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Drama Common Core RL.7.1 resources
Diary of Anne Frank Play - Student-Ready Complete Packet
Diary of Anne Frank Student-Ready Packet is an attractively-designed ready-to-hand-out resource based on the play by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. It is aligned with ELA Standards, focusing most specifically on these skills:*analysis through citing textual evidence; drawing inferences*determining theme/central idea; summarizing*analyzing dialogue *determining word meanings; connotation*analyzing differences in points of view*writing arguments, explanatory text, and narratives-------------
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6th - 9th
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READERS THEATER MIDDLE SCHOOL BRAIN TEASER MYSTERY SCRIPT: STOLEN LAPTOP
This grades 5-8 Readers’ Theater brain teaser mystery script gives students high-interest practice in reading aloud, comprehension and writing. Drama and ELA fun! "The Mystery of the Stolen Laptop" readers’ theater script requires your students to perform inference tasks to solve clues. The cast list is intended for 8 readers but the number of readers can easily be contracted or expanded, depending on how many groups you wish to have. PLOTThis funny and engaging 12 page script is about the theft
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5th - 8th
Also included in: DRAMA FUN | MIDDLE SCHOOL DRAMA GAMES & READERS' THEATER
Middle School Classroom Mystery Virtual Option Available
Engage your students in a murder mystery game in the classroom or virtually!I use this lesson before starting my mystery unit and the students love it. They enjoy taking on the roles of the characters, and they enjoy the competition and challenge of trying to find the vandal.**New!!! I've included a virtual option for both versions of this mystery. Perfect for distance learning. This means I've included links for character cards, directions, and maps to be sent to students and explained how to f
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Classroom Mystery Bundle
The Monsters are Due on Maple Street Twilight Zone Teleplay Complete Unit Pack
This is a fantastically engaging and complete unit for your middle schoolers for Rod Serling's teleplay The Monsters are Due on Maple Street. This is material to help you teach the script from The Twilight Zone television series. The text of the teleplay is not included, as it is not in the public domain.You will get the following materials:Pre-reading Group Questions/Discussion PromptsPre-Reading Vocabulary and Extension Activities with KeyCharting Plot: Two Types of Charts with KeyLiterary Ele
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6th - 8th
Introduction to Drama Unit with Interactive Notebook Lessons Slides Activities
Teaching introduction to drama in middle school is finally broken down with this complete drama unit. This unit includes 11 done-for-you lesson plans, interactive notebook lessons, 10 accompanying lesson slideshow presentations, reference pages, graphic organizers, and grading rubrics. Each lesson is quick and easy to set up and I have done ALL the work for you. You could even leave these lesson plans for subs. Here's what you'll get:Drama Unit: 11 Lesson Plans and Resources10 Slideshow presen
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6th - 8th
Monsters Are Due on Maple Street – Activities w/Theme Essay - Print & DIGITAL
Monsters Are Due on Maple Street – These standards-aligned resources focus on vocabulary, plot details, characterization, and theme for Rod Serling's science fiction teleplay. Now includes a PRINT and DIGITAL version! Students dig deep into the text to provide evidence and practice close reading skills. Includes two different differentiated writing assignments with convenient grading tools.To access the DIGITAL version, you will find:--a PDF with links to each of the resources--directions for u
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6th - 9th
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Twilight Zone “Where is Everybody?” Media Analysis of Twilight Zone Episode CCSS
There’s a reason Rod Serling’s series, The Twilight Zone, has stood the test of time. The stories are compelling, the episodes are well-crafted, and the themes are timeless. With this lesson download (PDF & Google Drive versions), you can also use The Twilight Zone to help students develop analysis skills and connect classic storytelling to modern issues.In this “Where is Everybody?” episode, a man with amnesia finds himself trapped in an abandoned town. Issues of social isolation and the li
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Diary of Anne Frank Play - DIGITAL Student Packet for Google
Diary of Anne Frank Play DIGITAL Packet is an attractively-designed ready-to-use paperless resource based on the play by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. Great for your one-to-one classroom or remote teaching! It is aligned with ELA Standards, most specifically CCSS RL8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, and W.8.1, 8.2, 8.3.:--analysis through citing textual evidence; drawing inferences--theme/central idea; summarizing--analyzing dialogue--determining word meanings; connotation--analyzing differences in poin
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6th - 9th
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Twilight Zone “To Serve Man” Media Analysis of Twilight Zone Episode, CCSS
