Vision:
To create and facilitate intercultural and multi-age MRT all over the world.
Mission:
MRT is a Beacon, Cross-Cultural Global Platform that brings groups, teams,
countries and nations together to enhance language skills for the purpose of
improving global communication while encouraging the spirit of love, unity and
collaboration to create a Sustainable, Peaceful and Harmonious world.
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To create and facilitate intercultural and multi-age MRT all over the world.
Mission:
MRT is a Beacon, Cross-Cultural Global Platform that brings groups, teams,
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MATRIX READER’S THEATER CLUB NEWS
July 19, 2020
Greetings to you all,
We have been developing an executive team which has been preparing to expand MRT
globally. This week they drafted a mission and vision statement:
MRT Club Vision:
To create and facilitate intercultural and multi-age MRT all over the world.
MRT Club Mission:
MRT is a Beacon, Cross-Cultural Global Platform that brings groups, teams,
countries and nations together to enhance language skills for the purpose of
improving global communication while encouraging the spirit of love, unity and
collaboration to create a Sustainable, Peaceful and Harmonious world.
We would love your feedback on these statements. Do you feel they encompass the
essences of MRT Club purpose?
The past few weeks we have had the pleasure to have members facilitate our club
meetings. Every club meeting, members bring something new to the table and
continue to grow the depth of what can be done through MRT. Unfortunately the
scripts we read the last couple of weeks are not available to the General Public unless
the individual facilitator changes their presentation to “public”. Some members chose
to do a RT we have done before adding their own personal twist to the facilitation and
others have adapted or written their own. I have chosen to use a few of those for our
group this week.I am only listing the what, not the when.
Ekaterina Tolmacheva (Catrina) shared the “The Fisherman and the Goldfish”
with a great way to arouse our curiosity. Perhaps she will share with us how she did her
“magic trick” and then we will reread her play.
Neba Grace wrote a beautiful and timely script, “Mother Earth is Full of
Abundance”. We will also read the RT “Into the Rainforest”. What is the theme both
are trying to educate towards?
Olga Nikiforova shared 2 Russian Folktales, one being “The Bun”. I do not
have a copy of her play yet but maybe she will share it again in group. I have included
the story, “The Gingerbread Boy” so we can do a comparative reading.
It is amazing how many social and cultural issues are being discussed through
the MRT. Some members have suggested to have a session open now and again to
just allow for a continuation of these discussions. Another suggestion has been to have
some sessions devoted to a new tool or a writing workshop. I will begin to add these
suggestions into our weekly schedule based on the memberships feedback.
Watch for new announcements as our Executive Team moves forward to open
MRTclubs up globally. New on how you can become a facilitator and start your own
clubs is in the near future.
Please share with others our Vision and Mission Statement and encourage
others to join our FaceBook group. Do you know of others who would like to receive the
MRT Newsletter? Send me names and email addresses and they will be added to our
subscribers.
Thank you to everyone for your enthusiastic support.
Tracy
July 19, 2020
Greetings to you all,
We have been developing an executive team which has been preparing to expand MRT
globally. This week they drafted a mission and vision statement:
MRT Club Vision:
To create and facilitate intercultural and multi-age MRT all over the world.
MRT Club Mission:
MRT is a Beacon, Cross-Cultural Global Platform that brings groups, teams,
countries and nations together to enhance language skills for the purpose of
improving global communication while encouraging the spirit of love, unity and
collaboration to create a Sustainable, Peaceful and Harmonious world.
We would love your feedback on these statements. Do you feel they encompass the
essences of MRT Club purpose?
The past few weeks we have had the pleasure to have members facilitate our club
meetings. Every club meeting, members bring something new to the table and
continue to grow the depth of what can be done through MRT. Unfortunately the
scripts we read the last couple of weeks are not available to the General Public unless
the individual facilitator changes their presentation to “public”. Some members chose
to do a RT we have done before adding their own personal twist to the facilitation and
others have adapted or written their own. I have chosen to use a few of those for our
group this week.I am only listing the what, not the when.
Ekaterina Tolmacheva (Catrina) shared the “The Fisherman and the Goldfish”
with a great way to arouse our curiosity. Perhaps she will share with us how she did her
“magic trick” and then we will reread her play.
Neba Grace wrote a beautiful and timely script, “Mother Earth is Full of
Abundance”. We will also read the RT “Into the Rainforest”. What is the theme both
are trying to educate towards?
Olga Nikiforova shared 2 Russian Folktales, one being “The Bun”. I do not
have a copy of her play yet but maybe she will share it again in group. I have included
the story, “The Gingerbread Boy” so we can do a comparative reading.
It is amazing how many social and cultural issues are being discussed through
the MRT. Some members have suggested to have a session open now and again to
just allow for a continuation of these discussions. Another suggestion has been to have
some sessions devoted to a new tool or a writing workshop. I will begin to add these
suggestions into our weekly schedule based on the memberships feedback.
