West Middle School Drama Club

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West Middle SchoolDrama Club

• Readers Theater
• First Project
• By Mrs. Dechert

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Oral Interpretation

• Is a dramatic art that is also commonly called
  interpretive and/or dramatic reading.
• A work of literature is performed with
  manuscripts in hand or more traditionally, using
  stools and music stands

Readers Theater
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Timeline chart
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Step One

• Pick out a theme!!
• Step Two
• Bring in books non-fiction, fiction, poetry etc.
• Bring in magazines and journals

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Step three

• Pick out pieces that flow together
• Cut and paste as a group

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Step four

• Read through the first cut together
• Discuss and make changes
• Read final cut (may take many tries)

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Step five

• Go home and practice your cuttings again and
  again and again
• Step Six
• Come back and practice with group over and over
  again

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Step Seven

• Pick a date
• Create flyers, tickets, advertisements, head
  shots, t-shirts, school announcements etc. etc.

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Step Eight

• PERFORM