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.
THE DINOSAUR'S DINNER
A young girl meets a Brontosaurus who wants to come to breakfast, an Anatosaurus who wants to come to lunch, a Stegasaurus who wants to come to tea, and a Brachiosaurus who wants to come to dinner. She's delighted, but can't find a menu to please any of them.
Price $14.95
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THE DINOSAUR'S DINNER - YOUNGER READERS
A little girl meets a Brontosaurus who wants to come to breakfast, an Anatosaurus who wants to come to lunch, a Stegasaurus who wants to come to tea, and a Brachiosaurus who wants to come to dinner. She's delighted, but can't find a menu to please them.
Price $14.95
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THE DOUBLE NINTH DAY
The Origins of The Double Ninth Day. A Fanciful Folk Tale for Intermediate/Advanced Readers.
Price $14.95
THE FAST SKIPPIN' CACTUS POT
Another re-telling of a traditional fairytale: Back in the days when "javelinas could whistle and pots could talk," a poor hungry husband and wife trade their skinny peccary for a cooking pot made from a hollowed-out barrel cactus.
Price $14.95
THE FAST SKIPPING POT
Back in the days when "pigs could whistle and pots could talk," a poor hungry husband and wife trade their skinny pig for an old cooking pot and are finally blessed with good fortune.
Price $14.95
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THE FIFTH WITCH
Readers Theater Version, Older Elementary School Readers
A king has tired of his devoted Court Wizard, Merlin, and decides he wants a Court Witch instead.
Price $14.95
THE FISHERMAN AND HIS WIFE - OLDER READERS
A traditional scripting of the age-old tale of a fisherman, his unhappy wife, and a magical fish that grants three wishes. A simple cottage and a castle (or painted backdrops of them) are needed to set the scenes.
Price $14.95
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THE FREEDOM GOURD - YOUNGER READERS
Readers Theater, Younger Readers
Especially created for Beginning Readers. This story-poem tells the story of Peg Leg Joe, his song, and the famous drinking gourd.
Price $14.95
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THE GAME - OLDER READERS
This script catches the essence of a high school basketball game in progress. Many of the sights, sounds, and excitement, as experienced by the crowd, are written into the script.
Price $14.95
THE GOBLINS OF HOKKAIDO
Here's a well-known Japanese folktale for intermediate readers. A blue goblin and a red goblin live in the northern mountains of Japan on the island of Hokkaido. Both are the proud possessors of magic noses.
Price $14.95
