Integrated in English Teaching
指導校長: 陳錦田校長
王淑玲、葉友維 、劉亭君、張桂珍、李佳玫
Sense of Humor
Learning by Doing (做中學)
Patient: I feel so nervous.
This is my first operation.
Doctor: I know just how you feel.
It’s my first operation, too.
RT stands for …..(Q&A)
Read Together
Re-create Texts
Reader’s Theater
A. Introduction
Everyone needs to talk - to hear and to
play with language, to exercise the mind
and emotions and tongue together.
Lois Walker (2006)
Reader’s theater is a minimal theater in
support of literature and reading.
Aaron Shepard (1996)
B. Why RT
Drama
• complicated
• Memorize the script
• Background and
costumes
• Music
• Time consuming
RT
• Simple
• Read aloud the script
• Emphasize intonation
• Audience imagination
• Simple sound effects
• Time saving
B. Why RT ?
An easy way to achieve
A fun project for participants and audience
A creative way of sharing aloud
A great chance to feel confident in
speaking English on stage
A Mind Map for RT
1. Scripts
2. Role
Assignment
6. Wrap up
RT Mind Map
5. Rehearsal
/performance
3. Supporting
Activities
4. Voice
Practice
1. Selecting Scripts
High quality (education inspiration)
Interesting, lively dialogues
Appropriate (age, grade, and readability
levels)
Editing
Scripts Resourcing
Plays(Three Little Pigs, Cinderella… )
Short stories(folk tales/ fables/ picture books)
Poems ( I U…/ I read to you….)
Chants (Folk Songs /Nursery Rhymes)
Essays ( Different topics )
Textbooks ( Publisher/ By teachers )
Online Resources
Reader’s Theater Scripts and Plays
Absolutely Whootie
Scripts for Schools
Vermilion Parish
最終目標：培養編創劇本的能力……
Script by Level
Learning to Read (1~2年級)
Reading to Learn (3~4年級)
Reading to Think (5~6年級)
RT劇本：符應教育部之主題參考
Script by Level
Learning to Read (1~2年級)
http://store.pchome.com.tw/powerbook/S299206.htm
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Who Took the Cookies from the Cookie Jar?
Script by Level
Reading to Learn (3~4年級)
http://store.pchome.com.tw/powerbook/S299209.htm
The Carrot Seed
Bark George
Rosie’s Walk
Henny Penny
Script by Level
Reading to Think (5~6年級)
http://store.pchome.com.tw/powerbook/S299211.htm
Seven Blind Mice
We Are Going on A Bear Hunt
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
Click, Clack, Moo, Cows That Type
A Second Language
A family of mice were surprised by a big cat.
Father Mouse jumped and said, "Bow-wow!"
The cat ran away. "What was that, Father?"
asked Baby Mouse.
"Well, son, that's why it's important to learn a
second language."
Villager : He is a lazy boy! He rides on the donkey
comfortably and his father walks?
All: Yes, yes, He should get off the donkey! He is so
lazy! Let his papa get on the donkey!
The son: You are right, sir. I am lazy! I ride the
donkey and my father walks slowly! Papa, please,
get on the donkey.
Father: You are such an obedient boy.
Narrator: Therefore, the son got off the donkey and
then helped his father get on it. The father and his
son walked on.
All: My, oh my! What do I see? A crazy situation
right in front of me!
Farmer: You fools! Don't you know that donkeys
are for riding? You must be afraid to rub the fur of
its body.
Farmer’s Wife: How ridiculous! You own a donkey,
but you don’t use it! That makes you the ass!
The Man: What are you scoundrels scoffing at?
My dear, get up onto the Donkey.
Donkey: EEee-aww! Why didn’t that farmer keep
his mouth shut!
What You Need for A Good Script
Some interesting characters
A setting
A large number of dialogues
A goal
Some suspenseful plots
Script Structure
Characters:
Cinderella
Setting:
Goal:
Palace
To go to the ball
How the goal will be reached
To be helped by
the fairy
godmother
2. Role Assignment
Narrators tell the story.
Characters are in the story.
Casting
Teachers assign the roles to students
Students take turns playing roles.
Children are aware of their roles.
Let students find their own roles in the
dialogue segment, and mark up.
