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Women's History Month ELA test prep scripts
The Tell-Tale Heart Reader's Theater Toolkit for Middle School
The Tell-Tale Heart is a short story by Edgar Allen Poe. This reader's theater adaptation of this scary tale will get your students thinking more deeply as they take on the roles of the narrator, old man, and the police officer.Reader’s Theater is one of my favorite tools to utilize in my middle school classroom. While I have listed the grades 6-8 common core standards that this resource covers, Reader’s Theater directly improves fluency and comprehension. In addition, Reader’s Theater allows s
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Reader's Theater Scripts for BIG KIDS Collection
The Secret Soldier American Revolution Read Aloud Play
A great resource for Women's History Month! Engage your students in the American Revolution with this historically-accurate play based on the life of Deborah Samson, the first woman to serve in the U.S. military. Near the end of the Revolutionary War, Samson disguised herself as a man to enlist in the Continental Army, serving with valor for nearly a year. Originally published in the Nov/Dec. 2102 issue of Scholastic's Storyworks magazine and reprinted in the March 2013 issue of Scope, this play
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4th - 7th
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7th Grade STAAR Reading Review: Drama
This resource was designed for use as a review for drama questions on the 7th grade STAAR Reading test. Other STAAR resources can be found in my store, BrainyCats Learning Store
BEFORE PURCHASING THIS PRODUCT, PLEASE DOWNLOAD AND READ THROUGH THE GUIDED PRACTICE SCENE TO MAKE SURE IT IS SUITABLE FOR YOUR CLASS. My students enjoyed it, but it is about a food contest where competitors try to make disgusting combinations of food, so the topic may be off-putting to some groups. The sample can
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6th - 8th
Aesop's Fables Reading Passages and Readers Theater Scripts Activity BUNDLE
Imagine a year's worth of Readers' Theater scripts right at your fingertips! This bundle is perfect for your young readers! They can practice fluency while learning about characters and story elements. Use these 12 Aesop's Fables plays in small groups and focus on your reading comprehension and fluency needs. And they are perfect for SUB PLANS! Your students will beg to do them again and again!Each Reading Passage and Script set is sold individually, but the BUNDLE saves you 30%! Check out the p
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2nd - 4th
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Ruby Bridges Reader's Theatre Play
This is a 5 minute interactive play about Ruby Bridges. This play breathes life into the story of Ruby Bridges and allows students to imagine what it would have been like to be in her shoes. This play also includes a teacher's guide and Common Core aligned activities for students. This play and its supporting materials have been updated, revised and edited for clarity.
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2nd - 5th
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Civil War Readers' Theater | Women's History Month | Wax Museum Play
Doing a history based readers' theater with your upper elementary and Jr. High students is a great way to combine reading and learning about the past. 5 Strong Women is an original Civil War readers’ theater that focuses on 5 women who played important roles in both the North and the South during the American Civil War. Read as part of Women's History Month or as a group wax museum activity. Harriet Beecher Stowe Clara Barton Rose O'Neal Greenhow Elizabeth Van Lew Jenny HodgersUse this script as
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5th - 8th
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Bessie Coleman: Aviator!(Reader's Theater Script)
Use this informative Reader's Theater Script to learn about Bessie Coleman. Bessie was the first African American female pilot in the U.S. A. AND the first AMERICAN to receive an international pilot's license! Great for Black History Month in February or Women's History Month in March. Comprehension questions/extension activities, key. Part of my Ms. Bie Ografee Talk Show Series.I also have these resources you may find of interest:1. The idea to foster contributions of African Americans began wi
Grades:
5th - 9th
Also included in: African American Trailblazers(Bundle of SIX Famous African American)
Readers Theater: Harriet Tubman | 3rd-6th Grade | Black History Month
Introducing our Harriet Tubman Reader's Theater activity - a fun and educational way for students in grades 3-8 to learn about the life and accomplishments of this brave and determined woman. Through the script, students will explore the history of slavery and the underground railroad, and discover the importance of freedom, bravery, and determination. With roles for multiple characters, including Harriet, her husband John, and her brother William, students can also practice their acting and pub
Grades:
3rd - 6th
WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH Activities 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Grade READERS THEATER BUNDLE
WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH Activities 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Grade READERS THEATER BUNDLEHere's a great set of readers theater scripts about amazing women in history. A great resource to help celebrate Women's History Month!
