Readers Theater Scripts
These Scripts for Schools Readers Theater scripts were created as a way to involve students in reading. In Reader's Theater, students "perform" by sharing parts and reading aloud. This is usually done without costumes or props, but not always.
RT is a strategy that combines reading practice and performing. Its goal is to enhance students' reading skills and confidence by practising reading with a purpose. Reader's Theater gives students a real reason to read aloud – and that reason is usually to prepare for some kind of performance! The performance can be confined to small groups within a classroom who perform for each other, or expanded to include larger audiences within your community. Whatever the audience, Readers Theater reaps many benefits:
Benefits of Using Readers Theater in the Classroom or Library. Readers Theater helps to
- Develop fluency through repeated exposure to text.
- Increase comprehension.
- Integrate reading, writing, speaking, listening in an authentic context, engage students.
- Increase reading motivation.
- Create confidence and improve the self-image of students.
- Provide a real purpose for reading.
- Provide opportunities for cooperative learning.
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THE TRICKSY DESERT MOUNTAIN ELVES
A re-telling of a traditional fairytale. This time it is set in the Coachella Valley, California, USA.
Price $14.95
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THE TRICKSY MOUNTAIN ELVES
Knowing that the elves love meatloaf and never, ever eat breakfast, helps the pair outsmart their unwanted guests.
A cheese pie baked in a jar lid, a chicken casserole baked in an egg shell, and a meatloaf baked in a sewing thimble are part of the plan.
Readers: 6 Script
Length: 9 Pages
Performance time: 5 minutes
Set in the mountain country. An innkeeper and his very capable wife find their inn invaded by invisible tricksy mountain elves.
Price $14.95
THE UNICORN AND THE YOUNG ARABIAN ORYX
The Arabian Oryx is known as "The Unicorn of the Desert" and there is even a legend about how that name came to be. This Readers Theater script takes the legend one step further by telling the tale of a young oryx who dreams of being a unicorn.
Price $14.95
THIS SAGUARO IS FINE - READERS THEATRE
During its lifetime, the Saguaro Cactus serves as a home to a number of desert animals and is sometimes referred to as a "critter hotel".
Price $14.95
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THREE LITTLE PIGS
If you liked our re-telling in rhyme of Goldie and the Three Bears, ("Go Home Goldie") you'll LOVE this new approach to the old three pig/wolf story.
Price $14.95
THREE WISHES
Click Here for Sample Pages We make wishes all the time, but did you ever stop to think what would happen if they all came true? Lotta Goodhope and her husband Andy certainly never gave it much thought.
Price $14.95
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TURKEY IN THE BARNYARD
Younger Readers, Finger Play Story
This script is meant for an entire class of youngsters to read or memorize and then perform.
Price $14.95
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TWO ASIAN FESTIVALS
Script 1: CHINESE LOVERS' DAY
Script 2: DI AND TIEN AT THE GHOST FESTIVAL
Two Readers Theater Folk Tales for Intermediate Readers: The Origins of Chinese Lovers' Day and The Origins of The Ghost Festival.
Price $14.95
UNCLE RUSSELL AND THE POPLAR TREES
Mother Nature calls in Uncle Russell when she realizes she does not have time to paint white fluffy clouds into summer's clear blue sky.
Price $14.95
UNE HISTOIRE EPATANTE
Primary Script
Ca se passe au nord lointain. Cette histoire traditionnelle d'avalement raconte comment un garcon Inuit (esquimau) habite avec sa grand'mere dans un igloo.
Price $14.95
