Sentence frames are one easy way to focus on a language structure, provide scaffolded support for ELLs and explicitly teach English language structures.
Home of the Brave, a novel written in free verse by Katherine Applegate, tells the story of Kek, an eleven-year-old boy from the Sudan who arrives as a refugee to Minnesota in the middle of winter.
Celebrate the joy of reading with Cuentos y Más, a dynamic show offered by the Arlington Public Library in Arlington, VA and winner of the Outstanding Children's Program award by the Virginia Public Library Directors Association.
This webpage has description of Readers' Theater and links to many useful websites that offer tips for doing Readers Theater in the classroom, including where to find scripts online.
This site offers background information and research (with links to the studies) that support the academic benefits of Readers Theater. It also offers links to instructions for implementation, assessments and many, many free scripts.
This informative site from Aaron Shephard site has step-by-step instructions on how to implement Readers' Theater in the classroom, as well as a link to a book by Aaron Shephard called, "Readers on Stage."
This book by Gerald Lee Ratliff includes background on Readers' Theater, lesson plans, recommended readings, and scripts that can be used in the classroom. The book is available for sale on Amazon.com.