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2nd - 5th
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State Test Prep Skit
A fun and lighthearted skit or play with fairy tale characters preparing to take a State Test. Is primarily for Test Taking strategies and skills in a way that is fun and interesting to the kids. This skit could also be performed by a drama department. Possibly at a testing assembly.
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5th - 12th
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Revolutionary War: Spies- A Visit with Female Agent 355(Culper Spy Ring)Script
American Revolution/ Revolutionary War: Studying the 13 Colonies/Colonial Times? This resource would work great for such a unit of study. Part of my Ms. Bie Ografee's Reader's Theater Scripts, I really had fun developing this play about the Culper Spy Ring and specifically, Agent 355, one of the female member of the organization!During the Revolutionary War, the Culper Spy Ring was organized to work to defeat the British. Agent 355 and other members of the spy organization were very important i
Grades:
5th - 9th
Also included in: Revolutionary War and the Birth of Our Nation: A Bundle of Resources!
Betsy Ross: Fact or Fiction? U.S. History Reader's Theater
The history of the flag of the United States is a compelling story, but historians are divided as to the facts. Did Betsy Ross really create the first flag? This play, which was originally published in my book, Read Aloud Plays: Symbols of America, and later reprinted in the January 2002 issue of Scholastic's Storyworks magazine, encourages readers to become history sleuths. It includes the play script, a short reading supplement, a bubble quiz, a comprehension activity built around William Canb
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4th - 7th
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World War 2: Female Pilots(Members of the WASP): A Reader's Theater Script
During WW2, it was very unusual for a woman to be a pilot. When there was a shortage of male pilots due to their being needed in combat, an experimental project was begun where female pilots would be used by the military(although they weren't part of the military) to assist with ferrying aircrafts from the manufacturers to military bases. Female pilots, WomenAir Force Service Pilots,(WASP) also would test repaired planes to see if they were SAFE for male pilots to fly. They also were asked to he
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5th - 9th
Also included in: WOMEN'S HISTORY: A BUNDLE of 10 READER'S THEATER SCRIPTS
Reader's Theater: Women's History Month and Susan B. Anthony- Grades 3-6
This Reader’s Theater was created because my students LOVE them! I try to make these exciting, while also teaching the kids a thing or two at the same time about History/Social Studies.
In this Reader's Theater, students travel back in time to see Susan B. Anthony giving a speech explaining the importance of equal voting rights. Pieces of the actual speech from 1873 are used in this reader's theater.
The play itself is 7 pages long, and has 5 different parts. I like to either use these reader'
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3rd - 6th
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Women’s Rights Movement Activity Pack
The goal of this pack is to help your grade 4-6 students learn the main women and men who fought in the Women’s Rights Movement and the events leading up to the 19th Amendment.
Topics Include: suffrage, women’s injustices, the groundbreaking newspaper The Revolution, The Declaration of Sentiments, picketing, and the difficulties faced in order to pass the 19th Amendment.
