• Language
  http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/elementary/language.html
  Oral Language is at the first part of the document.
  Ontario Curriculum, Grades, 1-8
  
  
• Think Literacy
  http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/studentsuccess/thinkliteracy/
  • Think Literacy Library: Subject Specific Resources

Activities | Reader's Theatre 

Activities

• Storytelling Lesson Plans
  http://www.storyarts.org/lessonplans/index.html
  Lesson plans for storytelling with cross-curricular connections.
  
  
• Story Socks -The Oral Tradition
  http://pages.zdnet.com/storysocks/
  Dale Pepin is a storyteller who will visit your school. Recommended by teachers in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.
  
  
• You Oughta Be In Pictures
  http://www.youthlearn.org/learning/activities/multimedia/video.asp
  Lesson plans to introduce the use of a camera.
  
  
• Readplease
  http://www.readplease.com/
  The world's most popular text-to-speech software - and it is still free.
  
  
  Story Arts Online
  http://www.storyarts.org/
  • Storytelling in the classroom
  • Lesson plans and Activities
  • Story Library
    • Stories in Nutshell - A collection of concise folktale plots
    • Aesop's ABC...Twenty Six Fables
  
  
  
  
  Reader's Theatre
  
• What is Reader's theatre?
  http://www.aaronshep.com/rt/index.html
  Aaron Shepard's page explains readers' theatre.
  • RT Tips
  • RT Scripts
    • Tips of Scripting
    • Tips on Staging
    • Tips on Reading
      
      
• The Baker's Dozen - A St. Nicholas Tale
  http://www.aaronshep.com/rt/RTE09.html
  An adapted script for readers' theatre.
  
  
• Reader's theatre explained
  http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/mla/speak028.html
  
  
• Twelve teacher's guides to Reader's Theatre
  http://loiswalker.com/catalog/teach7.html
  
  
• Sample of staging and performance of a 'Reader's theatre' skit.
  http://loiswalker.com/catalog/teach1.html
  
  
• Staged Reading Rehearsals - 12 Teacher Guidelines
  http://loiswalker.com/catalog/teach7.html
  
  
• How to Kit - Reader's Theatre
  http://www.nwt.literacy.ca/famlit/howtokit/theatre/theatre.pdf
  61 pg. unit (pdf) inlcuding 9 scripts.
  
  
• An explanation of folktales
  http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/tradcarney.htm
  
  
• Christmas Around the World - a Christmas Play
  http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/xmas/christmas_play.htm
  A reader's theatre or play script with links for music cited.
  
  
• Story Arts On-Line
  http://www.storyarts.org
  Storytelling in the classroom, lesson plans.
  
  
• Reader's Theatre Scripts and Plays
  http://www.teachingheart.net/readerstheater.htm
  Printable scripts for use in the classroom.
  
  
• Readers' Theatre on ReadWriteThink
  http://www.marcopolosearch.org/mpsearch/Search_Results.asp?orgn_id=9&log_type=1&hdnFilter=&hdnPerPage=15&txtSearchFor=readers+theatre&selUsing=all
  The above is along link-- It may be better to do a search to find Readers Theatre links
  28 plans
  
  

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Pat Elliott, Library Specialist
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