READERS THEATRE:
A READING RESOURCE, A TEACHING TOOL,
A PERFORMANCE VEHICLE, AND
A CHANCE TO PLAY WITH LANGUAGE!

"Everyone needs to talk - to hear and to play with language, to exercise the mind and emotions and tongue together. Out of this spirited speech can come meaningful, flavourful language, worth the time and effort of writing and rewriting, phrasing, rehearsing, and reading aloud."

(Source: Wolsch, R.A. and Wolsch, L.A.C. From speaking to writing to reading: Relating the arts of communication. New York, Columbia University Teachers College. Used to introduce SECTION 6: Sharing Stories, Poems and Songs. Enhancing and Evaluating Oral Communication in the Primary Grades. Student Assessment Branch, Ministry of Education, Province of British Columbia, Canada, January, 1988).

The topics listed under TEACHER'S GUIDE below are excerpted from "Readers Theatre in Elementary Classroom" and "Strategies for Reading: Readers Theatre in the Middle School" by Lois Walker.





 *TEACHER'S GUIDE:
 
        
    1. Imagine This Scene
    2. Implementation
    3. Primary Readings
    4. Instant Readings
    5. Cooperative Readings
    6. Staged Readings
    7. Rehearsals and Entrances
    8. Script Folders
    9. Building a Working Vocabulary



 
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Lois Walker
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