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Native Americans scripts for Microsoft Word
Coyote Tales - Native American Reader's Theater
This package was intended for November which is Native American month but can be done at any time. My name is Melanie Whitesides but my store name is Wonbyone. One of the things I am passionate about is Reader's Theater. It is a fun way for my students to improve on their fluency. In a world where reading is pushed so hard on students that many are losing their love of reading it is IMPORTANT to give them opportunities to read that are fun. Reader's Theater does this. In this package I have plac
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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How Coyote Got His Name - A Small Group Reader's Theater
This is a Native American tale about how Coyote got his name. This is for 5 to 9 students. He features prominently in a lot of stories of the Navajo and in many other tribes. I first saw this one online but have heard it from our Navajo teacher since. I use reader's theaters to encourage my students to practice fluency. It is a fun way to do something that they need. Most of my scripts are in black and white so they photo copy easily. This one does have a colored picture on the first page but t
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3rd - 6th, Adult Education
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Clever Coyote - Native American Reader's Theater
This Reader's Theater is for 4 students. It is a Comanche legend about how clever coyote saved the buffalo. In the script, A long time ago a monster came and stole all the buffalo overnight. He took them and locked them up in his mountain cave. Coyote called all animals and people together to discuss what they should do. They came up with a plan to give a pet to the small boy who lived with the monster and, at the right time, the pet would set the buffalo free. They sent a mouse and then a bird
Coyote, Bobcat, and the Corn - Native American Reader's Theater
This Reader's Theater is for 4 students. It is a Navajo tell about Coyote. In the script, Coyote is hungry and is a bad hunter. He convinces Bobcat to join him to go and get some ears of corn. Bobcat is slow and it is far away also, he does not trust Coyote. But Coyote talks Bobcat into going to the cornfield to get the corn. He says he knows a way to help Bobcat run fast and off they go. By the time they get there Bobcat is tired and sits down to rest while Coyote makes a pig of himself. Soon t
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4th - 12th
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Two Wolves - Native American Reader's Theater
This Reader's Theater is for 3 students. It is a Cherokee legend about two wolves. In the script, a grandson has come to visit his grandfather. He is invited to breakfast. When the grandfather asks him how he is doing - the grandson tells him that he has been fighting with his best friend. The grandson says his friend called him names and took his toy and won’t say sorry until he does. The grandson doesn’t think he should have to apologize. After thinking for a moment, the grandfather tells his
How Crow Brought the Daylight – Small Group Reader’s Theater
This reader's theater was written for a group of 5 students but can be expanded to 7. It is based on the Inuit's legend of the Crow and how it brought daylight to them. In the script, When the Earth was young there was no daylight in the north and the Inuit people lived always in darkness. One day Old Crow begins to tell them of the daylight he has seen in his long travels and the people beg him to go and bring them some. At first he refuses because he is old now and doesn’t think he can make it
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4th - 10th, Adult Education
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Explicit Instruction Lesson to teach Compare and Contrast in Texts
This is an explicit instruction lesson that I used to teach the Compare and COntrast text structure in texts. The students responded so well to it. You could use it as a template to use with other Compare/Contrast texts or to teach other text structures. It would also work great along with a Native American Unit.
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3rd - 7th
Coyote and The Lizards Reader's Theater
This reader's theater was written for a group of 7 students but can be condensed to 5. It is based on a Navajo tale about Coyote. In the script, Coyote meets up with the lizards and wants to play games with them. He won't listen to the lizards when they warn him about their game though which is typical of coyote. I found this story online but have since heard it from the Navajo Language teacher. I use reader's theater as a way to encourage my reluctant readers to raise their fluency. It motivat
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3rd - 8th
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Coyote, Buzzard, and Young Buffalo - Native American Reader's Theater
This Reader's Theater is for 4 - 7 students. Some parts are small so I usually use 4 students and have them double up. It is a Navajo tell about Coyote. In the script, Coyote has grown old and Buzzard is waiting for him to die so he can eat him. Coyote goes to Buffalo to ask him to share his youth and power. Buffalo doesn’t like Coyote but feels sorry for him so he gives him some youth. He won’t give Coyote power though. Coyote is turned into a buffalo with a coyote tail. He is warned he has no
How Coyote Got Yellow Eyes - Native American Reader's Theater
This Reader's Theater is for 4 students. It is a Navajo tell about Coyote. In the script, Coyote is hungry and is a bad hunter. He convinces Bobcat to join him to go and get some ears of corn. Bobcat is slow and it is far away also, he does not trust Coyote. But Coyote talks Bobcat into going to the cornfield to get the corn. He says he knows a way to help Bobcat run fast and off they go. By the time they get there Bobcat is tired and sits down to rest while Coyote makes a pig of himself. Soon t
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4th - 12th
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Ms. Coyote and the Doe - A Navajo Tale - Small Group Reader's Theater
This reader's theater was written for four students. It is one of my favorites and I have a lot of scripts. I've incorporated a Navajo tale. Ms. Coyote likes to imitate everyone and think she's better than anyone else. When she sees Does' fawns, she wants to find out her secret and make her cubs just as beautiful. Doe decides to teach her a lesson. I use reader's theaters to encourage my students to practice fluency. It is a fun way to do something that they need. Most of my scripts are in black
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3rd - 8th
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"The Tale of the Mountain Cat (A Theater Script)" [*New Book Trailer]
Check out the New Book Trailer (+13 Rating): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE7yE0KDIeo&t=4sWith a money back guarantee (labouyer@yahoo.com). [All profits from this work go to the Homeless.] This is a very friendly script that is based on a story about a boastful Mountain Cat who comes into a meadow community and creates a confrontation. It is done in a "Native American" style of legend and story telling. This script can be done with all levels of players, and should be a very fun and exc
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Song: Call Me Pilgrim Sung to Call Me Maybe
This is a self created song that is sung to the sung "Call Me Maybe". It is a really cute song to be sung around Thanksgiving and super simple for the kids to learn. The parents thought it was adorable.
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1st - 6th
Aztec Daily Life
This is a script based off nonfiction reading passages about Aztec daily life in the book, Mayan, Incan, and Aztec Civiliations from Carson-Dellosa. Before beginning our unit on the Aztecs, I wanted a fun, informative way for my students to learn a little bit about Aztec daily life. The script was developed for my students, who sit in groups of 4. Each group performed the play for one other group of 4 students.
Also included are 6 comprehension questions for students to answer after perfo
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4th - 6th
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Inuit Tribe Readers' Theater
This is a 16-part readers' theater script about the Inuit Native American tribe. My second grade class turned our classroom into an Inuit village and performed this readers' theater for parents and other classes in our school. It touches on the different roles that the Inuits had to fill.
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1st - 4th
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Massacre at Wounded Knee
A brief historical skit of the 1800's when settlers came to America and their conflicts with Native Americans.
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5th - 6th
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