Readers Theater Fun!
Explore Readers Theater with this fun worksheet for 3rd graders, focusing on understanding roles, expression, and practice.
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Remember what you've learned about Readers Theater!
1. What is the main purpose of Readers Theater?
To memorize lines for a play
To read a story aloud with expression
To build a stage and costumes
To write a new story
2. What is one important thing actors use to show feelings in Readers Theater?
Fancy costumes
Their voices and facial expressions
Lots of scenery
Singing songs
3. In Readers Theater, you don't need to all of your lines.
4. When you read with feeling, it is called using .
5. Readers Theater usually uses many props and costumes.
True
False
6. Practicing your part helps you read more smoothly and clearly.
True
False
7. Imagine you are performing a Readers Theater script about a shy mouse. How would you use your voice to show that the mouse is shy?
Read the short scene below. Pay attention to how the characters might sound.
Characters: NARRATOR LILY (excited) MAX (curious)
NARRATOR: The sun shone brightly as Lily and Max walked through the park. LILY: (gasping) Look, Max! A giant butterfly! It's so colorful! MAX: (squinting) Wow! I've never seen one that big before. Do you think it eats flowers? LILY: (giggling) Maybe it eats rainbows! Let's follow it!
8. What words or phrases tell you that Lily is excited?
9. How would you read Max's line, "Do you think it eats flowers?" to show he is curious?