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What is Reader's Theatre (Adapted from Scholastic)

Readers Theater is an integrated approach for involving students in reading, writing, listening, and speaking activities. It involves children in…. Readers Theater helps to…. What is Reader's Theatre
 * sharing literature,
 * reading aloud,
 * writing scripts,
 * performing with a purpose, and
 * working collaboratively.
 * Readers Theater is readers reading a script adapted from literature, and the audience picturing the action from hearing the script being read aloud.** It requires no sets, costumes, props, or memorized lines. Instead of acting out literature as in a play, the performer’s goal is to read a script aloud effectively, enabling the audience to visualize the action. Performers bring the text alive by using voice, facial expressions, and some gestures
 * Benefits of Using Readers Theater in the Classroom or Library?**
 * 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.
 * Tips for Implementing Readers Theater**
 * Model expressive reading often.
 * Introduce Readers Theater using pre-prepared scripts. Students need to grasp the concept of Readers Theater and become familiar with the format of a script before writing their own.
 * Teach the basic steps of performance: how to use highlighters to mark the parts, how to interpret the part and read expressively, how to hold the script, and when to assume various stage positions.
 * Give the students lots of time to prepare. Emphasize practice. Readers should practice their roles in different ways: individually and in small groups, privately and in front of others.
 * Keep a copy of the marked script at school and send one home for parents to read and practice with their children.
 * Rehearse with the readers, providing needed direction and support regarding their interpretation, pacing, expression, volume, positions, and motions.
 * Begin with short presentations.
 * Perform for an audience as often as possible.
 * Use props sparingly.

Resources: The Little Old Lady Who was not afraid of Anything

The Water Cycle

Bad Case of Stripes

[|Scripts from Aaron Shepherd]

[|Scripts and Plays from Teaching Heart]

[|Mr. Young's Scripts]

[|The Reading Teachers Scripts]

[|Kids Wings Scripts]

[|Reading Comprehension Resource]

J[|oytunes]

[|At-risk Kids]

This activity is called "Hink Pink" or "Hinky Pinky" or "Hinkety Pinkety" or "Hitinkety Pitinkety." The explanation of the different names is part of the game. Hink pinks are one-syllable words that rhyme. You write down the "definition" and the kids come up with the hink pinks. For example, if the clue is "a large feline," the hink pink is "fat cat." Hinky Pinkies are two-syllable words that rhyme. For example, "the salve given to Jason by Medea to protect him from the bulls" is a "lotion potion." Hinkety Pinketies have three syllables (e.g., "when military boats have a race" = "armada regatta"), and Hitinkety Pitinketys have four syllables. This activity is fun to use as a vocabulary builder, especially with many syllables, or as content review. Kids will also enjoy coming up with the clues and trying to fool you or others. Following are some sample Hink Pinks: How about some Hinky Pinkies? Ready for some Hinkety Pinketies?
 * a party at a convent = nun fun
 * a married rodent = mouse spouse
 * an earthquake on a Sunday morning = church lurch
 * a "hip" monster = cool ghoul
 * what lawyers feel when they lose = brief grief
 * a bull who sings ballads has a = mellow bellow
 * theft of prime cut beef = sirloin purloin
 * sibling of a skin blemish = sister blister
 * the highest plastic container = upper tupper
 * a magical grasshopper = hocus locust
 * a magical woman who milks cows = dairy fairy
 * an airplane at greater elevation than the others = higher flier
 * a rabbit with a sense of humor = funny bunny
 * a young cat in love = smitten kitten
 * why the child was scared of the storm = frightening lightning
 * a fruit that needs a shave = hairy berry
 * an anxious snake = hyper viper
 * a tired flower = lazy daisy
 * a big hill that spits out water = fountain mountain
 * a more intelligent boxer = brighter fighter
 * a place where the national leader lives = president's residence
 * a disturbance during a church service = devotion commotion
 * history of spectacles = monocle chronicle
 * two drums conversing with each other at a jazz concert = percussion discussion
 * a pizza delivery man who needs a shave = hairier carrier
 * stripping paint with snakes = serpentine turpentine
 * attacking someone with false praise = flattery battery
 * a fuzzy UPS man = furrier courier
 * race of sea-faring craft = armada regatta
 * ships crewed by apes = gorilla flotilla