Creative English Teacher — Readers Theater Script-Stories

How to Design a Lesson around a Reader's Theater Script Story

April 08, 2025 • Readers Theater Script-Stories • Teaching Ideas

In this blog post, you will learn how to create a lesson around a Reader's Theater script story using the teacher guide that comes with each script-story sold on Creative English Teacher.com. Mix and match elements to create your own lesson featuring anticipatory sets, recall quizzes, related enrichment, in-the-moment teaching, classroom discussions, and more!

The Enchanting History of "The Sorcerer's Apprentice": Teaching the Various Adaptations of This Famous Folktale by Integrating Poetry, Music, and Art

January 07, 2025 • British Literature • Heroes and Monsters • Mythology • Readers Theater Script-Stories • The Hero's Journey • World Literature

While many folktales have been adapted over the centuries, none has a richer (and varied) list of adaptations than "The Sorcerer's Apprentice." This post explores the classic folktale "The Sorcerer's Apprentice," its many adaptations (including a Reader's Theater script-story version), Paul Dukas's classical masterpiece based upon it, and Walt Disney's innovative masterpiece Fantasia (1940)—along with strategies for teaching these various adaptations in a classroom setting. You will see that "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" is perfect for a lesson integrating literature, folklore, poetry, music, and art.

Book Review: Build Reading Fluency: Practice and Performance with Reader's Theater and More

July 30, 2024 • Book Review • Elementary • Readers Theater Script-Stories • Teaching Ideas

One of the most effective ways to improve students’ reading ability is through repeated readings of the same text. But what reader would want to re-read a passage over and over again? Enter Reader’s Theater. In this post, I will review Build Reading Fluency by Drs. Tim Rasinski and Chase Young.

How to Teach the Odyssey Creatively with Script-Stories, Art Analysis, and Classroom Games

November 07, 2023 • Mythology • Readers Theater Script-Stories • World Literature

The language of the Odyssey is sometimes difficult for teenage readers to understand, and when students struggle with comprehension, they miss out on the poem’s deeper meanings. That's why we suggest using Reader's Theater script-stories in conjunction with the original poem. Here's how!

Too Cool for School? Why Script-Stories Are Perfect for High-Schoolers

January 02, 2023 • Creativity • Readers Theater Script-Stories • Short Stories • Teaching Ideas

Reader’s theater script-stories have the unique ability to defeat disengagement with high-school students. Maybe you are high-school teacher looking for a new way to connect with your students. Maybe you are looking for a way to make your content fresh. I encourage you to give script-stories a try. You may find that students who seem “too cool for school” are anything but.