Performance Literacy

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Performance Literacy

• Readers Theatre

By Evie Partheniou and Marianne Brownie
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What is it?

• Process of teaching students to write and perform
  stories

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5 Major Components

• Story creation using mapping
• Writing and drawing to describe story
• Oral story delivery
• Rehearsal
• Performance

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Readers Theatre

• Reading activity
• Students use their voices to bring characters to
  life.

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Benefits

• Improves oral reading fluency
• Students fully involve themselves with
  storytelling
• Provides students who are hard (ESL) to reach
  with means of becoming involved with academic
  work and class activities

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2 Skills

• Story Development
• Story Delivery

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Criteria for Selecting Books

• Must have Memorable Characters
• Consider
• Character Traits
• Character Feelings
• Character Motives

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Good Books

• Picture Books
• Chrysanthemum by K. Henkes
• The Missing Tooth by J. Cole
• Chapter Books
• Calebs Story by P. MacLachlan
• The Well by M.D. Taylor

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Our Process

• Brainstorming
• Discussion
• Research
• Rough Draft
• Peer Review
• Final Draft
• Performance!!!

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Readers Theatre

• EVA-WHAT?
• EVOLUTION!

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• The End