READERS THEATRE IS BOTH FUN AND EASY TO IMPLEMENT!

THE MANY ROADS TO IMPLEMENTATION

READERS THEATRE is so new in the classroom that some of its implementation forms are still emerging. Teachers looking for ways to add fun, excitement, and meaning to classroom oral reading activities are experiementing and creating their own strategies. Teachers wishing to impart information, or teach facts, ideas, and concepts are finding Reader Theatre a stimulating resource. On the otherhand, teachers wanting their students to rehearse a "Readers Story" for performance to an audience (and/or competition in a speech festival) are approaching Readers Theatre from the dramatist's point of view.

Ways to implement Readers Theatre range from Primary Reading, Circle Reading, Instant Reading, Cooperative Reading, or Staged Reading experiences to more sophisticated Chamber Theatre and Story Theatre performance approaches. Generally, PRIMARY READING, CIRCLE READING, INSTANT READING, AND COOPERATIVE READING are most useful and effective for teachers wanting a reading resource approach. Teachers focusing upon performance can have also found these methods useful in the early stages of the rehearsal process. Following are procedural descriptions of these four methods.

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