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Middle school Thanksgiving writing-essays scripts
Thanksgiving Reader's Theater Script and Activities for Grades 4-7
The Gift of Time is a Thanksgiving reader's theater script your middle school students will love! Practice fluency and speaking while incorporating Thanksgiving themes into your language arts instruction. This 13 character PDF script includes comprehension questions and word work activities, making this unit a flexible teaching resource you can use in multiple ways!This Thanksgiving Reader's Theater and Reading Literature Toolkit includes:• 8-page, 13-character script• clear directions for immed
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Reader's Theater Bundle: 12 Engaging Scripts for Big Kids
READERS' THEATER THANKSGIVING MYSTERY MIDDLE SCHOOL SCRIPT
This humorous Thanksgiving Readers’ Theater brain teaser mystery script will give grades 5-8 students practice in reading, comprehension, critical thinking and writing, while having lots of drama and ELA fun. The Mystery of the Vanishing Turkey whodunnit script will entertain your students and require them to perform inference tasks to solve clues. Perfect for reading or for performances! This 9 page script is intended for 9 readers but the number of readers can easily be contracted or expanded
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5th - 8th
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Fall ~ Thanksgiving Readers' Theater Script & More: Grades 3, 4, 5, & 6
Thanksgiving Readers' Theater Script & Literacy Toolkit for Grades 3, 4, 5 & 6: "Thanksgiving with Mr. Loony": From chainsaws to teddy bears to potato scavenger hunts, Mr. Loony's ideas for celebrating Thanksgiving are . . . well . . . loony.This Thanksgiving readers' theater script and the accompanying literacy activities will provide students with plenty of literacy-focused fall fun. The literacy toolkit is perfect for third-grade, fourth-grade, fifth-grade, and sixth-grade students a
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3rd - 6th
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The Terrific Turkey Thanksgiving Reader's Theater
This is a humorous Thanksgiving Reader's Theater I wrote for an RTI class. It is appropriate for grades 3-5. There are nine speaking parts and takes about 11 minutes to perform. Synopsis: Dad orders a turkey for the family Thanksgiving dinner. The fun begins when they go to pick it up and discover he has mistakenly ordered a live turkey! Sarah befriends the turkey and schemes to save its life.
My students enjoyed reading it multiple times, switching roles. It's an enjoyable way to practice flue
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3rd - 6th
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Reader's Theater: 13 Colonies-Life in a New England Colony!
Bring key characteristics of the 13 colonies to life with this FREEBIE Reader’s Theater script featuring the New England Colonies! This is part of a leveled set of 3 reader’s theater featuring the New England, Middle, and Southern colonial way of life plus additional comparison activities! This freebie script contains 6 parts, making it a perfect activity for centers or leveled guided reading groups! This activity helps integrate Social Studies history content with Language Arts common core s
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3rd - 6th
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THANKSGIVING DRAMA FUN Grades 5 6 7 8
This high-interest 30% off Thanksgiving drama fun bundle has all the drama activities you need to make the lessons leading up to Thanksgiving memorable for your students. It is a Black Friday bargain, in fact! A readers' theater script, a drama circle, impromptu speaking AND a game- what a Thanksgiving variety pack, a true cornucopia of goodies!Readers' Theater Thanksgiving MysteryThis amusing Thanksgiving Middle School Readers’ Theater brainteaser mystery script will give students practice in r
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5th - 8th
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Pilgrims: A Reader's Theater Play(first Thanksgiving)
Studying the 13 colonies? Check out my Ms.Bie Ograffee Reader's Theater Script, an interview with Love Brewster, a Pilgrim of Plymouth Colony.Love was an actual member of the 102 Pilgrims that came to America. He was about nine years old. Interestingly, several in his family also had unusual names. He had a sister named Patience, another named Fear and a brother named...Wrestling! Learn lots of interesting information about the Pilgrims and the Thanksgiving feast, of 1623, with this fun format.
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5th - 8th
Response to Literature Common Core Kid Friendly Writing Kit Bundle
Common Core Standards inspire and require teachers to move our students toward a focus on thinking and taking ownership of their own learning. The Kid Friendly graphic organizers, rubrics, student score sheets, 3 and 5 paragraph exemplary essays, and peer edit checklists in this kit support students as they learn to do just that, preparing them for career and college readiness in the 21st Century!
