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Middle school Autumn 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 Legend of Sleepy Hollow Readers' Theater Script
This Reader's Theater Script is easy to follow and is based off of Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". This is written at a level that 4th, 5th, and 6th graders can enjoy. There are plenty of Tier 2 vocabulary terms to build a unit from. Words I chose to focus on for the week unit were region, reeling, hospitality, lanky, and cordially. The theme of the story as well as characterization can be explored with this script.
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4th - 8th
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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
The Harvest Moon Reader's Theater and Reading Literature Toolkit FREEBIE
The Harvest Moon is a concept your students may have heard of, but have no idea what it is all about. In this 2-page realistic fiction, 6-character script, your students will learn a bit of information about this autumnal event.Included in this fall common core aligned toolkit:• 2-page, 6-character script• reader response questions• context clue word work• a journal prompt for post-reading writingEstimated Lexile Measure is 850.If you are looking for a quick script to enhance student comprehens
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4th - 7th, Staff
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READERS THEATER FALL MYSTERY WHOLE CLASS SCRIPT
This Readers’ Theater brain teaser mystery script will give your ELA and drama students practice in reading aloud, comprehension and writing, while having lots of autumn whodunnit fun. The Fall Power Outage Mysteries readers’ theater script activity will entertain your grades 5-8 students and require them to perform inference tasks to solve clues.ADVANTAGES OF WHOLE CLASS SCRIPTS The script is designed for TWENTY SIX readers! This keeps all of the students together in one place and fosters clas
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5th - 8th
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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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READERS' THEATER FALL MYSTERY SCRIPTS: GRADES 5-8 AUTUMN DRAMA FUN
Whether you call the season fall or autumn, you'll call this Middle School trio of mystery readers' theater scripts a 30% off fun drama bargain! Keep your grades 5-8 students engaged in October, November and December by reading mystery scripts that practice their reading, fluency and comprehension skills, AND activate their critical thinking skills to hunt for context clues to some perplexing mysteries! All the scripts have fall (and bad stormy weather) in common, yet there is LOTS of variety in
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5th - 8th
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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
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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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
TERRY FOX : Pourquoi nous courons - UN TEXTE POUR LE THÉÂTRE DE LECTEURS
This is a Readers' Theatre script for the Intermediate French Immersion classroom. It is a fun and engaging way to get the message across to your students that there is meaning to why we run around our school or our neighbourhood each September.This document includes: - a four page script with five roles, one role being for a more advanced reader - a word search puzzle related to Terry Fox - a verb activity related to the script - the answer key to the verb activityI also have other
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4th - 8th
Character Trait Text Evidence -- Court Case
Read a court case to determine which student is guilty of being insensitive.
Students will read a court case to the class, and the class will have to reach a verdict from the evidence that is presented -- Which student is insensitive? This is a fun way to have students find evidence to support their answer.
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1.) A script (3.5 pages) & a highlighted script for each role.
2.) Name tags for students (judge, sheriff, student 1, student 2, witness 1, witness 2)
3.) A worksheet f
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3rd - 6th
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Halloween Seasonal Scene Bundle
This bundle includes improvisation prompts, several 5-6 and 8-12 minute scenes for 5-9 students, several scene-writing assignment packets, scene-starters, and PowerPoints dealing with "spooky theatre stuff" that are perfect for October. The scenes would be perfect class assignments, or you could combine several of them together for a Fall Fundraising Show for your theatre program! Most scripts give the option of gender changes if necessary, and there are options of some smaller roles or walk
Fall Readers' Theatre Drama Scripts and Assessments for Primary
Fall Readers' Theatre Drama Scripts and Assessments for Primary is a fantastic piece to add some fun to your Primary Drama or Language unit this Autumn. This download includes 3 laugh-out-loud funny Fall themed scripts. Each Fall Readers' Theatre script has 4 - 6 characters. The scripts were designed primarily for students in Grades 1, 2, and 3, but could also be used for the junior Grades as well (grades 4 - 6). Each script has an overall message - uniqueness, ingenuity, and perseverance. This
Fall Mindfulness Activities and Counseling Lesson
These fall mindfulness activities are perfect for introducing mindfulness or during the fall season as a supplement! Students will practice in 2 ways: visualization and tracing. These are always a favorite and students love to share what they could see, touch, taste, smell, and hear in their mindful moments. Use in individual, group, or classroom settings for 1-2 sessions. Use scripts in combination with labyrinths or use them as separate activities!This download includes:3 fall moment scrip
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Fall Counseling Activity Bundle for 3rd-5th
CAASPP 4th Grade Writing Prompt
This writing prompt will help prepare students to take the CAASPP. It includes three sources and an informational writing prompt that requires students to use information from all three sources in their essay.
