Readers Theater Scripts for ESL/ELL Learners | Reading Strategies 10-Play BUNDLE

There are 10 different plays in this bundle, enabling learners to expand their vocabulary, enhance grammar acquisition, and gain a deeper understanding of the English language.

• The Signal – a Farce in 1 Scene
• The Absent Science Class – a Mystery in 2 Scenes
• Turn the Page – a Drama in 8 Scenes
• Nani the Nanobot – a Sci-Fi in 1 Scene
• The Secret Invention – a Mystery in 2 Scenes
• A Hidden Temple – a Thriller in 5 Scenes
• Newlyweds – a Comedy in 1 Scene
• The Interview – a Drama in 1 Scene
• Sabotage – a Thriller in 1 Scene
• Deli Diplomacy – a Satire in 1 Scene

Readers Theater is a type of active learning, which challenges students to use expressions, experiment with different voices, and utilize a range of emotions while reading from a script. In short, it helps build confidence in both the English language and reading.

This package uses a Readers Theater play to help develop reading fluency and gives you reading strategies that are proven to work. All 10 plays come with a preparation worksheet for getting students acquainted with the context & topics, grammar activities for practicing each grammar point, short vocabulary activities, and a script for acting each out.

—————————————————————————————————————————————————————-

✅ Readers Theater is one of the best reading strategies for building fluency. By experiencing the thrill of performing alongside their peers, your students improve their pronunciation, develop fluent speech, and fine-tune their listening skills. It also gets your students using their creativity to engage with their learning while injecting an element of play into the class.

✅ Readers Theater is incredibly easy to use in any class, and all you will need to set it up are these scripts, actors, and a location. By combining reading and acting, learners are able to better understand the communicative elements of the English language. Research tells us that fluency in reading comes from repetition, and reading scripts is an ideal way to get students reading something over and over again.

✅ Grammar acquisition built into the dialogue of each script! The plays were all written using different grammar points, keeping the grammar in context and making it easier to learn organically. The different grammar points embedded within each readers theatre script include phrasal verbs, present continuous tense, zero conditionals, past modal verbs, quantifiers, clauses of contrast, purpose & reason, relative clauses, passive voice, past progressive, AND used to-get used to-be used to.

HIGHLIGHTS & DETAILS

• Cooperative learning. Short plays with simple plots and dialogue written for English language learners.
• Start each lesson off right with short discussion questions to set the scene and establish the tone for learning.
• Grammar acquisition worksheets get learners practicing the finer grammar points they’ll find within each play.
• Dialogue written using each different grammar point so students can see and study the grammar in context.
• A teacher’s guide with notes on reader’s theatre, tips for how to pace each play, and set up guides so your students’ final performances are polished and ready for an audience.

—————————————————————————————————————————————————————-

ABOUT THE PACKAGE

This resource includes PDF files that can be opened using your preferred PDF reader. The teacher’s guides with notes on readers theater has tips for how to pace each lesson and a set up guide so your students’ final performances are polished and ready for an audience. There are also answer keys for the grammar worksheets.

The grammar worksheets included in this readers theater bundle only include practice activities for each grammar point. They do not include instructions on how to teach the grammar. See some of my resources for teaching grammar here.

—————————————————————————————————————————————————————-

Terms of Use:

This resource was created by Landon S. Seigler of ESL Lifeline, all rights are reserved. The original purchaser is permitted to use it for a single class only. Teachers have the authorization to share this product with their students (and parents) through email, Google Classroom, or the Internet, as long as the site is password protected. Distribution to your own students is allowed, but uploading it to the Internet for public access and download is not permitted.

**If you wish to use this resource for multiple classrooms or share it with fellow educators, please purchase additional licenses from ESL Lifeline’s store on TpT – they are discounted. Your adherence to these usage terms is greatly appreciated.