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7th grade Women's History Month close reading scripts
READERS THEATER BRAINTEASER MYSTERY SCRIPT BUNDLE
This fun 30% off Middle School high interest trio of readers' theater brain teaser mystery scripts will delight both ELA and Drama students. They will practice reading and comprehension strategies, while testing their critical thinking skills in deductive work. Get 3 scripts for the price of 2!In two of these realistic mysteries your grades 5-8 students will discover the identity of thieves. In one script a laptop is stolen and in another, a necklace. The main characters, Matt and Sophie, are M
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5th - 8th
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
ELA Emergency Sub Plans for Middle School Vol. 6
Emergency ELA Sub Plans for Middle School - Volume 6These language arts sub plans are perfect for filling (or refreshing) your substitute binder with engaging, standards-based activities. This is a true stand-alone resource that was designed to offer a print and go sub plan solution for middle school ELA teachers. No additional books or companion materials are needed!This resource includes:• A high-interest reader’s theater script • Reader Response Questions• Context Clue Word Work• Summary Stra
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4th - 7th, Staff
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Also included in: ELA Emergency Sub Plans Bundle for Middle School
READERS THEATER SCARY MYSTERY SCRIPT - Haunted House Mystery
This Readers’ Theater brain teaser mystery script will give Middle School students practice in reading, comprehension and writing, while having lots of ELA and Drama fun. The Mystery of the Haunted House makes your students into 'whodunit' detectives, performing inference tasks and drawing conclusions from four spooky clues. This humorous, realistic script is intended for about 9 students, but the number of readers can easily be contracted or expanded depending on how many groups you wish to hav
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5th - 8th
Also included in: READERS THEATER BRAINTEASER MYSTERY SCRIPT BUNDLE
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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Monthly ELA Activities for Middle School - Full Year Bundle
This bundle of monthly ELA activities for middle school includes the perfect standards-based resources to engage your students throughout the school year. Use these print-and-go resources to give your students practice reading to self, reading to someone, listening to reading, word work, and writing—all centered around the months and seasons of the school year!All of the following resources are included: ELA activity bundles. You'll be prepared for every season and holiday with engaging resource
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4th - 7th
READERS THEATER MIDDLE SCHOOL MYSTERY SCRIPTS: YOUNG HOLMES INVESTIGATES BUNDLE
Save 25% on this Middle School Readers’ Theater Young Holmes brain teaser mystery script activities bundle. These fun whodunnit scripts will entertain both drama and ELA classes. The scripts and activities give grades 5-8 students high interest practice in reading aloud, comprehension and even some writing. A FREEBIE is included. Question sheets and answers are included in both scripts. Also provided are quick peer and self assessment forms, and a reading rubric for easy marking.Young Holmes Inv
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5th - 8th
A Christmas Carol Play Reader's Theater Drama Script - 33 Roles for all Staves
This is a play version of "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens. Use as a school wide play, or a fun activity in the classroom. It has 33 roles covering all 5 staves of this novel. There are enough roles for all of your students. Enthusiastic students can even have multiple roles from different staves. Perfect for the last week before winter break!Are you teaching this novel? I wrote this play several years ago, and it made the perfect test review. You can teach a chapter (stave), and th
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3rd - 9th
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Complete Reader's Theater: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Novel
This is a bundle of ALL 17 chapters from The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis. Every chapter has been turned into a script for Reader's Theater. Each chapter includes its own casting list.
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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
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5th - 9th
Also included in: African American Trailblazers(Bundle of SIX Famous African American)
A Script for "Charles" by Shirley Jackson
After you read the short story, you might want your students to read this script. Students love reading scripts as it is very student-centered and gets them involved. I think they retain more when they are part of this kind of a reading.
This script is arranged into eight parts, four characters and four narrators, so if you have, let's say, a class of 24, you could have three groups reading it aloud simultaneously, two in the class and one in the hallway. The script itself will take less tha
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6th - 10th
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Shakespeare Introduction Project & Macbeth Script for Middle & High School
The Shakespeare Introduction Project offers an interactive opportunity for students to create a game using the information in this product. An adapted Macbeth script eases middle school students into the world of Shakespeare and can be used for reader’s theater or a short performance.Why will this Shakespeare Project benefit you?Project-based learning is perfect for reviewing or exploring Shakespeare’s text.Contextual factors help students connect with references in the play.Provides an opportu
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6th - 9th
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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
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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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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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Murder Mystery 1- Textual Evidence - Court Case- Speech, Theatre, Debate English
Murder Mystery - Mock Trial - Perfect for English, Speech, Theatre, Debate classes. Use for students to find textual evidence, by reading closely and debating the issue at hand.Includes: ~Backstory ~Individual stories for students ~Notes page for evidence ~Questions and Answers page ~Contract~Blue Print of the HouseStudents will love this activity when they are performing it in front of the class.
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5th - 10th
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Sorry, Wrong Number Radio Play Script and Comprehension/Discussion Questions
Are you looking for the perfect old-time radio play to keep your students in SUSPENSE??? Look no further! Your students are going to love reading and/or listening to the radio play "Sorry, Wrong Number". The radio play premiered in 1943 and became one of the most legendary radio plays of all time.Sorry, Wrong Number was the Suspense radio play that not only gave the series its biggest success, but it also became “radio’s most famous play”.The story was presented eight times between 1943 and 1
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7th - 10th
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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
Hamlet | Play Script & Close Reading Bundle | 5th Grade & 6th Grade
Two resources perfect for students learning about Hamlet by William Shakespeare; a play script written for young performers and a close reading activity.⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻The play script has been rewritten to be suitable for young performers. Hamlet tells the story of a Prince whose father, the King, has just died. His father’s ghost visits him and tells him that the new King, Claudius – who has married his mother – was the killer. Hamlet wants revenge and
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5th - 7th
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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
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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READERS THEATER SCARY MYSTERY SCRIPT - A Stormy Mystery + Questions
This high-interest Readers’ Theater scary mystery script activity will give students practice in reading aloud, comprehension and writing, while having ELA and Drama fun. A Stormy Mystery is a whodunnit that will require your grades 5-8 students to perform inference tasks to solve clues. Ideal for drama performances as students make all the sounds of a raging storm! The script has 10 parts but the number of readers can easily be contracted or expanded.Most of the storm sounds will be made by the
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: READERS' THEATER Mystery Scripts Activities Grades 5 6 7 8 -VOL#2
A Christmas Carol-Scrooge and Marley Questions and Theater Materials
Almost everyone is familiar with Charles Dickens' book, "A Christmas Carol", but not all have read the play, A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley by Israel Horovitz. This mini-unit of study includes the following items:Background articles on Charles Dickens and Israel Horovitz.Background articles on the setting and connection to literature.Digital links for accessing Acts I and II of A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and MarleyPersonal Connection ActivityQuestions and Answer Keys for Acts I and IIFre
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7th - 10th
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Discussion Role Cards
If you're seeking rigorous student-led discussions, you need this set! Featuring unique roles like "extender" and "rebutter," this set will challenge students to take their analysis of a text or concept deeper.Each card features the title of the role, a brief description, and sentence frames to support your students' conversations. The roles draw on various ELA strategies, such as CER skills and Avid's Costa House.
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6th - 9th
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