Guest becky4school Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 :grouphug:Has anyone ever taught or participated in a Reader's Theatre? I'll be teaching a co-op class next semester and would love your suggestions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 Just getting introduced to this because I'm running a Shakespeare class and some of the resources I looked at were "reader's theater" books. They were pretty cool. I like the idea of having kids do drama on the fly like that - without it feeling like it has to have so much prep work beforehand. That's not what we're doing at all, but I would consider it for the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debbie in OR Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 We do RT all the time at our house. What are you considering? I have books for Bible RT, Shakespeare, funny Fairy Tales, and history. I would be happy to link the books we use. They are all completely scripted...I tried the RT books that are outlines and guidelines and that was way too much work. I have no drama background and it was a total flop. These books I have now are fabulous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laure Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 I'm interested to see your reader's theater books as I am teaching a co-op class this January. Laure:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debbie in OR Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 Readers Theatre for American History by Anthony D. Fredericks *includes staging and extension ideas *usually about 2-3 pages each theatre; easily done with a couple/few people *probably best for logic stage Simply Shakespeare edited by Jennifer Kroll *includes props, summary, staging *although it is scripted, each theatre has about 14 pages of dialogue *logic stage or older 12 Fabulously Funny Fairy Tale Plays by Scholastic (grades 2-4) *these are just a few pages each *silly stories like Spiderella, The Cheetah and the Sloth, Goldilocks and the Three Bullfrogs, etc.. 24 Tandem Bible Hero Storyscripts by Steven James *15 Old Testament scripts, 9 New Testament scripts *pretty short (3-4 pages each) *grammar or logic stage Unless you have a drama background or are ok doing a lot of prep work, I would make sure you have RT that is already scripted for you. I bought a couple of books early on before I knew what I was doing and didn't bother to (or even know I should be) make sure it wasn't just the big global idea that I had to turn into a theatre. Those were either sold or returned :tongue_smilie: I am much more comfortable with it now and have on occasion, turned a Bible story into RT and other sections of our reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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