Readers Theatre

Read and Write Sports

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5 team sports: football, baseball, basketball, hockey, and soccer
+5 individual athletic pursuits: skating, gymnastics, track, BMX, and skateboarding
=10 hi-lo readers theatre scripts


The dialogue is short, so the reading levels for most of the speaking parts are quite low. Every play has a speaking part for the “crowd” or the “fans” and that means the entire class can participate.


Football script: 2.1 reading level (with 1.6-3.6 speaking parts)

Basketball script: 2.6 reading level (with 0.5-3.0 speaking parts)

Hockey script: 1.6 reading level (with 0.0-2.0 speaking parts)

Roller skating script: 0.1 reading level (with 0.0-4.2 speaking parts)

Baseball script: 3.9 reading level (with 0.7-3.2 speaking parts)

Soccer script: 0.9 reading level (with 0.5-3.2 speaking parts)

Track script: 2.6 reading level (with 0.0-3.4 speaking parts)

Gymnastics script: 1.9 reading level (with 0.3-3.3 speaking parts)

BMX script: 2.9 reading level (with 0.5-3.9 speaking parts)

Skateboarding script: 4.0 reading level (with 0.0-5.3 speaking parts)


Use the writing prompts from this book with 10 sports –one for each month of the school year– in your writing center.

The graphic organizers will guide students in grades 3-8 as they write expository paragraphs, narrative scenes, or action-reaction poems.

Each chapter provides “filled-out” examples to model the pre-writing process, making it easy for students to follow.

This book, created by/for author visits in Allen ISD, Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD, Coppell ISD, Dallas ISD, Diocese of Dallas Schools, Duncanville ISD, Fort Worth ISD, Frisco ISD, Keller ISD, Krum ISD, Garland ISD, Highland Park ISD, Mesquite ISD, Plano ISD, Plano Public Library, Richardson ISD, Richardson Public Library, and Van Alstyne Public Library, also includes a word search and a crossword puzzle for each of the ten sports.

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“The activities outlined in the book are helpful for writers who need structured support to help guide them, and the lesson plans are clearly laid out.” —School Library Journal

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