1. Reader Theatre Strategy Presented by: Halawa Hajar

2. Outline Reader's Theatre Purpose of Reader's Theatre Reader's Theatre in Five Easy Steps Assessment & Evaluation Considerations References

3. Reader's Theatre The performance of a literary work by an individual or group, wherein the text is read expressively, but not fully staged and acted out. (Reader's Theater, 2006)

4. Purpose of Reader's Theatre Reader's theatre motivates reluctant readers. Increasing understanding of what is being read. Expresstion and fluency can f. Allow a student to read with expression and vocal interpretation. (Scovill, 2013)

5. Purpose of Reader's Theatre Frequency words. Increase their reading speed. Learn how to phrase and chunk words in sentence. (Tompkins, 2010)

6. Reader's Theatre in Five Easy Steps 1.Choose a prepared script. 2. Identify the speaking parts. 3.Assign parts to the kids. 4.Highlight the parts and rehearse the script. 5.The last step is performing. (Scovill, 2013)

7. Assessment & Evaluation Considerations Observe students. Note students' efforts to interpret characters Note students' interest in participating. Record or video tape presentations. Note students' interest in independent script writing. (Instructional strategies online, 2013)

8. References Instructional strategies online (2013). Retrieved from http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/DE/PD/instr/strats/reade rstheatre/index.html http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/DE/PD/instr/strats/reade rstheatre/index.html Reader's Theater (2006). Retrieved from http://www.education.com/definition/readers- theater/ http://www.education.com/definition/readers- theater/ Scovill, J (2013) Articles How to Create a Reader's Theatre script. Retrieved from http://www.inspiringteachers.com/classroom_re sources/articles/curriculum_and_instruction/rea ders_theatre_script.html http://www.inspiringteachers.com/classroom_re sources/articles/curriculum_and_instruction/rea ders_theatre_script.html Tompkins, G (2010) Literacy for the 21 st Century: A Balanced Approach. Pearson: USA