Readers Theatre

Students rehearse and perform a text focusing on expression, stress, and intonation — scripts in hand.

Procedure

1. Adapt a text into a multi-voice script (or use dialogue-heavy text as-is).
2. Assign roles within small groups.
3. Groups rehearse: read through multiple times, focusing on prosody.
4. Mark scripts for stress, pauses, and expression.
5. Perform for the class — no costumes or memorisation needed.

Tips

• The repeated rehearsal is where fluency develops — the performance is just the motivation.
• Each re-read is smoother, faster, and more expressive.