1. Supporting Classroom Activities for RT
英語讀者劇場專業成長工作坊
Supporting Classroom Activities for RT
主講者:新北市金龍國小 劉亭君

2. 5. Rehearsal /performance 3. Supporting Activities
A Mind Map for RT
1. Scripts
2. Role Assignment
6. Wrap up
RT Mind Map
5. Rehearsal /performance
3. Supporting Activities
4. Voice Practice

3. 1. Selecting Scripts High quality (education inspiration)
Interesting, lively dialogues
Appropriate (age, grade, and readability levels)
Editing

4. Scripts Resourcing Plays
Short stories(folk tales/ fables/ picture books)
Poems (You Read to Me and I Read to You….etc. )
Chants (Folk Songs /Nursery Rhymes)
Essays ( Different topics )
Textbooks ( Publisher/ By teachers )

5. Online Resources Reader’s Theater Scripts and Plays Absolutely Whootie
Scripts for Schools
Vermilion Parish
Scholastic Mini Books
Timeless Teacher Stuff
Tumble eBook

6. What You Need for A Good Script
Some interesting characters
A setting
A large number of dialogues
A goal
Plots

7. Script Structure Stone Soup
Characters:
Setting:
Visitor, village people
village
Goal:
To make stone soup
How the goal will be reached
To be helped by village people

8. 2. Role Assignment Narrators tell the story.
Characters are in the story.

9. Casting Teachers assign the roles to students
Students take turns playing roles.
Children are aware of their roles.
Let students find their own roles in the dialogue segment, and mark up.

10. 3. Supporting Activities (拜請估狗大神)
Booklets / Art Crafts
Songs and Chants
Reading Activities
Writing Activities

11. 拜請~~拜請~~~ My Five Senses Script Word Ladder 2-3 P.92
Worksheet Mind-map
My Five Senses Worksheets
Teaching Plans

12. Reading Activities You read to me, I’ll read to you!
vocabulary checklist
I read, you draw

13. Worksheets Coloring pages- Crayola.com
Word search / word puzzles- Puzzle makers
Reading report
Information gap
Story map
Shape Poem Acrostic Poem

14. 4. Voice Practice Pronunciation: Vowels Consonants Liaison
Intonation: Feelings
Emotions
Phrase pause

15. Stress
I didn't say Minni stole my blue pen.

16. 5. Rehearsal and Performance
Practice makes perfect.
Aaarrrggghhh, Spider
Story Reading
Script
Demo
Students’ performance

17. Performance
Readers are arranged in a row or semicircle, sitting on high stools or standing.
Script can be set on music stands.
Scripts must be used. The cast should appear to read from their scripts.
Photos

18. Tips for RT Begin with easy scripts. Appropriate language level
Everyone has a role
Small group
Enough time for rehearsing
Evaluation/feedback

19. Tips for Teacher Positive attitude towards group activity
Free from anxiety to read aloud
Support among students
Give comments in a polite manner
Respect and response to opinion
Enjoy RT

20. 成功案例
新北市國民中小學讀者劇場冠軍私立育才國小
第一屆中華電信MOD讀者劇場比賽第一名 台中育仁國小

21. Reader’s Theater Evaluation
Introduction
Script Use
Selection
Narration
Staging
Vocal / Physical
Performance evaluation

22. Grouping and assigning books
RT Project
Grouping and assigning books

23. Script Structure Characters: Setting: Goal:
How the goal will be reached

24. Roll the Camera and Action!!!

25. Feedback Time