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 MONKEY AND THE CROCODILE, PART 1
A clever young monkey outsmarts the crocodile who is about to eat her by pretending she has left the tastiest part of her body back home in a mango tree.
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THE MONKEY AND THE CROCODILE, PART 2
Grandmother monkey tells her granddaughter how to visit "the island in the middle of the swamp.
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THE MONSTER NAMED YEAR!
A fanciful Folk Tale for Beginning/Intermediate Readers celebrating Chinese New Year. Ever wonder why we chase the old year away?
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THE MONSTER NAMED YEAR - OLDER READERS
Ever wonder why we chase the old year away? This folk tale, re-told in verse, explains why Chinese New Year is celebrated with dancing lions, firecrackers, and many red decorations.
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THE MOUSE PRINCESS
Celebrating The Third Night of the Chinese New Year. A Mouse King's search for a son-in-law who is "the most powerful in the world." This is a charming tale for all ages.
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THE MYSTERY OF THE GOLDEN CRADLE
A Swedish Folktale, Older Readers Set on the Swedish island of Tjorn, this tale tells the story of a mysterious shipwreck - and more!
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THE NEW GUY AND THE OLD FRIEND
A Script About Conflict Management
Two high school girls meet "the new guy at school" and sparks fly as they each vie for the rights to his attention.
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THE PACKRAT- OLDER READERS
Dropped a dime in the desert, popped a button in the sand. Lost a marble near a cactus, and I'm sure you understand - these things are gone forever. They're not just out on loan. Now piled with chunks of cholla, ARE A PACKRAT'S HOME!
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THE PRINCESS WHO TALKED TOO MUCH
Three brothers from the Kingdom of Goddado journey to the Kingdom of Yak to enter a contest in which they hope to "get the last word in a conversation" with the princess who talks too much.
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THE QUEEN'S STAIRWAY
"No, no, with due respect. I won't do it. It can't be done," says the Lady-in-Waiting when she is ordered to pluck a star from the sky for her queen's jewelry collection. "Anything's possible, if you put your head to it," replies the queen.
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