Readers theater:
Time Period: 1-2 weeks
Learning objective: To teach students about moral courage
Materials needed: Cathy James monologue
Bystander monologue to Cathy james
Sticky notes
INSTRUCTIONS:
1.First you have to read the class the Cathy James monologue By Wally Lamb
2.The the class will write their own monologue from Cathy James
3.Then you read the class the Bystander monologue.
4.Then let the class write their own bystander monologue from their own perspective. This will make their monologue be about somebody who witnessed the events the happened with cathy james.
5.Then you will give the class a monologue that another student wrote and then have the students find the three best sentences.
6.Then have them put the students put the sentences in order to make it sound like a story, so it sounds like a real monologue.
Books:
The Purple Elephants recommends these books for your students for different grades and all of these books display Moral Courage.
THE TITLE AND AUTHOR
THE GRADES RECOMMENDED
A BREIF DESCRIPTION
The Pigman by Paul Zindel
Fourth and up
This is a story that shows how two kids survive as a
teenage outcasts.
The Pigmans Legacy by Paul Zindel
Fourth and up
This sequel shows how the two kids heal a lost soul.
First They Killed My Father by Lounge Ung
Six and up
This is about a family that has been separated by the
Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge army came in to their beloved city.
Trino's Choice by Diane Gonzales Bertrand
Seventh and up
This book is about living above the influence and not
listening to bad decisions that other people want you to make.
Sounder by William H. Armstrong
Fourth and up
This book is about the precious bond between man and
canine.
Ties that Bind, Ties that Break by Lensey Namioka
Seventh and up
This book is about wanting to be different in a crowd
full of people who all look the same.
I have Lived a Thousand Years by Liva Bitton-Jackson
Seventh and up
This book is about a girl struggling to survive in a
concentration camp during the 1940's.
The Invisible Thread by Yoshiko Uchida
Six and up
This book is about a Japanese girl living in America
during the War against Japan.
A Time of Angels by Karen Hesse
Seventh and up
This book is about a girl who gets separated from her
family because of influenza and she tries to get her family back together.
Shabanu by Suzanne Fisher Staples
Six and up
This book is about a girl who knows what she wants to
do with her life but then all of her plans get ruined.
Wicked by Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguié
Seventh and up
This book is about two witches/warlocks that were lovers
and in their past life they died between a war between their families, and
in their present lives flashbacks are helping them get back together.
Breaking Through by Various Authors
Six and up
This book has many stories about children with amazing stories of Moral courage.
The Color of Absence by Various Authors
Seventh and up
This book is a collection of stories about children
with bad lives and how they over came it.
Amistad by Joyce Annette Barnes
Fifth and up
This book is based on Revolutionary times when Africans
were brought from their homes into America. But, one man Cinque and his fellow
captives fight for their freedom and in return, they are charged of murder
and mutiny.
Homeless Birds by Gloria Whelan
Seventh and up
This book is about a women forced into an arranged marriage
with which she doesn't want, and her fight against it.