There’s a reason Rod Serling’s series, The Twilight Zone, has stood the test of time. The stories are compelling, the episodes are well-crafted, and the themes are timeless. With this lesson download (PDF & Google Drive versions), you can also use The Twilight Zone to help students develop analysis skills and connect classic storytelling to modern issues.In this “To Serve Man” episode, an alien race descends on Earth with benevolent promises and ulterior motives. Issues of hidden agendas/app
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Hitchhiker by Lucille Fletcher—Radio Play Drama Analysis & The Twilight Zone
Students will read and analyze the script of Lucille Fletcher's radio play: The Hitchhiker (also spelled The Hitch-Hiker). Have them listen to the drama on the Orson Welles Show to understand the impact that music and sound effects have on a play. Students will love to compare the audio version of The Hitchhiker to the episode of The Twilight Zone Rod Serling adapted for television. (The gender swap of the main character makes for a great discussion.)In this dreadful, ominous tale, students will
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6th - 9th
Also included in: The Hitchhiker Unit — Radio Drama by Lucille Fletcher
A Christmas Carol; A Readers' Theater Adaptation
Included in A Christmas Carol:-complete script-pre-reading activities-vocabulary study-discussion questions-suggestions for projectsThis reader's theater adaptation is suitable for grades 7- adult. While adhering to the plot of the original work, this adaptation uses more modern language, so that it can be more easily understood by today's students. It can be used with small groups or entire classrooms in both regular and special education. Reading the play aloud, or even acting it out will m
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Read Aloud Plays: Hawthorne's The Birthmark Gothic Reader's Theater
A classic "mad scientist" short story comes to life! Build fluency and meet Common Core Standards with this adaption of Nathaniel Hawthorne's Gothic masterpiece, The Birthmark. It includes comprehension and vocabulary activities and keys. This compelling classroom play was originally published in the Jan. 2013 issue of Scholastic's Scope magazine, so you can trust it meets a high standard. Whether for reader's theater or stage performance, this six page play has parts for seven actors and is bes
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4th - 9th
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Middle School Classroom Mystery II
Engage your students in a murder mystery game in the classroom!I use this lesson before starting my mystery unit and the students love it. They enjoy taking on the roles of the characters, and they enjoy the competition and challenge of trying to find the vandal.*This is not a sequel to the first one though I kept the same teacher and map. All new characters and your students do not need to complete the first to understand what is happening with this one. **New: I've used gender-neutral names (a
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6th - 8th
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The Monsters are Due on Maple Street Unit for Google Drive™
My best-selling Monsters are Due on Maple Street Unit is now available in digital format! This unit is for use in Google Drive. Please make sure this is the version you would like to purchase! Click on the link above for my standard PDF version.You will get the following materials in this version:Pre-reading Group Questions/Discussion PromptsPre-Reading Vocabulary and Extension Activities with KeyCharting Plot: Two Types of Charts with KeyLiterary Elements Chart with KeyReader Response Questions
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7th - 9th
Also included in: Short Story Bundle for Middle and High School Google Drive™ Edition
Humorous and Ironic No Prep Reader’s Theater Play: The Cop and the Anthem
Do you need a laugh? Do your students need one, too? This fun and engaging resource was designed to entertain students as they learn. The 28-slide PowerPoint resource is a fun-filled reader’s theater version of O. Henry’s short story “The Cop and the Anthem” created for Grades 7-12. The reader’s theater play is quite humorous and contains numerous examples of irony. Colorful slides, or setting backdrops, enhance the fun as students read and/or act out each scene. The story contains themes of
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7th - 12th
READERS THEATER FRACTURED FAIRY TALE Cinderella Script Grades 5-8 - Cindy Rella
This funny Readers’ Theater fractured fairy tale script takes the traditional fairy tale genre and turns its conventions of character and plot around to bring Cinderella into the 21st century for your ELA and drama classes! It gives grades 5-8 students high interest practice in reading aloud, comprehension and writing. After completing their reading of the script they will write an additional scene, AND a ‘pitch’ to promote a fractured fairy story of their own. There’s even a quick mystery abou
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5th - 8th
Also included in: READERS' THEATER UNIT: READING & SCRIPT WRITING grades 5 6 7 8
Wizard of Oz Script for Small Casts
This short script, which includes 8 speaking roles, is ideal for small casts such as those formed by drama club students or schools with low class sizes. Larger roles, such as Dorothy and the Scarecrow, can be divided in order to create more speaking roles for additional actors.
