Lesson+9

Grade Level: Second Grade 

Unit: Fairy tales 

Assignment type: Digital Media Introduction of Readers Theater

Lesson objectives (include 2 or 3): 
 * Student will be able to read while adding fluency, expression, and drama to their voice. 
 * Student will understand how to read a script and then put on a performance

Time required to complete this lesson: 3 to 4 hours 

Title of lesson: Readers Theater of The Three Little Pigs

Resources/materials needed: media type="custom" key="7797475" 
 * Readers Theater Script found here: []
 * Costumes
 * Highlighters
 * Printed Scripts
 * Area for a Stage
 * Have already heard the story read aloud //The Three Little Pigs// by James Marshall

Description of lesson: After listening to //The Three Little Pigs// by James Marshall read aloud in class, they will get their scripts, practice, add expression to actions and speech, make costumes and props, and put on a readers theater play dress rehearsal. (the process is described above in the video). 

Assignment: For our final production we will invite parents in to listen to our small group read alouds of the three little pigs being preformed live. 

Technology used: The internet for a script and Animoto for a video. 

The technology used in this lesson changes the teaching / learning in this way: Rather than reading a lecture format, this video makes it so that the class will be listening more than if I just told them what goes into a theater in lecture format. It also gets them MORE excited for an already fun project. Once the readers theater is done, I can also take pictures of the performance and our whole class can make an Animoto video of our readers theater. 