Tall Tales Reader's Theaters: Wild Women of the Old West

There's NO doubt about it! Readers Theaters are an excellent way to make students WANT to read and ENJOY reading! This product contains four readers theaters about Wild Women of the Old West--Annie Oakley, Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind, Slue Foot Slue, and Calamity Jane!! These plays are written in kid friendly language using an old west dialect that helps kids to create characters while they perform in front of the class developing fluency and expression skills at the same time!

Also included in this product:

- A poster of vocabulary words for each Readers Theater

- Two vocabulary activities for each Readers Theater

- Written response comprehension questions for each play

- Anchor Chart: What is a Tall Tale?

- Activities that require students to list the traits--internal and external--of each

   main character in the plays, as well as write about exaggerations used in the

   plays, as well as creative ways the characters solve interesting and unique

   problems.

-Venn Diagrams are provided so that students can compare and contrast main

   characters from two different plays

- Actual photographs of the tall tale characters who were real people, so that

   students get a more in depth knowledge of the the characters in the plays!

- Photographs of featured characters who are not fictionalized.

GREAT for literature circles for 2-5th grade! Laminate the covers and use year after

    year!  Visit my store, Robin's Nest, for more great products!