Readers Theater: The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

Name: Aubree Bowler

Date: 10/15/15

Standard: R.L.3.2 Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures;
determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key
details in the text.

Topic: The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

Goal: This lesson will provide the students with the ability to connect between texts to
understand the story and its message while simultaneously improving their diction, presentation,
intonation, and comprehension by performing and in preparing to perform.

Objective: SWBAT increase their intonation by increasing their comprehension of the text and
having the opportunity to go over the text multiple times. They will also learn group skills and be
better able to apply knowledge from other stories and areas to what they are studying.

Attention Getter:

Ask class: Have you ever had something happen and you heard another person say what
happened and you think Thats not how it happened at all! I want to tell my side of the
story!
Share a personal story for an example and ask the class if they have any they would like
to share.
We are going to read a script of a short play about the three little pigs, but its not like
the one most of you have heard. Who can tell me the most common story of the three
little pigs? (Select a student and let them retell the story) Thank you.
Now I would like you to keep in mind what we talked about with points of view in
identical situations as we read through the script

Teach/Model:

Ask for volunteers to read the different parts of the play

Begin reading the script
Read the title and author together, the students echoing after the teacher

Guided Practice:

The students will read through the script together with the teacher and then discuss the
story as a class
Independent Practice:

Count students off and assign them to groups of 9 or 10

Explain that this is their groups for performing the play
Assign roles so as to avoid arguments (have auditions for roles people most want to
play)
Give students time each day for 1 week to prepare their play
o Start each practicing period with a small lesson about plays and reading
Prosody
Rate
Accuracy
Clarity
Understanding
Let students perform for each other on the last day

Lesson Closure: Talk about the importance of knowing both sides to stories and how intonation
can change the meaning of what is being said.

Assessment: The performance of the plays will be their assessment of knowledge. Through their
performance I will be able to assess their: prosody, rate, accuracy, clarity, and understanding of
the story.