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Library media specialists play a key role in introducing students to literature, often by using booktalks - the librarian talks, and the students listen. Acting Out: Reader's Theatre Across the Curriculum, instead, provides a way for students who have not read a particular title to become actively involved in learning about the book. This unique resource will increase students' interest in good bo... More

Library media specialists play a key role in introducing students to literature, often by using booktalks - the librarian talks, and the students listen. Acting Out: Reader's Theatre Across the Curriculum, instead, provides a way for students who have not read a particular title to become actively involved in learning about the book. This unique resource will increase students' interest in good books and allow them to actively participate in literature as they engage in the readers' theatre process.

A Reader's Theatre piece is a short dialogue adapted from a longer book. Here, the author provides 66 short plays, organized across curriculum areas, for students in grades 5-10. Each play includes an introduction, character descriptions, vocabulary words, and suggested follow-ups. Many scripts relate to the NCTE, NCTSS and NSF standards, as well to the Big6TM approach to information problem-solving. Librarians will find that weeks after a reader's theatre lesson, students will still be coming into the library asking for a book whose title they can't recall, but they remember seeing or acting in the play and want to find out what happens in the rest of the book. Ideas for writing scripts are also included.

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