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Performance Task: Readers Theater Performance Lesson PlanPerformance Task: Readers Theater Performance Lesson Plan
Publisher
EngageNY
Resource Details
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Grade
8th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Type
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For Teacher Use
Duration
2 hrs
Instructional Strategy
Independent Practice
Year
2015
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Performance Task: Readers Theater Performance

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This Performance Task: Readers Theater Performance lesson plan also includes:
  • Full ELA Module 2A (.pdf)
  • ELA Module 2A Updates: June 2015 (.pdf)
  • Full ELA Module 2A, Unit 3 (.pdf)
  • Grade 8 ELA Curriculum Map (.pdf)
  • Scaffolding Instruction for ELLs: Resource Guide for ELA (.pdf)
  • Grades 3-8 ELA Curriculum Appendix 1: Protocols and Resources (.pdf)
  • Grades 3-8 ELA Curriculum Appendix 2: Graphic Organizers (.zip)
  • Grade 8 ELA Module 2A, Unit 3, Lesson 5 (.html)
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It's show time! Scholars finalize their learning by performing their Reader's Theater script of To Kill A Mockingbird. As groups of actors perform, the remaining pupils give feedback using a rubric. After all groups finish, each person independently completes a self-assessment of their work.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

literary themes, central ideas, character analysis, reader's theater

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Create an alternative plan for groups that have absent members

Classroom Considerations

  • Final lesson in Grade 8 ELA Module 2A, Unit 3
  • May require more than one day depending on performances

Pros

  • Includes independent and group assessment tasks
  • Gives tips for meeting the needs of struggling learners

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RL.8.2 RL.8.3 W.8.4

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