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Savitri, a Tale of Ancient India (Reader's Theater) PrimarySavitri, a Tale of Ancient India (Reader's Theater) Primary
Publisher
Aaron Shepherd
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Grade
9th - 10th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Type
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Lexile Measures
540L
Primary

Savitri, a Tale of Ancient India (Reader's Theater)

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A reader's theater version of a folktale from India has been adapted by children's book author Aaron Shepard from his picture book "Savitri." For ages 9-15, the story's female hero is full of determination, courage, and devotion. Performance length is 10 minutes. Links to name pronunciation, the picture book, and extras that include background material, audio sample, posters, and productions hints.

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Concepts

humor, reader's theater

Additional Tags

group activities, multicultural folktales, writing activities, drama, asian indian culture, asian indian folktale, asian indian heritage, esl reading, esl role-plays, esl speaking, indian folktales, speaking

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 1 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information

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