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8th grade drama guided reading books
How to Write a Play Writing Unit | Create Your Own Reader's Theater!
Teach your students how to write a play from start to finish. The slides include vocabulary, examples, and a step-by-step breakdown of creating characters, a storyboard, script, practice and performance. Students follow along and create their own play with the included worksheets. This bundle also includes narrative and informational reading passages with comprehension questions about the life and work of a playwright. I have also included a How to Write a Play wordsearch for fast finishers! Thi
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2nd - 8th
Romeo and Juliet Guided Reading Packet Bundle (Acts 1-5)
This product includes 60 pages worth of guided reading and introductory materials for Acts 1-5 of Romeo and Juliet! This download includes PDF files to ensure compatibility across devices, as well as answer keys for your convenience. (A version of this packet that includes a final test for a discounted download can be found here: Romeo and Juliet Guided Reading Packet (Acts 1-5) and Test Bundle.) This resource is also great for distance, online, or hybrid classrooms!This series of packets for A
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7th - 11th
A Christmas Carol school play
This 10-15 minute adaptation of A Christmas Carol was written by Sue Russell as a versatile resource - one which can be used as a performance piece or one which can be used within the classroom. The cast of 20 plus can be divided into smaller groups for rehearsal within the classroom or as a set of guided reading scripts. In whatever form, the story always 'packs an emotional punch' - a wonderful message conveying the power of love and the importance of sharing at this festive time of year.Other
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3rd - 9th
Abridged Romeo and Juliet Play Google Slides Special Education
101 Google Slides including 5 vocabulary words, 10 agree or disagree anticipatory statements and then an easy, plain text, abridged version of the play including character lists for each scene and a mix of recall and higher level questions throughout. Perfect for special education students. Use as is and have students answer aloud, in notebooks, make a copy for each student to type responses, or easily add the Peardeck extension for interactive learning. All the hard work is done!
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7th - 10th
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The Salem Witch Trials Guided Reading Play Scripts
Set of 5 Guided Reading Play Scripts (plus quizzes) on The Salem Witch Trials.
Boredom, over-active imaginations and a certain flair for amateur dramatics - all fatally combined to produce one of the cruelest travesties of justice in U.S. history. 19 hangings of complete innocents, labeled as witches ... by children. Who, or what, was to blame? Sift through some very suspect evidence and draw your own conclusions, from this set of guided reading play scripts, written by Sue Russell, covering th
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4th - 12th
Romeo and Juliet Act 1 Guided Reading Packet
This 24-page reading packet is designed to help students read, comprehend, and analyze Act 1 of Romeo and Juliet. The packet divides the Act into scenes and guides students towards developing a greater understanding of the play's events. The download includes a PDF to ensure compatibility across devices, as well as an editable Word Doc that you can alter to best meet your students' needs! This resource can also be helpful for distance, online, and hybrid learning!The packet also contains 13 page
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7th - 12th
Also included in: Romeo and Juliet Guided Reading Packet Bundle (Acts 1-5)
Ancient Greek Myths Guided Reading, Group Readers or Readers Theater
This is a set of 'group readers' (Readers Theater) written by Sue Russell on five Ancient Greek Myths:
1. Odysseus and the Cyclops
2. Theseus and the Minotaur
3. Tale of 2 Spinners (Athena & Arachne)
4. The Gorgon's Head (Medusa)
5. Pandora's Box.
delivering them via 6 speakers each. (For a smaller class size, a mini play may be dropped or the speakers re-allocated). Each 'mini play' comes with detailed summary of and background to each story, at the beginning; and at the end, a quiz -
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4th - 8th
Short by Holly Goldberg Sloan - Novel Study
This is a novel study for the book Short written by Holly Goldberg Sloan. Each page contains questions for individual chapters. Questions consist of short answer, multiple choice, extended response, and true/false. All questions are aligned with the CCSS
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5th - 10th
Vikings Guided Reading Play Scripts
5 Guided Reading Play Scripts, written by Sue Russell, based on Unit 6C The Vikings.
(This set of guided reading play scripts is one of a collection, based on Units 6 - 20 of the UK Key Stage II History Curriculum; also available - collection of class plays, again based on these units. For complete list including play scripts for USA curriculum visit www.plays-r-ussell.com )
Play 1 Introduction. Lindisfarne
Play 2 Kings
Play 3 Viking Family - at home.
