Work or Starve: Captain John Smith and the Jamestown Colony

by Debra J. Housel, Debra Housel

Overview

Students will act out the story of John Smith, a captain who saved the American colonists with the help of Pocahontas and her father, Powhatan. This Reader's Theater script features roles written to match multiple reading levels. Teachers can assign specific roles to their readers based on each student's current reading level, allowing all students to get involved in the same activity and feel successful! Students will gain confidence in their reading fluency through performance, regardless of their current reading ability. While performing with others, students will practice performance, interacting cooperatively, reading aloud, and using expressive voices and gestures to better tell the story. These drama scripts for students are a great way to teach literacy and engage all learners!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780743905442
Publisher:	Teacher Created
Publication date:	10/06/2006
Series:	Reader's Theater
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	24
Product dimensions:	6.80(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.15(d)
Age Range:	7 - 13 Years

About the Author

Debra J. Housel, M.A., earned a master's degree from Nazareth College of Rochester and worked as a teacher for more than a dozen years before becoming a freelance writer. She is an award-winning author and has written and/or consulted on more than 100 titles.

Debra J. Housel, M.A., earned a master's degree from Nazareth College of Rochester and worked as a teacher for more than a dozen years before becoming a freelance writer. She is an award-winning author and has written and/or consulted on more than 100 titles.