Writing is challenging to teach and time consuming to grade. The pages in this kit ensure that yo
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4th - 6th
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Reader's Theater FOILED BY TURKEYS: A THANKSGIVING STORY - Very Fun Fiction!
If you are searching for a way to get your students to enjoy reading, become more expressive, read aloud with confidence, become more fluent…then let the magic begin!!
I have found using Reader’s Theater with large and small groups really helps my students strengthen their reading and language arts skills! My class CHEERS every time I tell them we are going to do Reader’s Theater!! This technique makes reading come alive for your students and can really develop classroom full of confident rea
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2nd - 6th
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Thanksgiving Mega Packet (Hilarious Readers' Theater and More!)
This 32 page packet is great for November! You can work on it with your students, or leave it as an emergency activity for the substitute. Either way, it will have your students engaged in a meaningful reading and writing activity that is FUN!!! What an awesome bulletin board this makes! The packet includes:
-Gobble Gobble Gulp! Readers' Theater Script
(This is a FUNNY script wherein two turkeys attempt to convince a town to go with a TOFU option instead! Guest appearances by Guy Fieri, Bo
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3rd - 8th
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Thanksgiving Script, Holiday Class Play, Reader's Theater, Drama Club Script
Hi there!This original script was created for my sixth grade language arts class as well as my upper elementary drama club. It can easily be used as...1. A reader's theater activity2. A drama club or class play script (instructor would need to add stage direction)3. A virtual skit to perform and record via ZoomThe script has 10 character roles + 1 narrator. It's a simple and sweet story surrounding an everyday extended family - who runs into all sorts of unconventional antics on Thanksgiving. I
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Class Play, Skit, and Drama Club Script Library - Easy plays!
Step-By-Step Writing Conference Guides for Volunteers & Tutors Gr. 2-6
Got help? Great! Getting the targeted help you need? PRICELESS! This packet includes step-by-step, 1 page guides for meeting with individuals and small groups for writing conferences in grades 2-6. The guides are written to be used by parent volunteers, tutors, aides or other paraprofessionals. I've left out educational jargon (or explained any that appears) to keep the guides user-friendly. This packet will be a treasured resource and huge time saver for you!SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: I just
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2nd - 6th
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Thanksgiving Reader's Theater: The Life of Squanto
This activity is a 5-Act, 25-role reader's theater script for The Life of Squanto! The script is research-based, historically accurate, and is great for classes studying American history or as a fun Thanksgiving activity! Reader's Theater is an engaging instructional strategy for students that allows them to act out various historical scenes. This product also helps build fluency and reading comprehension skills. The acts are as follows: Act I: Getting CapturedAct II: Life as an InterpreterAct
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4th - 7th
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Reader's Theater THE MAYFLOWER THANKSGIVING - Great Historical Fiction!
If you are searching for a way to get your students to enjoy reading, become more expressive, read aloud with confidence, become more fluent…then let the magic begin!!
I have found using Reader’s Theater with large and small groups really helps my students strengthen their reading and language arts skills! My class CHEERS every time I tell them we are going to do Reader’s Theater!! This technique makes reading come alive for your students and can really develop classroom full of confident rea
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2nd - 7th
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Gobble Gobble Gulp! (Thanksgiving Readers' Theater, Haiku, Disguise a Turkey)
**This is an update to the original! It is a PDF version. If you'd like the Google Slides version, it's on my TPT store as well. Same thing, different format. You can edit the Google Slides, not the PDF.Are you looking for a cute story to read with your students right before Thanksgiving? This reader's theater script may be for you! It's a cute story about two turkeys entering the town of Gobble and trying to convince the citizens to plan an alternate meal! Guy Fieri and Justin Bieber mak
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3rd - 8th
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Reader's Theater Script for "The Night Before Thanksgiving"
This is an adorable Thanksgiving Reader's Theater Script based on the book "The Night Before Thanksgiving" by Natasha Wing. It features up to 28 narrator parts. This would be a great way for your students to practice their fluency.
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1st - 6th
Writing Process & Fundamentals Unit-BUNDLED-Differentiated, Common Core
This 5-week long Writing Fundamentals unit teaches students compound sentences, the power paragraph, and the five paragraph essay. It also teaches students how to workshop one another's pieces to help each other succeed.
