Readers' Theater in the Classroom:) 

Practicing our parts

Students were motivated to get their parts right when they received the script: "There Was An Old Lady That Wasn't Afraid of Anything!" They prepped by creating their visual signs, then they practiced and practiced. Both groups decided to place themselves in rows, with the narrators acting as the end-caps. The "little old lady" was positioned in the middle. 

The final performance for our classmates

As the characters read their parts, they stood and performed with dynamic reading in mind. This focus proved to work with all readers because they could make the sound effect for their part, project their voice, and challenge the little old lady with their body language.

Melissa videotaped all three classrooms to record each group's progress during Lesson #6. We are all hoping that she was impressed with our short turn around from rehearsal to final performance. Now, on with the historical show!