GRADE 5, MODULE 1: UNIT 3, LESSON 3
Readers Theater and the UDHR
LEARNING TARGETS
•I C A N S U M M A R I Z E K E Y A R T I C L E S O F T H E
UDHR, AND PASSAGES FROM”ESPERANZA
RISING” AND “AMERICAN HEROS” FROM
PREVIOUS LEARNING.
•I C A N P A R T I C I P A T E I N A D I S C U S S I O N W I T H
MY PEERS.
•I C A N S H A R E M Y O P I N I O N A B O U T T H E
EFFECTIVENESS OF THE NARRATIVE
DIALOGUE.
Review Learning Targets
Make sure students can restate targets in
their own words
Today we will begin… Connecting the UDHR to
the themes in Readers Theater Scripts
 Today we are going to review the UDHR themes we have
been studying in this module, in order to help us make
connections between the UDHR themes and the narrative
Readers Theater scripts we have been reading.
 Review and discuss the UDHR note-catcher in groups of
four or five
 Distribute “American Heroes” scripts (1-4) and one of
the Readers Theater: “Esperanza Rising” scripts to each
group member
 Review Annotating Text protocol with students
… Connecting the UDHR to the themes in
Readers Theater Scripts
 Display and model annotating one of the scripts,
“Now you are going to locate the connections between the
UDHR Themes we have studied and the Reader Theater
scripts titled “American Heroes” and Esperanza Rising.”
 Read aloud the first line of the script: “Lawyer: Ramona,
your husband, Sixto Ramona, left this house and all of its
contents to you and your daughter. You will also receive the
yearly income from the grapes. As you know, it is not
customary to leave land to women and since Luis is his
brother, Sixto left the land to him,” and underline the last
sentence.
… Connecting the UDHR to the themes in
Readers Theater Scripts
 “Lawyer: Ramona, your husband, Sixto Ramona, left this
house and all of its contents to you and your daughter. You
will also receive the yearly income from the grapes. As you
know, it is not customary to leave land to women and since
Luis is his brother, Sixto left the land to him.”
 Think aloud: “ I understand this sentence because I think
this is a good example of the UDHR Article 17, “….everyone
has the right to own property…” “Now I am going to make a
note next to this sentence by writing UDHR 17, and explain
why I think this sentence is an example of that article by
writing, Mama can’t own property because she is a
woman.”
… Connecting the UDHR to the themes in
Readers Theater Scripts
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Think and then talk: “ Do you agree or disagree with my
connection? Why or why not?” Check for understanding the
task…. Do one more model if necessary
Now it is time for students to work on their own to identify
connections between the scripts and the UDHR. Students
should make at least 1 or 2 connections per script.
Ask students to talk as a group about their connections, then
share connections and annotations.
… The Role of Narration in Readers Theater
 Students highlight all Narrator lines in script
 Display Narrator Discussion Questions sheet
where all students can see it, and distribute a copy to
each student in the group. Read each question aloud,
pausing to clarify terms as needed. Students will
discuss each question with their group members and
the write a response on their own sheets.
 Share answers, if time permits
Closing and Assessment
CRITIQUE OF THE NARRATION IN
ESPERANZA RISING AND AMERICAN HEROES
READERS THEATER SCRIPTS
•Collect students’ Narrator Discussion Questions sheet
•Students come together as a whole group and review the
………………Praise-Question-Suggest protocol…………..
•Students will critique the narrator lines of the scripts for
American Heroes and Esperanza Rising based on the
following criteria:
1. The narrator’s scene introduction is clearly connected
to the dialogue in the scene
2. The narrator makes a strong connection between the
scene and one of the UDHR articles
Closing and Assessment
CRITIQUE OF THE NARRATION IN
ESPERANZA RISING AND AMERICAN HEROES
READERS THEATER SCRIPTS
Students will write their comments directly on the scripts they
have on their tables
Have each student work independently to write;
One Praise
One Question, and
One Suggest for each script
Students share their ideas, then collect their annotated scripts
Homework
None