Play 4 Valhalla. Gods
Play 5 Explorers.
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3rd - 9th
Romeo and Juliet Act 2 Guided Reading Packet
This Common-Core aligned, 10-page guided reading packet is the only handout you'll need to teach Act 2 of Romeo and Juliet! It includes comprehension and analysis questions that promote critical thinking, as well as line translation practice and a prologue activity. The download includes a PDF to help with formatting across devices, as well as an answer key for your convenience. This resource is also great for distance, online, or hybrid classrooms!This series of packets for Acts 1-5 (Sold here
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7th - 11th
Also included in: Romeo and Juliet Guided Reading Packet Bundle (Acts 1-5)
Peter Pan Cast of 6 Script plus teaching ideas
Peter Pan Cast of 6 Script This script comes with synopsis, teaching input and further discussion ideas – the whole ‘package’, including 10-minute reading time of script, coming to around 20 – 30 minutes.Also available:Peter Pan Play – in two versions:· one for primary school children (7 to 11-year olds)· the other, which includes a social commentary from J.M. Barrie, for upper Key Stage II primary school children plus i.e. from 10 years onSample Text:Narrator: And so, our task todayPeter Pan: T
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5th - 8th
Second World War Guided Reading Play Scripts
Description to World War II Guided Reading Play Scripts
5 Guided Reading Play Scripts (plus quizzes) based on Unit 9 Children in World War II - written by Sue Russell.
(This set of guided reading play scripts is one of a collection, based on Units 6 - 20 of the UK Key Stage II History Curriculum; also available - collection of class plays, again based on these units. For complete list including play scripts for USA curriculum, visit www.plays-r-ussell.com )
Play 1- Background/Beginnings of War
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3rd - 10th
Nancy Hart! A readers theater/stage play/script about the American Revolution.
This fun 10-minute script, by award-winning playwright Gyda Arber, is based on the true story of Nancy Morgan Hart, Georgia heroine of the American Revolutionary War! Suitable for guided reading, a stage production, or readers theater. Includes Discussion Questions, Answer Key, and a vocabulary list. A great addition to your American History/Women's History Month/American Heroes curriculum!
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3rd - 8th
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde play
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde playCast of 10Duration around 45 minutesBased on Robert Louis Stevenson’s novella, this play re-tells the rather grim story, with concluding observations and judgements on the characters therein.Sample TextDr Lanyon: And what brings you here? You look, if you don’t mind me saying so, in a bit of a state?Utterson: Ah, you know me so well, my old friend!Dr Lanyon: Hey! A little less of the old, if you don’t mind!(Both laugh)Utterson: Well, it’s about Henry Jekyll, a friend of
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7th - 10th, Adult Education
Romeo and Juliet Act 3 Guided Reading Packet
This 12-page Common-Core aligned guided reading packet is the only handout you'll need to teach Act 3 of Romeo and Juliet! This download includes a PDF version to help with compatibility, as well as an answer key for your convenience. This resource is also great for distance, online, or hybrid classrooms!This series of packets for Acts 1-5 (Sold here as a bundle) goes beyond basic question-and-answer style teaching strategies by reproducing several significant portions of the text for the purpos
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7th - 11th
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Also included in: Romeo and Juliet Guided Reading Packet Bundle (Acts 1-5)
Thanksgiving Play
Thanksgiving Play The Conversion of Tactless Turkey
(Following text is same as for preview but I’ve added a different sample text at the end)
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Narrator
Feisty Pheasant
Clumsy Chicken
Grumpy Goose
Daft Duck
Tactless Turkey
Reading Time: 5 – 10 minutes
This is a short script that can be read in the classroom or put on as a mini performance for Thanksgiving. It is about turning negative character traits into positive ones – in the case of our tactless turkey, into a more considerate ind
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3rd - 8th
Our Planet Guided Reading Play Scripts
This set of 6 Guided Reading Play Scripts looks at man's impact on the environment - in the context of five different habitats: a pond, the rainforest, the poles, the desert and the ocean - and what we as the human race can do to undo the harm done.
