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Just So Stories as Guided Reading Scripts Part II

Just So Stories as Guided Reading Scripts Part II. These scripts have been put in the PSHE section of the website, in addition to the Literature section, as each has a valuable life lesson within its contents.

Just So Stories as Guided Reading Scripts. Originally by Rudyard Kipling, adapted by Sue Russell into Guided Reading Scripts.
Available as two purchases: Part I (stories 1-6) and Part II (stories 7 – 12)

NB I will make individual scripts available if there is sufficient demand – drop me a line on sue@plays-r-ussell.com if interested

This purchase is Part II Stories 7 – 12

Just So Stories as Guided Reading Scripts Total number of readers: 36

Approximate reading time for each story: 15 – 20 minutes (with exception of shorter third one – at 5 – 10 minutes)

Please Note: Time given for reading is approximate and does not include quiz – question and answer time, or discussion time.The Beginning of the Armadilloes

How the First Letter was Written

1. How the Alphabet was Made
2. The Crab that Played with the Sea
3. That Cat that Walked by Himself
4. The Butterfly that Stamped

1.  The Beginning of the Armadilloes

Cast of 5:

• Narrator
• Hedgehog (Stickly-Prickly)
• Tortoise (Slow-Solid)
• Jaguar (Painted Jaguar)
• Mother Jaguar

Reading Time:   Around 15 minutes

2.   How the First Letter was Written

Cast of 5:

• Neolithic Man – Tegumai Bopsulai            (Teg)
• Wife – Teshumai Tewindrow                      (Tesh)
• Daughter – Taffimai Metallumai                (Taffy)
• Stranger-man – from the Tewara Tribe  (Tew)
• Head Chief

Reading time:    15 minutes

3. How the Alphabet was Made

Cast of 5:

• Head Chief
• Neolithic Man – Tegumai Bopsulai            (Teg)
• Wife – Teshumai Tewindrow                      (Tesh)
• Daughter – Taffimai Metallumai                (Taffy)
• Stranger-man – from the Tewara Tribe  (Tew)

Reading Time:   Around 5 – 10 minutes

4. The Crab That Played with the Sea

Cast of 8:

• Eldest Magician
• Elephant
• Beaver
• Cow
• Turtle
• Man
• Daughter
• Crab (Pau Amma)

Reading Time:   Around 20 minutes

5.   The Cat that Walked by Himself

Cast of 7:

• Cat
• Dog
• Horse
• Cow
• Bat
• Man
• Woman

Reading Time:   Around 20 minutes

That of course takes you up to 30 – so, for class of 30, this next story will be an extra group.

6. The Butterfly that Stamped

Cast of 6:

Narrator

• Solomon (The Most Wise Sovereign Suleiman-bin-Daoud, Son of David)
• Balkis (The Most Beautiful, Head Queen)
• Wife (one of nine hundred and ninety nine
• Mr Butterfly
• Mrs Butterfly

Reading Time:   Around 20 minutes

Just So Stories as Guided Reading Scripts. Sample Text:

Balkis:                   Indeed. But I had to know if this little Mrs Butterfly really did believe the yarn her husband had spun her.

Narrator:             And her reply when you asked her?

Balkis:                   I think it went something along the lines of ‘You know what men-folk are like’!

Mr. Butterfly:    (Grunting) Hm. I’m not sure I altogether like the way this conversation is going!

Solomon:             Oh, they’re just telling it as it was! No harm in that. You’ll just have to sit back and listen for a bit!

Wife:                     (Sarcastically, to Mrs Butterfly) So, what other little gems of wisdom did you come up with?

Mrs Butterfly:    Oh, just that it’s usually easier just to humour your man – just go along with what he’s saying, rather than making a fuss!

Wife:                     What? And accept all that nonsense? Oh, there’s no way I’d ever do that!

Solomon:             And don’t I know it!

Balkis:                   You wives – all nine hundred and ninety nine of you – didn’t half make Solomon’s life difficult! Never a thought for anyone but yourselves!

Mr. Butterfly:    (Muttering) Sounds familiar!

Narrator:             But come on! What happened next?

Balkis:                   Well, I suppose I was guilty of a bit of stirring here.

Mr. Butterfly:    (Sarcastically) Oh really? My! That doesn’t sound at all like the female species!

Balkis:                   OK. So we all like to have a little fun at times! And I did have an overall goal in mind.

Solomon:             So wise, my love!

Wife:                     (Snorting) Nothing like a bit of favouritism!

Narrator:             Er, as an impartial observer, I do think the lovely Balkis had earned it! Now, what did you say to Mrs Butterfly?

Balkis:                   I told her that next time her husband made an idle threat or came up with some far-fetched story, she should challenge it. Say that she needed proof – that she wanted to actually see it happening.

Mr. Butterfly:    (Gasping) Setting my wife against me? Well, really!

Mrs Butterfly:    No, not really. I’d prefer to describe it as calling your bluff.

Solomon:             Oh it was priceless. Watching Mr Butterfly squirming under his wife’s command – ‘Stamp! Stamp! Stamp!’

Balkis:                   And how wonderful for me to see my husband so enjoying this little drama, played out in front of him.

Solomon:             Oh I forgot every worry I had in the world!

Wife:                     Even me?

Solomon:             Even you!

Balkis:                   And all the other nine hundred and ninety eight! It was so good to see you laughing