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Reader's Theatre A Dramatic Reading Page |
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About RT Activities Classroom Activity |
I firmly believe that students need to read orally more often. I have found Readers Theatre to be beneficial in that it provides opportunities for students to become comfortable with oral reading as well as it helps students' interpretation of words, allowing for smoother speaking intonation and articulation. Readers Theatre is an oral activity which involves oral reading of scripts, either written by the students or commercially produced copies. Students are encouraged to use their imagination by using everyday items. Readers Theatre provides a focus for students to write, read and share their imagination with their peers. Creativity and insight are important precursors to text interpretation and aids the reader to move to a more independent level of reader. Readers Theatre can be integrated across the curriculum. Scientists, artists, and Historical People can be written about, interviewed, and discussed through scripts written by the students. Readers Theatre is a positive strategy to use for all students regardless of reading proficiency. Reader's Theatre helps less confident readers a chance to shine in your classroom. They get support from their peers. The scripts provide a genuine social purpose for focused reading. It also provides students with models for creating voice and characterization. The nature of performance enhances their own silent reading as they must interpret the written words. However they get support from the group who help them with this interpretation. Readers' theatre can be used to introduce longer texts that students may then go on to read. Readers' theatre can take students into the world of a text and entice them into enthusiastic reading. The whole class can work on the same text, or cooperative groups can work on different parts of a text. Another lesson you may invite groups to select their own texts to present, from a collection of picture books or short stories. The performance can be just for the class or for other classes or audiences. In any event Readers' Theatre provides a real context for reading and has great benefits for students by increasing their skills as readers, writers, listeners and speakers. Assessment & Evaluation
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