Watch for new announcements as our Executive Team moves forward to open
MRTclubs up globally. New on how you can become a facilitator and start your own
clubs is in the near future.
Please share with others our Vision and Mission Statement and encourage
others to join our FaceBook group. Do you know of others who would like to receive the
MRT Newsletter? Send me names and email addresses and they will be added to our
subscribers.
Thank you to everyone for your enthusiastic support.
Tracy
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Sunday May 31st from Tracy
ENGLISH READER’S THEATER NEWSLETTER WEEK OF JUNE 1, 2020
Monday: June 1 - Cinderella, a 9 part RT. .
Wednesday: June 3 - . Review of last weeks plays and discuss possible re-writes :-
1. The Water Cycle RT: It was pointed out that it should just be the two drops (characters) telling the story with a few narrative parts. That would mean a re-organising of the dialog along with a little rewrite. Let’s see what you come up with.
2. Three Billy Goats Gruff RT: Everyone felt the ending was abrupt and dull. Actually it is not the original ending of this story. Your task is to take the play from when Big Billy Goat Gruff and the Troll meet and rewrite the ending
.Friday: June 5 - The Legend of Slappy Hooper: An American Tall Tale for 8 or more readers. PDF attached.
Our YouTube Channel: The Matrix Learning Center: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkJapDtWhCbRZzGvXa2aRFA
Zoom link for RT (and OTB): https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6034936986 Meeting ID: 603 493 6986
Sunday 24th May, from Tracy
My selection this week is a mixture of readings:-
Monday: Neba Grace and I will be hosting this meeting together. She will share her recent experience of losing her grandmother, their funeral customs, and the difficulty you face when you aren’t able to be with loved ones at times like this. Her Grandmother loved cats. Grace sent me a story which we have turned into a Reader’s Theater script. There are 9 parts
Wednesday: Some ask how they can use this approach in other curriculum areas so we will be doing a Reader’s Theater on the water cycle. This has many parts for reading opportunities.
Friday: We are going to have a bit of fun with a story called “The Three Billy Goats Gruff”. 7 parts There is a mean Troll in this story who won’t allow the goats to cross his bridge.
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Sunday 17th May, from Tracy.
Good morning club members!
It is exciting and encouraging to see how we are growing in numbers. This week’s schedule is as follows:
Monday: A tale from Ireland, “The Giant’s Wife” with 7 reading parts.
Wednesday: We will do something a little different. Catherine sent me a short story by Isaac Asimov called “The Fun They Had”. I have attached it here. We have written a reader’s theater script (9 parts) from this story which I will share on Wednesday.
Friday: “The Princess Mouse” from Finland - 8 parts
I want to express my thanks to you all for making this time so special. If you have ideas, suggestions, or feedback of any kind, "I’m all ears”. Also, if you have any favorite stories that I can download or that you can send, I will start to turn some into reader’s theater scripts. At a later date, if there is interest, we will work on one together during our group so you can also begin to develop scripts!
Remember, we meet Monday, Wednesday and Fridays at 10 am EST
Meeting ID: 603 493 6986
Hope to see you all on Monday!
texts here:- google doc sharing, no download
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video from Fridays session here
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I'm quick and smart as I can be. Try and try, but you can't catch me!-
This week’s Reader’s Theater is “The Adventures of Mouse Deer”, a tale of Indonesia and Malaysia, as told by Aaron Shepard.
Texts here
“Mouse Deer sings his song as he walks through the forest looking for tasty fruits and roots and shoots. Though he is small, he is not afraid. He knows that many big animals want to eat him -- but first they have to catch him!
Over the week we will be reading a series of 5 plays to find out how Mouse Deer gets the best of his enemies -- Tiger, Crocodile, and the most dangerous animal of all, Farmer! We will also compare this Mouse Deer in this folktale to Anansi, which we read earlier.
*Tentative schedule:
Monday: We will first learn the Mouse Deer song, lyrics at the top.
Introduction: pgs. 2-4 4 parts
Story 1: pgs. 5-10 6 parts
Wednesday:
Story 2 pgs. 11-14 6 parts
Friday Story 3 pgs. 15-20 6 parts
Ending pgs. 21-22 4 parts
*The schedule is just a suggestion. We come together to learn from each other, refine our English, and most important, to have fun.
Looking forward to seeing you all Monday, at 9:00 am EST at out zoom link here.
English Reader’s Theater Zoom Room: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/
Room opens at 8:45 for meet and greet.
Links you might want:
Our Anansi RT: https://youtu.be/bqHa1SRjz98
Link to Mouse Deer song: http://www.aaronshep.com/rt/
English Reader’s Theater Zoom Room: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/
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