Make William Shakespeare's plays easy for young readers to understand by having them act out these colorful, leveled scripts! This kit includes eight scripts adapted from William Shakespeare's greatest works with roles written at multiple reading levels, supporting differentiation strategies. This feature allows teachers to assign specific roles to students, accommodating individual reading levels and encouraging all students to participate and engage in the activity, regardless of their current reading ability.
By performing together, students will build fluency and improve many other skills including interacting cooperatively, reading aloud, and using expressive voices and gestures. A poem and song are included at the end of the story to give children additional fluency practice. These thrilling scripts will engage all students and give them the tools they need to confidently practice repeating reading and performance.
Building Fluency through Reader's Theater: William Shakespeare Kit includes:
Each script features content-area and common literature-based texts with roles written at different reading levels to help all students participate in a proven reader's theater model. Students build fluency and oral language skills through authentic repeated readings of scripts.
RT William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet 6-Pack with AudioLevel: $46.54 Grade: 4-8 Item Number: 12285 Act out the tragic story of Romeo and Juliet, two lovers from feuding families. Differentiated roles allow teachers to involve students of all reading levels in this activity, encouraging everyone to perform and confidently build fluency! |
RT William Shakespeare: Hamlet 6-Pack with AudioLevel: $46.54 Grade: 4-8 Item Number: 12286 Act out the tragedy of Hamlet, a prince who avenges his father's wrongful death, in this thrilling script! All students can engage in this activity and build fluency by performing leveled roles that specifically accommodate varying reading levels. |
RT William Shakespeare: Julius Caesar 6-Pack with AudioLevel: $46.54 Grade: 4-8 Item Number: 12287 Act out the tragic and true story of the betrayal and assassination of Julius Caesar. All students can engage in this activity and build fluency by performing leveled roles that specifically accommodate varying reading levels. |
RT William Shakespeare: Macbeth 6-Pack with AudioLevel: $46.54 Grade: 4-8 Item Number: 12288 Build fluency while acting out the tragic tale of Macbeth as he pays for his murderous actions! Differentiated roles support readers of all levels, allowing teachers to get everyone involved, performing, building fluency, and feeling successful. |
RT William Shakespeare: Othello 6-Pack with AudioLevel: $46.54 Grade: 4-8 Item Number: 12289 Engage all students by acting out Othello's tragic story of vengeance and betrayal! Assign differentiated roles based on students' individual reading abilities, so all students can perform, build fluency, and feel successful! |
RT William Shakespeare: King Lear 6-Pack with AudioLevel: $46.54 Grade: 4-8 Item Number: 12290 Disloyalty brings a terrible fate upon King Lear and the royal family in this tragic tale! Students can act out differentiated roles that accommodate a range of reading levels. All students can feel confident and successful while building fluency! |
RT William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet 6-Pack with Audio |
RT William Shakespeare: Hamlet 6-Pack with Audio |
RT William Shakespeare: Julius Caesar 6-Pack with Audio |
RT William Shakespeare: Macbeth 6-Pack with Audio |
RT William Shakespeare: Othello 6-Pack with Audio |
RT William Shakespeare: King Lear 6-Pack with Audio |
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RT William Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream 6-Pack with AudioLevel: $46.54 Grade: 4-8 Item Number: 12291 All readers can build fluency by acting out this leveled script! This story about a love spell gone awry includes six differentiated roles, allowing students at varying levels to all participate and feel successful. |
RT William Shakespeare: The Taming of the Shrew 6-Pack with AudioLevel: $46.54 Grade: 4-8 Item Number: 12292 Can Bianca's suitors find a brave man to marry her sister, Kate the Shrew? Students of all reading levels can act out the six differentiated roles in this script. Every student can build fluency and gain confidence through performance. |
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Easy-to-use, standards-based lesson plans incorporate strategies recommended by fluency expert Dr. Timothy Rasinski and focus on improving accuracy, automaticity, and oral expression. Lesson plans include additional focus on comprehension strategies, word work, and embedded literacy links to content-area topics.
Second language support activities, found throughout every lesson, provide the necessary support and scaffolding that teachers need to provide effective instruction to English language learners in the areas of reading, writing, listening, and speaking.
Professionally recorded scripts, poems, and songs promote choral reading and allow students to hear the rhythm and expression that define fluency.
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