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Dive into the world of Readers' Theatre with this engaging group project based on "The Hunter and the Alligator." Students will bring characters to life, foster fluency, and explore storytelling without the need for costumes or sets.
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Group Project Using Readers’ Theatre Lynn W. Zimmerman, PhD English Language Fellow Elbasan, Albania
Dangerous Encounters • Read the text • If you were going to ask your students to create a script from this text, which characters would they need?
Readers’ Theatre • Minimal theater in support of literature and reading • Narration serves as the framework of dramatic presentation • No stage sets • No costumes • No memorization
Benefits of Readers’ Theatre • Repeated readings promotes fluency • Promotes reading • Relatively simple activity for the teacher
The Hunter and the Alligator • Groups of 5 • Identify group roles • Organizer • Recorder • Reader • English checker • Time keeper • What else? • Identify the characters • How will you set the scene? • Do you need a narrator? • How long should it be?
Feedback • What went well? • What were challenges? • How did you decide on your roles? • How did you decide who would do what? • Were there any problems? How did you resolve them? • What would have made this group project better?
Other Ideas • Make a comic book of the story • Illustrate the story by drawing the action and showing conversation.
For More Reader’s Theater • Aaron Shepard’s RT Page:www.aaronshep.com/rt • http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/literacy/readers_theater.html