CH-53 THE BOOK REPORT

A Combination Choral Reading/Readers Theater script for the elementary school classroom.

It all started one day in school...

SOLO READER 1:           One day our teacher said,

READER 2/TEACHER:      "It's time to do a book report!"

SOLO READER 1:            And we said,

ALL:                             "A book report? What kind, what sort?

ALL GIRLS:                    Will this report be long or short?

ALL BOYS:                     We think we're going to need support,

ALL:                              If we're to do a book report."

And support is what they got!

As the story script progresses, the entire class learns to divide a book report into 6 important sections: Title, Author, Setting, Main Characters, Conflict, and Conclusion.  The students do this by reading together - and in rhyme yet! Doesn't sound like material for a great read-aloud script, does it?  Well, you might be surprised. 

Near the end of this script, you can actually use information from any book your class has recently read.  The readers are asked to insert information about that book into the text.  Not only do students learn about the 6 important sections, but they are able to use those sections in a practical way before the reading is completed.

Take a peek at the sample pages to see if this script might be "just right" for your elementary school classroom. (See below).

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The text is formatted for 2 SOLO READERS (One is a narrator and the other plays the role of the “teacher”. Some teachers like to read that role themselves, and that works too). It is also formatted for ALL GIRLS, ALL BOYS, ALL, and 6 additional SOLO READERS who read the prose lines during the actual book report section of the script.

The script is very flexible and allows a director to use as few or as many readers as required by dividing the reading parts between all available readers. If the class is small, double up on solo parts. If the class is large, everyone can be included in the ALL GIRL, ALL BOY, ALL lines.

Script length: 5 pages of reading text.

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For sample pages, please click HERE.

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