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1) Script
Based on the novel by Frank L. Baum, this abridged version of The Wizard of Oz uses simple vocabulary that is suitable for younger students as well as English language learners and actor’
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4th - 7th
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Semester Long Curriculum for Drama| Theater Class Back to School!
25% OFF! Back to School can be a stressful but exciting time, especially for new teachers. Guess what? This bundle includes 13 drama/theater units, lessons, exercises and activities to start your school year with a "yay!" No worrying about what to teach--it's here. See? I got you. Time tested and created by an award winning drama teacher of 38 years. You want to buy from the best, most experienced and successful teacher. This product includes:a letter to teacher explaining how to use the l
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6th - 8th
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READERS' THEATER VALENTINE'S MYSTERY SCRIPT grades 5 6 7 8
This grade 5-8 Readers’ Theater brain teaser mystery script will give Drama and ELA students practice in reading aloud, comprehension and writing, while having lots of fun. The Mystery of the Anonymous Valentine readers’ theater script will entertain your Valentine's crazed students and require them to perform inference tasks to solve clues. This high interest 9 page script is written for 11 readers but the number of readers can easily be contracted or expanded, depending on how many groups you
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5th - 8th
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A Christmas Carol-Horovitz stage adaptation-close reading questions all scenes
These questions are to be used with the Israel Horovitz stage adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.
These will work as close reading or lit circle questions. They can also be used prior to performing the play.
Pages are formatted in two columns, and can be printed front to back then cut in half to save paper and to fit better into notebooks and journals.
This is the complete set of questions. I also have the questions for individual scenes available on my TpT site.
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7th - 8th
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The Twilight Zone Halloween ELA Lesson | "A Stop at Willoughby" ELA
This resource is included in a bundle!The Twilight Zone 5-Episode Lesson BundleA haunting episode and a great way to engage your students!Character and Story Shape Graphic (Kurt Vonnegut’s thesis)Teaching Strategy and ResourcesStudents’ HandoutLiterary Analysis Graphic Organizer: Exposition, Conflict Analysis, Character Description, Protagonist/Antagonist/Contagonist Identification, Support with Evidence, Verisimilitude, and MotivationSmall Group or Partner Interpretation of Symbols Activity and
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: The Twilight Zone 5 Lesson Bundle | Science Fiction and Horror
Hearts and Hands by O. Henry: Reading and Writing Standards-Based Activities
This 43-slide PowerPoint resource contains a fun and engaging reader’s theater of O. Henry’s short story “Hearts and Hands." The activities contained in this resource were designed to be used either as a PowerPoint or as printables in a literacy center or whole group setting. The materials, ideas, and activities were designed to accommodate different learning styles and can be easily used to differentiate learning. The activities require students to analyze, evaluate, apply, synthesize, compa
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7th - 12th
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SPRING DRAMA FUN - Spring readers theater mystery + drama games grade 5 6 7 8
A whole class 26 roles readers' theater spring mystery script, a Mad Libs humorous speeches activity and two hilarious improv games- could spring drama lessons BE more fun than this? Your grades 5-8 drama students will love this spring quartet, and at 30% off, your wallet will love this bundle too!READERS' THEATER SPRING MYSTERYThis Readers' Theater mystery scripts is designed for TWENTY SIX readers. This keeps all of your Middle School students together in one place and fosters classroom commun
Readers' Theater SUPERHEROES Script with Comprehension Questions and Activities
This superheroes readers' theater mystery script with comprehension questions provides high-interest practice in reading aloud, comprehension and writing. Drama and ELA fun! The Mystery of the Missing Cape readers’ theater script requires your students to perform inference tasks to solve clues and return young superhero Arial's missing cape to her. Even superheroes need some help sometimes! The script is ideal for classwork, performances, or even high-interest reading and comprehension homewor
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: READERS THEATER grades 5 6 7 8 MYSTERIES: 6 BRAIN TEASER MYSTERY SCRIPTS
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