Lisa, Do you have a format to help them write their scripts? This is a wonderful idea. We read The Watsons Go To Birmingham and loved the "frozen tongue" scene.
Any more details on how you organize their creation and presentation of their own work would be helpful. Thanks. Lucinda 6th-7th Grade Language Arts Teacher ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lisa Branon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 4:05 AM Subject: [LIT] Reader's Theatre >I use Reader's Theatre from the Scope magazine. I also use Reader's Theatre >for history from a few Scholastic professional materials. My favorite is >what my students are doing now. They are writing their own script from the >novels they have read in their book club. It is so much fun to watch them >write these and then perform. I make sure they are using the author's >words and voice for their individual characters and they choose their >favorite part of the book to perform. It is great as a book talk also, as >the other students get a taste of the book and want to read it themselves. >One of my groups is doing the "frozen tongue" scene from Christopher Paul >Curtis' book Watsons Go to Birmingham. It is absolutely hilarious. > Lisa Branon > Reading/Language Arts Teacher > > > --------------------------------- > Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? > Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos. > _______________________________________________ > The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 269.4.0/761 - Release Date: 4/14/2007 > 9:36 PM > > _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
