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On the Air: A Radio Play and Its Recording

Read an original radio play about a lost parrot, then compare it with notes on a class recording to find where the recording follows the script.

Grade 4ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toRL.4.7

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 4
Subject: ELA
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students compare a drama script with an oral presentation of it.
Students tell where a recording matches or does not match the stage directions.
Students explain how a recording shows details that a listener cannot see.

How to use

Read the script aloud in parts, then read the recording notes together. If you can, let students record their own version and check it against the stage directions.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

RL.4.7

Connect the text of a story or drama to a visual or oral presentation of it, noting where the presentation matches the text's descriptions and directions.

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On the Air: A Radio Play and Its Recording

Compare a play script with a class recording of it.

Read the play

Read the radio play. The words in parentheses are stage directions.

Town Talk

1SETTING: A small radio studio above the post office in the town of Millbrook. A red ON AIR sign glows over the door. MR. OKAFOR sits at a desk in front of a large microphone. His niece, LUCIA, sits beside him with a stack of note cards.

2MR. OKAFOR: (in a slow, calm voice) Good morning, Millbrook! You are listening to Town Talk. I have news about the new crosswalk and the town pool.

3LUCIA: (whispering and tapping a card) Uncle Sam, the pool card is on top.

4MR. OKAFOR: Thank you, Lucia. The town pool opens on Saturday at noon. (The phone on the desk rings loudly. LUCIA jumps in her seat.)

5LUCIA: (covering her mouth) Oops! Should I answer it?

6MR. OKAFOR: (nodding and smiling) Go ahead. Callers are part of the show.

7LUCIA: (picking up the phone, in a bright, friendly voice) Town Talk, you're on the air!

8MRS. BELL: (offstage, sounding worried) This is Rosa Bell on Cedar Lane. My parrot, Pepper, flew out the kitchen window! He is green with a yellow head, and he loves to say, "Hello, friend!"

9MR. OKAFOR: (leaning toward the microphone) Listeners, please check the trees on your street for a green parrot.

10(Everyone is silent. Then, from outside the window, comes a faint squawk: "Hello, friend!" LUCIA rushes to the window and points.)

11LUCIA: (shouting with excitement) He's sitting on the mailbox across the street!

12MR. OKAFOR: (laughing) Well, Millbrook, that is the fastest news we have ever had. Mrs. Bell, Pepper is waiting for you at the post office!

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