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Reader's Theater: Classics
Reader's Theater: Classics
English & Spanish
Engage middle school students in active learning about classic literature and oratory.
Scripts enable mixed-ability groups to learn together.
- Practice and performance improve comprehension.
- Scripts also serve as a basis for cross-text analysis.
- Students use multiple modalities to extend learning.
Biographical and background information included with scripts provide helpful context and perspectives.
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Treasure Island - 6-Pack WW-A79431Young Jim Hawkins stumbles upon a map leading to the fabled treasure of the dead pirate Captain Flint. On the way to Skeleton Island, some pirates masquerading as sailors mutiny. Can Jim and the faithful crew find the treasure first? Or will they lose the treasure—and their lives—to the bloodthirsty pirates?$39.00Grade 5 - 9 -
The Call of the Wild - 6-Pack WW-A79400Buck, a pampered dog, is stolen from his comfortable life in California, and sold into the hard life of a sled dog during the Yukon Gold Rush of the late 1890s. He survives harsh conditions, treacherous rivals, and savage masters, then he leaves mankind forever to answer the call of the wild.$39.00Grade 5 - 9 -
The Tell-Tale Heart - 6-Pack WW-A79455Two policemen respond to a message about a woeful scream coming from a rooming house in the night. A gruesome tale of murder is not all that unravels during their investigation.$39.00Grade 5 - 9 -
The Ransom of Red Chief - 6-Pack WW-A79479Two crooks looking to make some easy money kidnap a feisty ten-year-old boy, but he turns out to be more than they bargained for.$39.00Grade 5 - 9 -
The Necklace - 6-Pack WW-A79493Mathilde Loisel, a beautiful young woman trapped in the middle class of French society in the 1880s, has a chance to live among the rich and famous of Paris for one glorious night. She seizes the opportunity but pays a terrible price.$39.00Grade 5 - 9 -
Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death - 6-Pack WW-A79561Would you give a public speech if you knew it could get you thrown in jail...or even executed? In the 1760s and 1770s, Patrick Henry of Virginia and a few other American Patriots dared to speak up in favor of independence from Great Britain. This play dramatizes the ideas and courage behind one of America’s most famous speeches.$39.00Grade 5 - 9 -
A Christmas Carol: The Characters Live! - 6-Pack WW-A79608Bob Cratchit and other characters from Charles Dickens’s novel come to life on a TV talk show. The book’s characters are interviewed by the show’s hosts, then take questions from the studio audience, in hopes of finding out how and why Ebenezer Scrooge became so miserly.$39.00Grade 5 - 9 -
Alice Paul: The 19th Amendment - 6-Pack WW-Y14374Voting-rights activist Alice Paul was imprisoned in 1917, along with her womenÕs suffrage cohorts. There she embarked on an uncompromising hunger strike that helped to bring their cause to a turning point.$39.00Grade 5 - 9 -
Abraham Lincoln, The Lincoln-Douglas Debates - 6-Pack WW-Y14373It’s the middle of the night in August 1858 before the second debate for the U.S. Senate seat. Stephen Douglas and his challenger, Abraham Lincoln, are up discussing their political strategies and policies with their advisers.$39.00Grade 5 - 9 -
Benjamin Franklin: Poor Richard's Almanack - 6-Pack WW-Y14377Philadelphia, 1735: Titan Leeds, an almanac printer, has spread a rumor that Ben Franklin is closing his printing shop and leaving the city. Franklin gets back at him by printing a surprising rumor about Leeds in his own Poor Richard’s Almanac.$39.00Grade 5 - 9