Readers on Stage: Resources for Reader's Theater (or Readers Theatre) With Tips Scripts and Worksheets or How to Use Simple Children's Plays to Build Reading Fluency and Love of Literature

****A CENTRAL TEXT IN NEW YORK STATES COMMON CORE CURRICULUM**** Want to try readers theater but dont know where to start? Or have you tried it but want to find ways to bring it more to life? Or are you just looking for a fun easy way to lure young people into reading fluency cooperative effort effective communication and love of literature? Readers on Stage is a collection of resources for scripting directing and teaching readers theater primarily to ages 8 and up. Part 1 offers three sample scripts to learn from and enjoy: The Legend of Lightning Larry Peddler Polly and the Story Stealer and The Bakers Dozen. Part 2 highlights each major aspect of readers theater -- scripting staging and dramatic reading -- offering tips and tricks youre not likely to find elsewhere. For instance youll learn how young readers can easily create their own scripts! Part 3 provides all the plans notes handouts and worksheets from actual readers theater workshops ready for copying. Use them to start with readers theater tomorrow in a classroom or library or to lead your own workshop for adults. Finally Part 4 gives listings of additional resources. Whether youre working with young readers training teachers or directing a professional company youll want this unique detailed guide. NOTE ON THE EBOOK: The sample materials in this book are meant to be fully reproducible -- but as most ebook apps do not allow printing reproduction is generally possible only from the print edition. For the ebook these materials are provided for viewing alone. ///////////////////////////////////////////////// Aaron Shepard is the author of many books stories and scripts for young people as well as professional books and resources for writers and educators. He has also worked professionally in both storytelling and readers theater as a performer director and teacher trainer. Aarons lively and meticulous retellings of folktales and other traditional literature have found homes with more than a dozen childrens book publishers large and small and with the worlds top childrens literary magazines winning him honors from the American Library Association the New York Public Library the Bank Street College of Education the National Council for the Social Studies and the American Folklore Society. His extensive Web site visited by thousands of teachers and librarians each week is known internationally as a prime resource for folktales storytelling and readers theater while his stories and scripts have been featured in textbooks from publishers worldwide including Scholastic Houghton Mifflin Harcourt SRA The College Board Pearson Education National Geographic Oxford University Press Barrons Hodder Education and McGraw-Hill. ///////////////////////////////////////////////// At last! If youve been looking for a complete resource for teaching and using readers theatre look no further. From scripts to implementation strategies to materials for workshops Readers on Stage has it all. Aaron Shepard draws upon decades of work to provide a practical well-organized and reader-friendly book. Dont miss it! -- Dr. Suzanne Barchers author Readers Theatre for Beginning Readers and publisher Storycart Press