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Maine Content Literacy Project

Dramatic Structure of the Short Story

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
The second instructional activity in a series of fourteen, this plan takes the short story basics a step further. Learners complete a quiz about the story from the previous day, discuss the text, learn about Anton Chekhov, and work in...
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Storytelling

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students compose a story and tell it to the class.  For this storytelling lesson, students work in small groups to create an illustrated story.  Students are given a checklist of elements to include in the...
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Theatre Lesson Plan, Performing a Story

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read the story, The Bundle of Sticks, and discuss the story elements within the story; setting, plot, conflict resolution.  In this readers theater lesson plan, 2nd graders reenact the story in...
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Theatre Vocabulary ad Elements

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine basic theatre vocabulary and use it to discuss a play.  In this theater lesson, 5th graders identify the elements of a play.  Students perform their play and use theatre vocabulary to explain their...
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Word Bank; Theater

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners are given a word bank relating to theater. In this word bank lesson, students are introduced to a list of words and their definitions. Learners then build their vocabulary regarding theatrical concepts.