The Miller, The Girl, and The Donkey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOgEB-V6vv4
私立育才國小
Narrator 1 (N1), Narrator2 (N2)
The man (M), The girl (G), The donkey
Farmer, Farmer’s Wife
Old Man, Old Man’s Wife
Woman1, Woman2
Blacksmith, Blacksmith’s Wife
Scripted by Paul Harding.
Based on the traditional story by Aesop.
N1: One sunny day a man decided to go to the market in the town.
He went to the stable and got his donkey.
N2: The man’s daughter looked outside and saw her father about
to set off for the village, so she hurried outside.
G: Dad! Dad! Where are you going? Can I come too?
M: I'm just going to the market. You can come if you want. Get
your hat. It’s a hot day.
G: Father, will we ride the donkey today?
M: No dear, we won’t ride him today for it is a hot day, and he will
have a heavy load to carry home from the market.
N1: The man, the girl, and the donkey headed slowly down the
dirt road that led to the town. After a short while, they met a
group of farmers.
All: My, oh my! What do I see? A crazy situation right in front
of me!
Farmer: You fools! Don't you know that donkeys are for riding?
You must be afraid to rub the fur of its body.
Farmer’s Wife: How ridiculous! You own a donkey, but you don’t
use it! That makes you the ass!
M: What are you scoundrels scoffing at? My dear, get up onto
the Donkey.
Donkey: EEee-aww! Why didn’t that farmer keep his mouth shut!
All: Awwww…
N2: Soon, they came to a group of old men and women who were
talking very earnestly.
All: My, oh my! What do I see? A crazy situation right in front of me!
Old Man: That idle lout of a girl sits there in luxury while her poor
old father sweats like a pig!
Old Man’s Wife: Aren’t you ashamed of yourself, young lady? Your
legs are young and strong, yet you let your father walk. Despicable!
N1: The man wasn’t a bit tired but he said.
M: What are you vagabonds scoffing at? Get down, precious, I will
take a turn riding the donkey. Then the people will be satisfied.
Donkey: EEee-aww! I was better off with the young lass. Hmpf!
All: Awwww…
N2: Pretty soon they met some women coming from the town.
All: My, oh my! What do I see? A crazy situation right in front of
me!
Woman 1: Why shame on you. How can you ride upon the beast,
while that poor little boy there can hardly keep pace by the side
of you?
Woman 2: You lazy old fellow. What kind of a man rides a donkey
and leaves his poor little daughter to trudge along beside him?
M: What are you old crows scoffing at? Dear, climb up here with
me!
Donkey: EEee-aww! Double trouble.
All: Awwww…
N1: They had not gone far when they came upon another group of
passers-by who began to jeer, point and heap more ridicule upon
them.
All: My, oh my! What do I see? A crazy situation right in front of
me!
Blacksmith: Aren’t you ashamed of yourselves for overloading that
poor Donkey! Someone should take a stick and knock the both of
you off its back!
Blacksmith’s Wife: I agree, the poor animal can hardly walk. You
two fellows look more fit to carry the poor beast than he is to
carry you.
N2: The man and the girl stopped the donkey once again and tried
to think what to do. They thought and they thought. They had
tried everything except carrying the donkey themselves.
M: Let us tie up the donkey’s four hooves and put a pole on our
shoulders so we can carry him to market.
Donkey: EEee-aww! What a way to go! I’m dizzy. Whoo-hoo! Eeeaww!
N1: There was the donkey going to the market place upside down.
From all sides, people came running and laughing. Never had they
seen such an entertaining sight.
Donkey: Eeeee-ore! Girl, is it noisy.
N2: The Donkey was upset by all the noise, so it started to
struggle and wiggle just as they stepped on the market bridge.
N1: He got one hoof loose and kicked at the girl.
G: Ouch! Cut that out!
N2: The girl dropped her end of the pole. The donkey rolled off
the bridge and into the water.
All: SPLASH!
N1: Before anyone could fish him out he drowned.
M: I have tried to please everybody and have only made a fool of
myself. After this I shall do as I think best and let people say
what they will.
All: Try to please all and you will please none!
