What's New at Scripts for Schools?
 

WHAT'S NEW, LOIS?

Two years ago in August my team of four spent two weeks conducting Readers Theater seminars for EFL teachers in Taiwan. What an amazing experience we had!

A special thank you to East & West Book Company, Ltd. for publishing the book pictured above and making the seminar arrangements. Another special thank you to all the wonderful teachers we met along the way!

ATTENTION Taiwan EFL Teachers! I promised I would devote a section of this website to all of you so, please click
HERE.

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SUMMER, 2006: Virginia, USA

This past August we travelled to the Cumberland Gap area of Virginia to conduct two days of RT workshops. This was a part of the country we had not visited before, and were impressed by the interesting history of the area, incredible landscapes, and friendly, helpful people. Thanks to Wandaleen Adams, Head Start Director, Reading First LEA, and Coordinator for Professional Developement for Lee County Schools for looking after us and being such a great host!

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ANNOYING BEHAVIORS?

A teacher looking for a script on "manners" e-mailed and asked me to try creating something her class might use for an up-coming school assembly.  I did, and information about the new script, "Manners! Manners! can be found by clicking HERE.

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CHICAGO CONNECTION

I have received word that my publishers in Australia have made three of my illustrated Readers Theater scripts available through Chicago publisher ETA/Cuisenaire. Each is sold as part of a collection of 6 scripts.

One of my scripts, The Crazy Critters, is featured on this link:

http://www.etacuisenaire.com/voiceworks/voiceworks.jsp

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ANGER/CONFLICT MANAGEMENT ANYONE? 

We now have a Anger/Conflict Management Teaching Package available (Jr. High and High School levels). The package includes RT scripts. For more information, please click
HERE.

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FREE SCRIPT FOR HIGH SCHOOL/COLLEGE/ADULT READERS

Father Matthew Powell, O.P., a Catholic priest of the Dominican Order, has kindly provided this script, "Hamelin Town".  Please click HERE.

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FOR FREE SCRIPTS ABOUT HURRICANE KATRINA 

(Intermediate and Advanced levels):

Readers Theater Version 1, please click
HERE.

Readers Theater Version 2, please click
HERE.

Choral Speaking or Reading Version, click
HERE.

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MORE FREE SCRIPTS

Intermediate Script, "Crazy Critters" click HERE.

Primary Script, Choral Speaking, "Grasshopper and the Ants" click HERE.

Free Readers Theater Guide for Teachers, click HERE

Free Choral Speaking Guide for Teacher, click HERE.

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FROM A RECENT REPORT OF THE NATIONAL READING PANEL: TEACHING CHILDREN TO READ

"...repeated oral reading procedures that included guidance from teachers, peers, or parents had a significant and positive impact on word recognition, fluency, and comprehension across a range of grade levels...

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FREE SCRIPT FOR EFL, ESL

Looking for a free RT script to use with EFL or ESL students? This script is written in rhyme, has a repeated chorus for all readers, and pokes good-natured fun at all those pesky English words students from other countries are trying so hard to learn. The script actually uses all 100 words from the "100 Most Frequently Used Words" list. Please click
HERE.

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CHINESE AND TAIWANESE FOLK TALES

Have been researching Chinese Folk Tales and having so much fun! Do you know the origin of the "Holding Ball Dance" or the wonderful story about why the Chinese chase the new year away named "The Monster Named Year?" If these types of tales interest you, please click
HERE.

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