Elementary School Drama Literature Circles

Looking for a readers theatre script to accompany your celebrations unit? Or looking to enrich your literacy sessions with culture? Illuminate your classroom or stage with the radiant glow of Diwali through "Festival of Lights - A Diwali Story." This readers theatre script takes your audience through the ancient tale of Rama and Sita, celebrating the triumph of light over darkness. Your students will learn about the history behind Diwali and why there is this beautiful festival of lights every year.

Perfectly suited for units of inquiry focusing on celebrations, this script seamlessly integrates cultural richness and excitement into your curriculum. As students explore the significance of festivals around the world, "Festival of Lights - A Diwali Story" offers a compelling exploration of Diwali, inviting learners to immerse themselves in its vibrant traditions and timeless themes.

Crafted to engage audiences of all ages, each scene is meticulously designed to transport viewers into the heart of Diwali traditions. From the joyous homecoming of Rama and Sita to the illuminating victory over evil, every moment is brought to life with energy and authenticity.

Ignite your students' imaginations with this captivating readers theatre script, carefully crafted to immerse them in the cultural richness and timeless themes of Diwali.

• Character Development: The characters in the script are relatable and well developed, allowing your students to connect with them on a personal level.

• Engaging Dialogue: The witty and heartwarming dialogue keeps students engaged and eager to see what happens next, making it an excellent choice for classroom readings and performances.

• Literacy centres or social emotional learning lessons: Perfect to integrated into your literacy centres or your social emotional learning lessons!

• Perfect for Years 3 - 7: Suitable for middle - upper elementary and middle school students, this script can be adapted for various grade levels, ensuring that every student can benefit from its message of kindness.

• Easy to Use: All you need to do is print, staple and go!

Happy Diwali to one and all! A grand celebration!

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“Resilient Riley Readers Theatre Script: A Perspective on Resilience”

Get your students tuned into what resilience looks like in your classroom with this ‘Resilient Riley’ Readers Theatre Script. This funny and heartwarming script is an engaging and entertaining way to teach students the invaluable lesson of resilience.

In this Readers Theatre script, your students will meet the unique characters of Resilient Riley and Non Resilient Riley. Resilient Riley steps up to date to day challenges, however Non Resilient Riley runs away and ends up feeling even worse.

Through a series of humorous scenes, your students will witness the difference between facing challenges with resilience and not.

Key Features:

• Educational and Entertaining: This script combines education and entertainment seamlessly, making it an ideal teaching tool. It's perfect for enhancing social emotional learning (SEL) in the classroom.

• Character Development: The characters in the readers theatre script are relatable and well developed, allowing your students to connect with them on a personal level.

• Engaging Dialogue: The witty and heartwarming dialogue in this readers theatre script keeps students engaged and eager to see what happens next, making it an excellent choice for classroom readings and performances.

• Literacy centres or social emotional learning lessons: Perfect to integrated into your literacy centres or your social emotional learning lessons!

• Lesson on Resilience: The central theme of resilience is woven throughout the readers theatre script, imparting a valuable life lesson to young minds.

• Perfect for Years 3 - 6: Suitable for middle - upper elementary and middle school students, this script can be adapted for various grade levels, ensuring that every student can benefit from its message of kindness.

• Easy to Use: All you need to do is print, staple and go!

By using ‘Resilient Riley’ Readers Theatre Script you can create a positive and inclusive classroom environment while promoting resilience. Your students will not only enjoy the entertaining story but will also gain a deeper understanding of the impact of their own resilience and how they could possibly be holding themselves back.

Simply download, print, staple and you're good to go! Woo hoo!

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Looking for a bundle of Social and Emotional Learning Readers Theatre Scripts?

Check out this bundle of The Kindness Crew, Resilient Riley, The Emotion Busters and The Inner Voices.

PURPOSE: This NONFICTION GOOGLE SLIDE lesson provides digital pre-reading resources, context & factual historical background information for Macbeth by William Shakespeare. BL 10.9

GOAL: to prepare each student to read rigorous historical fiction literature by front-loading historical facts to aid comprehension & align to standards

AUDIENCE: whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual classrooms

HISTORICAL SLIDES : Please be aware that YOUTUBE LINKS open to a standard warning page which must be clicked to access video.

• Opening slide
-genre, author photo and short bio.

•Setting slides
-Location facts, photos, maps
-Time period facts, photos and links
-Link to period music
-Links to historical video clips

DIGITAL USES IN THE CLASSROOM:
· Introduce new story
· Provide factual backstory to historical fiction text
· Stimulate group discussion
· Create predictions about text
· Use as distance learning resource
· Post on webpage for review
· Add to electronic notebooks
· Provide test review
· Prompt Writing or Research assignments

THIS LESSON IS ALSO AVAILABLE IN POWERPOINT