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Reader’s Theater

Reader’s Theater. By: Erin Kochan & Courtney Thompson. What is Reader’s Theater?. Students present text by practicing it first and then reading it aloud dramatically to the whole class. Reader’s Theater: promotes fluency helps readers learn to read aloud with expression

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Reader’s Theater

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  1. Reader’s Theater By: Erin Kochan & Courtney Thompson

  2. What is Reader’s Theater? • Students present text by practicing it first and then reading it aloud dramatically to the whole class. • Reader’s Theater: • promotes fluency • helps readers learn to read aloud with expression • revisits information in order to build content area learning

  3. Twilight • Baseball scene • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwQTkfac6Qs

  4. Instructions In order to model Readers Theater, we need eleven volunteers for roles: • Edward • Bella • Emmett Cullen • Alice Cullen • Dr. Carlisle Cullen • Esme Cullen • Jasper Cullen (non speaking role) • Rosalie Cullen (non speaking role) • Laurent • James (non speaking role) • Victoria (non speaking role)

  5. Instructions Take 30 seconds to read over your roles and prepare for your scene.

  6. References • Martinez, M.G., Roser, N.L., & Strecker, S. (1998). “I never thought I could be a star!” A readers theater ticket to fluency. The Reading Teacher, 52, 326-337. • Young, T. A., & Vardell, S. (1993). Weaving Readers Theatre and nonfiction into the curriculum. The Reading Teacher, 45, 396-406. • Meyer, S. (2005). Twilight. New York, New York: Little, Brown and Company.

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