A Drama Experience | The Annual Cookie Tree: A Christmas Tradition

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Experience academic vocabulary for dramas through real-life drama enactments with dialogue. Enjoy this popular children’s book turned drama in your own classroom!  The “The Annual Cookie Tree: A Christmas Tradition” drama comes complete with three Acts and multiple Scenes. Within each Scene, your students will enjoy multiple numbered lines with enough characters to utilize 23-25 students with varying roles (different roles contain different amounts of reading to accommodate for differentiated reading levels within a classroom). 

This drama comes complete with Narrator lines/dialogue and all the correct bolding and punctuation found within STAAR 2.0 dramas. Take the mystery out of understanding drama setups as students grow confident with stage directions, set descriptions, and character development. 

In addition to the drama/play, each Act is accompanied with a set of four reading comprehension questions (addressing the 4 Dimensions), an SCR (short constructed response) prompt, and an ECR (extended constructed response) prompt. With four Acts in total, students will have the opportunity to practice new question styles and quality while utilizing 16 reading comprehension questions, 4 SCRs, and 4 ECRs throughout the entirety of the drama.  

The Various Uses for this Drama:

• independent practice reading dramas
• small group popcorn reads
• whole group class play
• full-blown schoolwide play complete with costumes  

The Highlights:

• supports drama academic vocabulary 
• accompanies the book: The Annual Cookie Tree: A Christmas Tradition
• STAAR 2.0 question styles and quality for reading comprehension 
• STAAR 2.0 prompt styles and quality for SCRs and ECRs
• teaches valuable life lessons of relationships, empathy, and understanding.
• demonstrates the importance of changing your perspective.
• highlights respectful relationships between parents and children.

The Numbers:

• 3 Acts
• 9 Scenes
• 174 Lines
• 23 Characters/Parts
• 12 Reading Comprehension Questions
• 3 Short Constructed Response Prompts
• 3 Extended Constructed Response Prompts
• Targeted Grade Levels:
• 3-5
• 6-8 

Primary TEKS Addressed:

6D-I

7C, F, G

8A-D

9C

10A-D, F

12B 

The Specialized Content Vocabulary:

air is filled with excitement, Thanksgiving, alive with energy, Christmas, community, family, tradition, bright smile, joy, season, incredible, decorate, dynamic, lively, contributing, everyone has a part to play, immersed, festive spirit, planning, every detail counts, all hands on deck, feeling, confident, community, event, playfully competing,  inviting, come together, smoothly, fun, laughter, honoring life, memories, friends, tree, beauty of the moment, poem, harvesting, symbolism, spirit, Christmas tree, hearts and stories, enjoying the feast, thoughtful, make a difference, warm embrace, deep and beautiful

The Specialized Academic Drama Vocabulary:

act, addressing everyone, addressing the group, comes bustling in, curious, cut to, discussing logistics, eagerly, enter, in awe, in unison, laughter and chatter fill the air, narrator, nostalgically, pointing to list, scene, scene opens, setting, setup, shaking her head, softly, sound, stage, stage fades to black, stage lights, surprised, the scene ends, the stage is set, various locations across the ranch, wiping her brow, with a proud smile, characters, setting the tone

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