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3rd - 6th
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Fall Conversations: ELL Conversation Practice
This resource is full of relevant fall conversations that you can practice now with your ELL students. With five conversations and vocabulary review provided, this resource is full of language practice for your students.
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5th - 12th, Adult Education
BRAIN TEASER FALL FUN - AUTUMN ACTIVITIES Grades 5 6 7 8
Look no further than these 30% off autumn brain teaser activities to give your grades 5-8 students so much fun that they won't realize that they are learning!FALL BRAIN TEASER MYSTERY SCRIPT: The Power Outage MysteriesThis Middle School Readers’ Theater fun brainteaser mystery script will give your lucky students practice in reading aloud, comprehension and writing, while having lots of fall chuckles. The Fall Power Outage Mysteries readers’ theater script will entertain your grades 5-8 students
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5th - 8th
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SAMPLE 7th Grade STAAR Reading Review: Drama
This sample resource is part of a 7th Grade STAAR Review product for Drama. This resource contains the reading passage “Ruin A Food”.
The full resource, 7th Grade STAAR Reading Review: Drama, includes:
A template for taking notes, along with a completed copy to project for the students, or to use while giving instrauctions.
PRE-READING VOCABULARY for “RUIN A FOOD” A Frayer model activity to help familiarize students with words in the play. Two versions are available – one for ESL studen
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6th - 8th
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AUTUMN DRAMA ACTIVITIES | FALL DRAMA FUN ACTIVITIES & GAMES
5 autumn drama activities that provide instant fun for grade 5-8 students- all this AND 30% off! Phew! These brain teaser mystery scripts and fun games can be used at any point in the fall. The Mystery of the Haunted House This scary (not very!) script will entertain your students and require them to perform inference tasks to solve four major clues. The 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
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5th - 8th
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Boom Cards Summarizing Fiction with Latin American Folktales Set 2
Do your students need practice with summarizing fiction to improve reading comprehension? In this set of Boom Cards, students will read practice identifying key events and key ideas with a Latin American folktale called "El Cucuy: A Play" an adaptation based on a famous Mexican legend and then practice sorting sentences from the story that belong in a summary and sentences that do not belong in a summary. Students will also complete multiple choice questions with STAAR like question stems for su
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5th - 7th
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Text Structure: Teach and Practice
Engage your students with this text structure teach and practice resource! Begin with "Wheel of Structure," a Reader's Theater script modeled after the famous game show. Next, take students through the slides presentation as they fill in the blanks on the notetaking guide. Now play the game by answering questions and spinning the wheel on the slides to earn points. For extra practice and assessment, a worksheet and key are also included. Text structures included- chronological order, cause and e
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5th - 8th
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Autumn Tales - Reader's Theater Script
Journey into the mythical realm of ancient Greece and the enchanted fairy kingdom as a young goddess, Persephone, must navigate between the land of the living and the underworld, while the changing seasons reflect her annual departure and return, revealing the profound impact her presence has on the world.
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4th - 6th
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The absolute best reading strategy for reluctant readers in secondary
This strategy was made for STAAR retesters in Texas, home of over-testing, and specifically gives skills for secondary students to read and be able to answer standardized test questions. Oftentimes secondary teachers are to what to teach but now how to teach it. This presentation is for teachers to learn how to implement a simple, straightforward method to help with standardized testing.
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7th - 12th
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