**This unit includes three other products from my site:
--Differentiated compound sentences
--Writing the Power Paragraph
--Writing the Five Paragraph Essay (complete with the Writer's Workshop!)
By purchasing this bundled unit, you save over 20% than if you purchased the less
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5th - 11th
Readers Theater Script | An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving | Holiday ELA Activity
A festive and engaging way to teach language art skills during the holidays. Develop students' reading fluency and comprehension with a proven reading strategy. An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving Readers Theater Script and Activity. Adapted from the short story by Louisa May Alcott, author of Little Women.The Bassett children have to create a Thanksgiving feast on their own.Includes:Readers Theater ScriptOne-Pager Reading ActivityPlot Structure Graphic Organizer14 Reading Parts - Narrator 1, 2, 3, Mr
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4th - 9th
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Thanksgiving Resources for Middle School English & Language Arts
This bundle has a variety of activities to practice different skills while adding a festive feel to your Language Arts Class this November.Included:Performance & Speaking Skills: Students work in small groups to finish scripts about Thanksgiving and then they perform them for the class.Grammar: This Thanksgiving Grammar pack includes: Subject/Predicate, Prepositions and Adjectives.Comprehension Skills: Read about the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and answer questions about the event. Fini
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5th - 8th
Thanksgiving Social Stories Bundle | Special Education | EDITABLE
This Thanksgiving social story bundle supports learner understanding around a lot of big changes for the Thanksgiving holiday: from food, schedule differences, traditions, and more! Who needs another task to add to their workload? Not you! It can take a lot of extra time to have to create your own social story every time you need one for your student, but we take out the guesswork and save you a lot of time with this social story. And if you need to make adjustments to this social story, you tot
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1st - 12th, Adult Education
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Ten Things I'm Thankful For - Small Group Reader's Theater
This reader's theater was written for a small group of 4. It was written to be used in November for Thanksgiving. In the script, Susan has to create a list for an assignment in writing. The title is Ten Things I’m Thankful For. They have to be things she can describe and go into detail about as well as say why they are important. Susan put off doing the assignment because she thought it was easy and ran out of time but her friends help her to come up with a list. While they are creating it, they
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3rd - 6th
Drama Club Thanksgiving Bundle (Activities and Scripts)
This Thanksgiving Drama Club bundle is perfect for November! These resources were used in a mixed age drama club class, with ages ranging from 10 to 14. These resources are fun, relaxed, and whimsical! This Thanksgiving bundle contains four resources:1. "The Thanksgiving That Went Wacky" Reader's Theater / Class Play Script 2. "Monologues: Thanksgiving Edition" Drama Club Activity3. "The Party Guests: Thanksgiving Edition" Improv Game 4. "Who's the Turkey?" Improv Game
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4th - 7th
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Thanksgiving Readers Theater Activity with Pilgrims & Pumpkins
“Squanto’s Squash”—A Free Thanksgiving Readers Theater with Pilgrimsby Carol Montgomery“Squanto’s Squash” jumps into the history of Thanksgiving with Pilgrims, Native Americans, and more. This non-fiction Readers Theater script comes in two flavors: lively–with group participation or shorter and calmer–without interruption. Complete with a vocabulary list and annotated curriculum links for easy lesson plans, this free Readers Script is perfect for elementary students. For 2nd or 3rd graders
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4th - 6th
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A VEGAN THANKSGIVING? NO THANKS! a Readers' Theater play
(Cast: 6; Actors: grades 6 and up; All roles: boys or girls; Audience: grades 6 to 8) This zany, Thanksgiving comedy presents odd dining options; many SFX and voice-overs. Lesson plan: 3 pages; Script: 7 pages; Run time: 14 minutes. Flesch Reading Ease = 89 “I eat raisins and grapes and many whole grains, but I’ll not taste a morsel from creatures with brains.” When two reporters tempt a vegan with a savory meal, what will the outcome be? CAUTION: Are you a vegan? Would a script that pokes fun
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5th - 9th
Also included in: SHOUTBACK! READERS' THEATER, Bundle 5, scripts for Middle School casts
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