Unit 6: All the World's a Stage - Drama Activity 4: Reader's Theater (GLEs: 07, 09d, 14e, 40a, 40b, 40c)
CC: Students as a group will skim/scan anthologies, search the library, the Internet, and classroom magazines for short one-act plays to read as a class.
Excellent resources for Reader's Theater Reader's Theater http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00000969.shtml
CC: To practice reading fluency, students will read and perform in the Reader's Theater format (e.g., http://www.aaronshep.com). Aaron Shepard's Homepage
CC: Students will select a fable/folktale to be rewritten as a Reader's Theater script, applying the characteristics of drama (e.g., stage directions, dialogue).
Folktales: Fables http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00000376.shtml
CC: Students will create a play poster advertising their performance and display for the class.
Students can use MS Publisher or Word to create the poster. Poster Template - MS Publisher
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