READERS THEATER HALLOWEEN Mystery Script Activity for Middle School

This Readers’ Theater whodunnit Halloween mystery read aloud script will give students fun scares and giggles. The Mystery of the Halloween Thieves readers’ theater script activity will entertain your students in both grades 5-8 ELA and drama classes. It requires them to use critical thinking skills and make inferences from context clues to reveal the identities of the thieves. The script is intended for about 11 students but the number of readers can easily be contracted or expanded, depending on how many groups you wish to have.

The main characters are aged 11-13.

PLOT
The plot of this funny, high interest script is about a Halloween in which a sister and brother known for being ‘unmotivated’ (some might say lazy!) have a much more active 31st of October than they had hoped for. They have to track down TWO Halloween thieves, one at school and one during an evening trick or treating. Phew! They definitely need your students’ help to solve the clues.

STUDENT TASKS

Students not only have to assist in the solution of the two mysteries, but also have to discuss and write on six questions and complete a journal entry. The resource includes two fun extension activities: a page of mix and match spooky jokes and a Halloween ‘Find the Missing Objects’ detection activity. A ready-made Easel Activity is included with your purchase.

Question sheets and answers are included.

List of contents

Cast List page 1

Script pages 2-14
Questions and activities pages 15-20
Answers pages 21-23

WHAT TEACHERS LIKE YOU HAVE SAID IN THE RESOURCE REVIEWS
Alicja J.

Rated 5 out of 5 *****
My students LOVED this Readers' Theatre. I split my class of 24 into 2 groups, and this kept them entertained for 2-3 class periods. This was a perfect way to incorporate drama and oral communication practice near Halloween. Thank you!

Monica T.

Rated 5 out of 5 *****
Great resource to use for early finishers. It's good to keep on hand for substitute teachers.

Sarah L.
Rated 5 out of 5 *****
This was a great resource and I will definitely use it again and again!

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Need more Halloween fun resources?

For all of my Halloween resources, take a peek at HALLOWEEN GRADES 5-8 FUN RESOURCES
For a Thanksgiving mystery script starring Daisy and Darius, try READERS' THEATER THANKSGIVING MYSTERY SCRIPT
For ALL of my Readers' Theater scripts - largely MYSTERY scripts - take a peek at READERS' THEATER INDIVIDUAL SCRIPTS GRADES 5-8

For a non-seasonal mystery script try:

Readers' Theater - Mystery of the Stolen Laptop
For oodles of drama fun, try Drama Games for Middle School.

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