3. Supporting Activities
Booklets / Art Crafts
Songs and Chants
Reading Activities
Writing Activities
Literature Circle
Booklets
My five senses (mini books)
Bark George ( bag books)
There was an old lady (shape books)
The very hungry caterpillar (hole books)
Online resources (printable)
Scripts folders (packet)
Songs & Chants as Supplement
The Miller, His Son, and Their Donkey
Oh, miller and son, (x2)
They have a donkey, but they can’t ride.
Oh, miller and son, (x2)
They have a donkey, but they can’t sell.
Too many comments to make decision. (x2)
Oh, miller and son, (x2)
Listen to heart, just be yourself!
You can’t please people, just be yourself!
Online Resources
葉友維老師網站資源
Unscramble sentences
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3v0rJqyCTM (“Rain, rain go away”)
人的潛能無限，鼓勵老師發揮創意，
自編歌曲韻文
Reading Activities
Picture matching
Communication
Listen and correct
I read, you draw
You read to me, I’ll read to you!
vocabulary checklist
Writing Activities
Word search / Word puzzles / Cloze (
Snake pictures
Information gap
Pattern practice
Short article writing
Shape Poems
http://www.shapepoems.co.uk/
Literature Circle
Vocabulary Enricher (words)
Passage Master (pattern)
Connector (Reading report)
Illustrator (draw and say)
Travel Tracer (story map)
Summarizer (summarize)
4. Voice Practice
Pronunciation: Vowels
Consonants
Intonation:
(water:H2O: HIJKLMNO)
Liaison
Feelings
Emotions
Phrase pause
Sounding Activities
Where is my money?
Sounding the expression
Why are you late?
Because of the sign.
What sign?
The one that says,
“School Ahead, Go slow.”
Stress
Under the sky, there is a cloud.
Under the cloud, there is an airplane.
Under the airplane, there is a bird.
Under the bird, there is a kite.
Under the kite, there is a tree.
Under the tree, there is a boy.
5. Rehearsal and Performance
Rehearsal
Practice makes perfect.
At first, students will be
struggling with making sense of
the play.
Afterwards, they'll be able to
focus on enjoying the
performance and their parts in it.
5. Rehearsal and Performance
Performance
Readers are arranged in a row or
semicircle, sitting on high stools or
standing.
Script can be set on music stands.
Scripts must be used. The cast
should appear to read from their
scripts.
Performing
Perform in the class
Perform for the evaluation
Perform for a special event
Perform for a competition
Perform for fun
6. Wrap up
Inspiration
Tips for RT
Tips for teachers
Readers Theater Evaluation
About the BIG GAME
Inspiration
What’s the message for our students?
living experience / not test-oriented /
induce discussing (or speaking/reading)
interest …
What’s the message for ourselves?
character education / integrating of
learning subjects / encouraging
discussing and then reading…
Inspiration for ourselves first
Inspired teachers, then to inspire students
Fear free teachers, then fear free
students
Education is an adventure
Don’t choose students, students will
choose you.
Likewise don’t choose $, $ will choose you.
“Down to earth”
Tips for RT
Begin with easy scripts.
Appropriate language level
Everyone has a role
Small group
Enough time for rehearsing
Evaluation/feedback
Tips for Teacher
Positive attitude towards group activity
Free from anxiety to read aloud
Support among students
Give comments in a polite manner
Respect and response to opinion
Enjoy RT
Reader’s Theater Evaluation
Introduction
Script Use
Selection
Narration
Staging
Vocal / Physical
Performance evaluation
RT比賽是教學的延伸，
比賽表演的內容是將教
學的成果展演出來。
形式從簡－肢體動作、
戲劇表演適可而止，服
裝道具不列入評分。
RT讓觀眾從聲音的表演
去「想像」場景和角色
的個性以及特性。
角色分配要平均，勿讓
對白集中在一兩個角色
上。
評分標準首重咬字發音
與語調的清晰度和正確性，
聲調要切合角色的個性，
避免歌唱韻文和肢體表演
的部分佔太大的篇幅，壓
縮到朗誦對白的時間，並
且模糊焦點喧賓奪主。
RT表演就是另一種形式
的廣播劇，是用聲音來做
戲劇表演，服裝道具、肢
體動作和歌曲演唱都只是
點綴，避免過於誇張。
Every students has
A role to act
A topic to say
A chance to SUCCEED
指導校長: 陳錦田校長
王淑玲、葉友維 、劉亭君、張桂珍、李佳玫