIRY TALES AROUND THE WORLD. It offers a large variety of student opportunities for every learning style, differentiation, and
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3rd - 5th
Peter Pan Musical Performance Script for Elementary Students
In this show the traditional story of Peter Pan is told but the musical performances are anything but traditional! The music in this version of Peter Pan will get your students moving! Popular songs they know and love are woven meaningfully into the tale.This Peter Pan performance package can be used by an elementary classroom teacher, a music teacher, a summer camp coordinator, or a drama program instructor.This show could be performed by anywhere from 25 to 100+ students depending on stage siz
Summer Camp Themed Musical Performance Script for Elementary Students
This Summer Camp themed performance package can be used by an elementary classroom teacher, a music teacher, a summer camp coordinator, a vacation bible school, or a drama program instructor.In this funny show the campers start off not liking summer camp and begging to go home! However, as the days go by they slowly change their tune and by the end they don’t want to go home at all!This show could be performed by anywhere from 25 to 100+ students depending on stage size.The length of the perform
Don Quixote Project based learning (PBL) & readers theater script
Wondering how to engage 21st century learners with a 17th century text? Over the years scholars have debated on the sanity of the Don Quixote character. This project combines reading, writing, acting, analysis, group work, discussion and critical thinking to answer that question. Included are readers theater scripts (1 longer introductory script and 4 more shorter ones), discussion questions, 4 rubrics, a tie in lesson on censorship/banned books, internet resources and review games. Great int
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
MyPerspectives 9th Grade Unit 4: Star Crossed Romance (Romeo & Juliet)
This comprehensive and engaging resource consists of 114 Slides for Romeo and Juliet. Slides contain activities, prompts, assessments, discussion questions, a mock trial, close readings, Jeopardy game links, mini-lessons, and so much more to make teaching and learning Romeo and Juliet fun, educational, and creative!The handouts bundle includes over 20 resources of corresponding handouts for the unit, which includes a mock trial framework, a ready to use end-of -play assessment with a step-by-ste
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8th - 12th
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Othello Unit Plan: CCSS Teaching Notes, Lessons, and Activities
High school students will be ignited by issues such as gender, class, ethnicity, dignity and age in William Shakespeare's iconic tragedy since they mirror many of today's headlines. This Othello Unit Plan has the depth for teachers to meet their teaching goals with a plethora of activities for students to explore the elements of literature, the major issues, and the elements of Drama and Tragedy that comprise this play. The lessons and activities support Common Core Anchor Standards and address
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10th - 12th
The Crucible End-of- Unit Group Research of Historical Tyrannies
Your high school ELA students will enjoy collaborating on this culminating research and presentation project for Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible. Connecting the play to other historical tyrannies provides a broader perspective on the rigid ideology of the Salem Puritans and similar groups and individuals throughout history. The project is a great way for kids to apply their understanding of literature to real world events while enhancing research, collaboration, and presentation skills. No p
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9th - 12th
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Black History Month Skit and Readers Theater Play with Script 4th and 5th Grade
Are you looking for an exciting Black History Month skit or readers theater play that connects with students using pop culture, has a variety of roles for all students, and teaches history in an engaging way? Then this script is it! This short play explores the efforts of an eleven year old to learn about Black youth throughout history who have made an impact on American culture. Through guidance from a parent and the use of technology, the child learns about Ruby Bridges, one of the first child
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4th - 6th
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Arctic Themed Musical Performance Script for Elementary Students
This arctic themed play combines music, poetry, fantasy and nonfiction. Four groups of arctic animals perform in the “Northern Lights” variety show hosted by four winter fantasy characters. Join Mother Winter, Father Frost, Suzy Snowflake and the Abominable Snow Monster as they introduce each animal group and sprinkle in some factual arctic information as well.This Arctic themed performance package can be used by an elementary classroom teacher, a music teacher, a summer camp coordinator, a vaca
Poirot Investigates | Short Story and Movie Guide Bundle | Readers Theater
Readers Theater Scripts and Movie Guides based on short stories from Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie. Includes Introduction to Agatha Christie Google Slide Presentation, Readers Theater Scripts, Graphic Organizers, Movie Guides, and Word Search Puzzles available in print and digital for easy use with Google Classroom or other digital platforms. Featuring the famous detective Hercule Poirot and his friend Captain Hastings. Movie Guides based on episodes from Agatha Christie's Poirot TV sho
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6th - 12th
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Deadly Manners Murder Mystery Podcast Unit Plan
As an avid detective fiction reader and fan of everything from Agatha Christie to Knives Out, when I encountered Deadly Manners, a hilarious and clever podcast with a star-studded cast (Kristen Bell, RuPaul, Anna Chlumsky, and more) and narrated by LeVar Burton, I knew I had to incorporate it into my high school classroom. Please listen to the podcast in its entirety BEFORE considering this for your high school classroom here. There are some mature, triggering concepts and episodes, and it requ
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10th - 12th
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