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-A 20 speaking part reader’s theater with historical figures Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony,
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4th - 7th
LEAP 2025 Test Prep Writing Prompt: The Trial of Cardigan Jones
This Third Grade Writing Prompt is based on the story, "The Trial of Cardigan Jones." As an added bonus, I adapted the story to a Reader's Theatre Script ( My students love to read scripts.)The Prompt reads as follows:In this fantasy, the author created a character named Cardigan who was accused of stealing an apple pie from Mrs. Brown’s window sill. Imagine that you are a newspaper reporter covering, “The Trial of Cardigan Jones.” Conduct an interview with Cardigan to get story details from
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3rd - 4th
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Black History Month Activity | Readers Theater | Rosa Parks
This Black History Month OR Women's History Month-Themed Reader’s Theatre is an engaging way to teach your students about Rosa Parks and the Civil Rights Movement, while also helping to improve reading skills and fluency. Your students will enjoy reading and learning about Rosa Parks and the bus boycott of 1955 as they act out the script. What you'll get:A 3-page script with 7 different speaking parts.A front page to color and write the names of the parts 2 worksheets with comprehension questio
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4th - 7th
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Figurative Language Reader's Theater Script
This reader's theater script is about a soccer game at a Clarksville Middle. It is six pages long. However, the document you will be purchasing is 18 pages long, as it contains:
-An original version
-A scaffolded version
-A teacher's key
You can use this interactive reader's theater script to review the following Figurative Language terms:
1. Simile
2. Metaphor
3. Hyperbole
4. Onomatopoeia
5. Alliteration
This activity asks students to read the script aloud and fill-in the figurative language
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4th - 8th
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MALALA YOUSAFZAI Readers Theater Theatre 3rd 4th 5th 6th Grade Womens History
MALALA YOUSAFZAI Readers Theater Theatre 3rd 4th 5th 6th Grade Womens HistoryHere's an engaging readers theater script for your students to learn more about the education activist MALALA YOUSAFZAI!Characters include: Narrator 1Narrator 2Malala YousafzaiZiauddin Yousafzai (Malala's father)Shazia (Malala's school friend)Mrs. Hadia (Malala's teacher)Class – group of studentsPresenterTaliban SoldierYour students will enjoy building their reading fluency skills as they learn more about why Malala You
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3rd - 6th
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Marie Curie: Scientist, A Reader's Theater Script
WOMEN in SCIENCE: Share biographies of women who have made contributions in science: Marie Curie, biography.A Ms. Bie Ografee Talk Show Reader's Theater Script.Use this informational and fun script for students to learn about Marie Curie, the Polish scientists who was a pioneer in the area of radioactivity. *Students will find some of the uses of radioactive materials in the 1920s most interesting(as did I). Radium was placed in toothpaste to make teeth whiter, it was placed in shampoo, face
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5th - 9th
Also included in: Trailblazers in Science(SIX STEM Biographical Plays)BUNDLE of RESOURCES
Poetry Writing - Choral Reading, Oral Interpretation, Drama Creative Writing Sub
Poetry Writing! Performance Poems are FUN! Performance Poems will get students out of their seats and speaking before the class. Performance poems will engage all students. Performance Poems may include groups of two to six students.Students will watch youtube examples and will participate in reading poems written in my English 10 class from a powerpoint presentation. The poems are color coded so that each speaker in the presentation knows what lines to read alone and what lines to read together
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6th - 12th
Susan B. Anthony: A Reader's Theater Script(Women's History Month)
Nicknamed “the Moses of Her Sex”, Susan B. Anthony was a civil rights leader involved with the antislavery movement and the women’s rights and suffrage movement. She caused quite a commotion when, in 1872, she tried to do something most unusual for a woman. She attempted to vote in a presidential election. Great for American History lesson, for women's history month, or for a biography day!Other Resources You May Find of Interest:Women’s History month is celebrated each March. It was President J
Grades:
5th - 8th
Also included in: WOMEN'S HISTORY: A BUNDLE of 10 READER'S THEATER SCRIPTS
Genre Theatre (Genre Review With Readers Theater)
This presentation offers eight mini readers theater scripts covering different genres of fiction that will provide students with an opportunity to check their understanding of the concept. The students will be able to select the correct genre from a list of six choices after reading each script. An "answer key" is built into the presentation to provide immediate feedback. Please note that due to space requirements, fantasy and fairytale have been combined as an answer choice.
The readers the
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4th - 8th
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Activity Readers Theater Theatre Script 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Grade
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Activity Readers Theater Theatre Script 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Grade Women's History MonthHere's an engaging readers theater script for your students to learn more about Eleanor Roosevelt and her work for social reform and equality.Characters include:Eleanor RooseveltNarrator 1Narrator 2Franklin D. Roosevelt Mary McLeod Bethune ReporterChildren's Rights Advocate Your students will enjoy building their reading fluency skills as they learn more about Eleanor Roosevelt and how she serve
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Activities 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Grade WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH
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