1、Harcourt LeveledReaders Online Database GRADE 5Lesson 5WORD COUNT866GENREReaders TheaterLEVELELL9 780153 5027509 0 0 0 0ISBN-13:978-0-15-350275-0ISBN-10:0-15-350275-4by Claire Danielillustrated by Nancy PoydarPutting on a PlayRXENL08ARD5E05_ELL_COV.indd 2-311/21/06 11:38:06 PMPutting on a Playby Cla
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6、o convert this publication,or any portion of it,into electronic format.1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 126 12 11 10 09 08 07 06RXENL08ARD5E05_ELL.indd 111/21/06 11:27:45 PMRXENL08ARD5E05_ELL.indd 210/9/06 8:55:01 AMCharactersAndrew ElizabethHannah DavidMrs.Hernandez NarratorNarrator:Andrew,David,Elizabeth,and
7、Hannah are putting on a play.Mrs.Hernandez,their teacher,speaks with them.Mrs.Hernandez:I love your idea of acting out“Jack and the Bean Stalk.”Who can tell me what happens in the play?David:Jacks family is very poor.His mother sends him to sell the familys cow for money.Elizabeth:However,Jack doesn
8、t.He meets an old man on the way to town.Jack sells the cow to the man for three“special”beans.3RXENL08ARD5E05_ELL.indd 311/21/06 11:29:04 PMHannah:Jack gives his mother the beans,and she becomes upset.Jack tells her the beans are special.She wont listen to him.She tosses the beans onto the ground!A
9、ndrew:The next day,the beans have sprouted and grown into a huge bean stalk.Jack climbs the bean stalk.He meets a giant at the top.This giant wants to eat Jack.David:The giants wife hides Jack.Jack steals the giants hen that lays golden eggs.Elizabeth:Jack climbs back down the bean stalk.The giant c
10、limbs down chasing him.4RXENL08ARD5E05_ELL.indd 410/9/06 8:56:37 AM5David:When Jack reaches the bottom of the bean stalk,he cuts it down.The giant falls.Jack was lucky to escape.Mrs.Hernandez:Good job!Everyone knows the story.Now I would like you to write what the characters will say to each other.T
11、hats called the dialogue.RXENL08ARD5E05_ELL.indd 511/21/06 11:31:09 PMNarrator:The four children take turns suggesting the dialogue that the characters should say.Andrew writes the lines in a notebook.When everyone is satisfied with the lines,they decide they are finished.Hannah:Lets read through th
12、e lines!David:Okay,but I want to be the giant!I get to say,“Fee,fi,fo,fum!”6RXENL08ARD5E05_ELL.indd 610/9/06 8:58:13 AMAndrew:If you are the giant,I want to be Jack!Ill steal your hen and cut down the bean stalk!Hannah:I will be Jacks mother.Elizabeth can be the giants wife.Narrator:Mrs.Hernandez wa
13、lks over.Mrs.Hernandez:Have you all decided who will be in the cast?Elizabeth:Yes.Would you like to hear us read our lines,Mrs.Hernandez?Mrs.Hernandez:Yes.Now remember to read the dialogue like your character would really speak.Its important for the dialogue to sound natural.7RXENL08ARD5E05_ELL.indd
14、 710/9/06 8:58:41 AMAndrew:What do I do if my character feels scared or angry?Mrs.Hernandez:Say your lines with drama!Show the fear in your voice.Let us hear the anger!Narrator:The children read the lines of the play to their teacher.Mrs.Hernandez:That was a really great reading!8RXENL08ARD5E05_ELL.
15、indd 810/9/06 8:59:02 AMDavid:Are we finished with our play project now?Mrs.Hernandez:Absolutely not!You have to gather your props.Andrew:Do you mean the special beans?We could make them out of modeling clay.Elizabeth:We will also need to build a bean stalk!Maybe we could make that out of rope.Mrs.H
16、ernandez:You have great ideas.What else will the characters need?Hannah:We have to have a hen and some golden eggs.9RXENL08ARD5E05_ELL.indd 910/9/06 8:59:17 AMNarrator:The group makes a bean stalk out of a climbing rope from the gymnasium.They add a yellow beak to a stuffed white teddy bear so that
17、it looks like a white hen.They make golden eggs out of foil.They also paint the eggs yellow.10RXENL08ARD5E05_ELL.indd 1010/9/06 9:00:38 AMMrs.Hernandez:You are almost finished with your project.What do you think is missing?Elizabeth:I think we need scenery!Mrs.Hernandez:We have large sheets of white
18、 paper,paint,and paintbrushes in the back of the classroom.What scenery do you wish to paint?Andrew:We need the outside of Jacks house where he speaks with his mother.That is also where the bean stalk grows.Hannah:We also need to paint the inside of the giants house.This is where he keeps the hen an
19、d golden eggs.11RXENL08ARD5E05_ELL.indd 1110/9/06 9:00:17 AMNarrator:The four children paint the scenery.Then the group gathers to rehearse the play.Mrs.Hernandez:Now you are ready to rehearse your lines.Can any of you say your lines without reading them?Hannah,Andrew,David and Elizabeth:Not yet!Mrs
20、.Hernandez:You need to practice your lines over and over to memorize them.Sometimes practicing in front of a mirror helps.12RXENL08ARD5E05_ELL.indd 1210/9/06 9:01:01 AMNarrator:It is the day of the play.The actors put on their costumes.Everyone is ready to perform on the stage except Andrew.Andrew:I
21、m so nervous!What if I forget all my lines or trip over my feet?What if the play is a huge disaster?Hannah:Andrew,dont worry so much.You know your lines better than any of us.There is no reason for you to have stage fright.13RXENL08ARD5E05_ELL.indd 1310/9/06 9:01:20 AMDavid:Hannah is right,Andrew.We
22、ve rehearsed the play many times.We are ready!Narrator:The cast of“Jack and the Bean Stalk”do a wonderful job.The audience claps loudly when the play is over.Hannah:Putting on that play was really fun.Andrew:When can we do it again?Mrs.Hernandez:First,you will have to write another play!Elizabeth:We
23、 need to get some new ideas!David:All right!Lets get busy!We have a lot of work to do!14RXENL08ARD5E05_ELL.indd 1410/9/06 9:01:39 AMTo the TeacherWord Count:866Scaffolded Language DevelopmentUSING PUNCTUATION On the board,write these sentences from the story:Who can tell me what happens in the play?
24、(page 3)She tosses the beans onto the ground!(page 4)Draw students attention to the end punctuation.Point out that the first sentence is a question.Questions are punctuated with a question mark.The second sentence is an exclamation.Exclamations are punctuated with an exclamation point.Read each sent
25、ence and have students repeat the sentence chorally with the proper intonation.Have students copy each of the following sentences and place an exclamation point or question mark as appropriate.Ask students to chorally read the completed sentences.1.Youd better be careful 2.What a beautiful day 3.Wha
26、t time does the play start 4.Did you memorize all your lines 5.Its time to go HealthGrowing Beans Have students research the health benefits of eating beans.Have them make a poster to show how beans can be part of a healthy diet.School-Home Connection Favorite Stories Have students discuss with a family member what his or her favorite stories are.RXENL08ARD5E05_ELL.indd 1511/21/06 11:32:26 PMRXENL08ARD5E05_ELL.indd 1610/9/06 9:02:05 AM
