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Oh, Give Me a Home in a Book (R = 1.6)

publication date: Mar 30, 2013
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author/source: Carol Montgomery

ReadersTheaterAllYearBugPoetry?  Song lyrics?  Literacy fun? "Oh, Give Me a Home in a Book" includes all.  Based on the song lyrics to "Home on the Range," this Readers Theater script adaptation will launch your students into a new world of thinking about literacy.  It's perfect for discussions about books, comparing fiction with non-fiction. Use it to motivate your students to read a book or two over summer break. Complete with annotated curriculum links for easy lesson plans on "Home on the Range," this one-page primary level script is one of a series of Script Buffet Club member's exclusive scripts.  But, you get it free!

TIME:  less than 1 1/2 min.   CAST:  3 or 3 CHORAL groups    TONE: dreamy    READABILITY:  grade 1.6

Here is the entire exclusive Script Buffet Club member's script; but, if you like it click the yellow download link below so you get the printable version with curriculum links for easy lesson plans:

Oh, Give Me a Home in a Book
By Carol Montgomery ©2013

 

Reader 1:  Oh, give me a home,
                  Where the elephants roam,
                  Where the lions and tigers can play.
                  Where monkeys live free to be best friends with me,
                  And the penguins sing loudly all day.

All:   Home, home in a book,
        Where the lions and tigers can play.
        Where monkeys live free to be best friends with me,
        And the penguins sing loudly all day.

Reader 2:   Oh, give me a home
                  Where the dinosaurs roam
                  Where the food is not going to be me!
                  Where animals talk as we go for a walk,
                  And the bugs do not bite, but serve tea.

All:   Home, home in a book,
        Where the lions and tigers can play.
        Where monkeys live free to be best friends with me,
        And the penguins sing loudly all day.

Reader 3:   Oh, give me a home,
                  Where the real heroes roam,
                  Where the knights only fight with a sword.
                  Where princesses cling to the dream of a king,
                  And the treasures of kingdoms are stored.

All:   Home, home in a book,
        Where the lions and tigers can play.
        Where monkeys live free to be best friends with me,
        And the penguins sing loudly all day.

***Click on the PDF link below to see the full printable version of the Readers Theater script, "Oh, Give Me a Home in a Book."

Download "Oh, Give Me a Home in a Book," a free primary level Readers Theater script, perfect for grades 1, 2, 3.




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