Please note: Teaching time of 40 minutes is very approximate, depending on time spent on reading and answering quiz questions.
Play 1 Life in a Pond
Speakers
Frog Great Diving Beetle
Newt Snail
Stickleback Dragonfly
Play 2 Life in a Rainfor
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3rd - 9th
World Figures and Events 1950s to 2000 Guided Reading Play Scripts
'Changes since 1948' - world events in the 1950s, 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s
5 Guided Reading Play Scripts (plus quizzes) based on Unit 13 Changes Since 1948 - written by Sue Russell. This is a set that covers key figures and events in both Britain and the world arena during the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s - including the history of rock music.
(This set of guided reading play scripts is one of a collection, based on Units 6 - 20 of the UK Key Stage II History Curriculum; also available - c
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4th - 12th
Just So Readers Theater scripts
Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling, adapted by Sue Russell into Guided Reading Scripts (Readers Theater). Part I Stories 1 - 6
Available from TpT and www.plays-r-ussell.com as two purchases: Part I (stories 1-6) and Part II (stories 7 - 12)
This purchase is Part I - Stories 1 - 6
Total number of readers: 30. Approx reading time for each story: 10 minutes.
Please Note: Time given for reading is approximate (first and fifth scripts are a little shorter); and does not include quiz – question and
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5th - 8th
Julius Caesar Classroom Cast Slideshow (Shakespeare)
This is a perfect resource for any English teacher leading a classroom in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. There is a slide to put on your projector or smartboard for each scene. It features an image of the setting, a list of the characters in each scene, and a short blurb of summary or questions to consider. It also points out which characters have the most lines in that scene. My students have really benefited from these slides and it helps them understand the plot of the story much better. There
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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A Raisin in the Sun: Mr. Lindner Doublespeak Dialectical Journal and Quotes
A dialectical journal for Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun" focused on the Mr. Lindner scene, where Mr. Karl Lindner uses doublespeak in an attempt to sell the Younger family on the bribe from the prejudiced residents of Clybourne Park.
This dialectical journal asks students to translate Mr. Lindner's doublespeak into "real talk." What is he really saying? The meaning hidden in his ambiguous statements? Three quotes with example interpretations are provided, then students interpret 9 m
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7th - 12th
Ancient China Guided Reading, Group Readers or Readers Theater
This set of 5 'group readers' on Ancient China focus on 5 different aspects of Ancient China:
1. 3000-200 B.C. The beginnings of a great civilization
2. Confucius
3. First Emperor - hero or tyrant
4. Life in Ancient China
5. Chinese Myth: The Monkey Who Would be King
and deliver them via 6 speakers each. Thus for a class of 30, there are 5 groups of 6 children. (For a smaller class size, a mini play may be dropped or the speakers re-allocated). Each 'mini play' comes with a quiz - an excellent a
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3rd - 8th
"Brian's Song" by William Blinn Google Slides Presentation
"Brian's Song" is a screenplay by William Blinn that is perfect for reading with middle and high school students.This Google Slides presentation can be used as a guide for discussing the key characters, major events, as well as providing short summaries to coincide with each scene, etc. There are also 10 slides of introductory information about the play and characters to help build background knowledge for understanding. Guided questions are presented in order of the chapters. No prep needed ah
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6th - 12th
Sacagawea Guided Reading Play Scripts (Readers Theater)
Set of 5 Guided Reading Play Scripts (Readers Theater):
1. Background - Sacagawea's childhood - Life with the Shoshone
2. Life with the Minnetaree
3. Wife and Guide
4. Expedition
5. Sacagawea's Legacy
These 5 scripts, written by Sue Russell, have 6 speakers each, plus quiz for each script to assess learning. As they follow the course of Sacagawea's life from beginning to end, they could easily be adapted into a class play.
To see list of speakers, see Preview.
Please note: Teaching time of
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3rd - 8th
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