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    1) A group of friends are in the park after playing kickball and they are hungry. They wish they had popcorn to snack on. 2) A peddler and her granddaughter appear in the park with a cart. Through using descriptive language about the senses, the readers describe popping popcorn, its smell and taste. 3) The peddler offers the friends popcorn from her cart, granting their wish. They enjoy the popcorn together.

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    1) A group of friends are in the park after playing kickball and they are hungry. They wish they had popcorn to snack on. 2) A peddler and her granddaughter appear in the park with a cart. Through using descriptive language about the senses, the readers describe popping popcorn, its smell and taste. 3) The peddler offers the friends popcorn from her cart, granting their wish. They enjoy the popcorn together.

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    1) A group of friends are in the park after playing kickball and they are hungry. They wish they had popcorn to snack on. 2) A peddler and her granddaughter appear in the park with a cart. Through using descriptive language about the senses, the readers describe popping popcorn, its smell and taste. 3) The peddler offers the friends popcorn from her cart, granting their wish. They enjoy the popcorn together.

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    3rd Pop Poppity Pop

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    Jervin John Fonte
    1) A group of friends are in the park after playing kickball and they are hungry. They wish they had popcorn to snack on. 2) A peddler and her granddaughter appear in the park with a cart. Through using descriptive language about the senses, the readers describe popping popcorn, its smell and taste. 3) The peddler offers the friends popcorn from her cart, granting their wish. They enjoy the popcorn together.

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    Name: _______________________ Page 1

    Pop, Poppity, Pop!


    A Readers' Theater About the Senses
    by Donna Latham

    This readers’ theater skit takes place in a


    park. There, a group of hungry friends
    have just wrapped up a game of kickball.
    Use your senses to imagine what happens
    when the peddler and her grandchild
    suddenly, um, pop in to grant a wish.
    Don’t forget to read with expression and
    energy.

    Characters (in order of appearance)

    • Voice One • Voice Four • Peddler (girl)

    • Voice Two • Voice Five • Grandchild (girl)

    • Voice Three • Voice Six

    All Voices: Woo-hoo! Great game!

    Voice One: Boy, I really worked up an appetite playing kickball.


    I’m super-duper hungry.

    Voice Two: Me, too.

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    Pop, Poppity, Pop! Page 2

    Voice Three: Me three.

    Voice Four: I wish we had a yummy snack to share.

    Voice Five: Yep, something light and fluffy. Like popcorn.

    Voice Six: Yeah, something crunchy and munchy. Like popcorn.

    Voice One: Right, something buttery and salty—

    All Voices: Like popcorn.

    Voice Two: Exactly! A snack exactly—

    All Voices: Like popcorn.

    Voice Three: If only your wish could come true….

    Voice Four: But how can we rustle up popcorn now?

    Voice Five: Out here in the park?

    All Voices: It’s impossible, hopeless, and ridiculous.

    Voice Five: You got that right.

    Voice Six: It would take magic.

    Voice One: Hey, do you see what I see?

    Voice Two: Where?

    Voice Three: There. Way, waaaay down the street.

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    Pop, Poppity, Pop! Page 3

    Voice Four: Is that a peddler wheeling her cart?

    Voice Five: Yep. And a little girl’s skipping next to her.

    Voice Six: I wonder what’s inside that rickety, old, red cart.

    Voice One: Hey, the peddler’s waving to us.

    Voice Two: She’s grinning ear to ear.

    Voice Three: Like she has a sweet surprise.

    Peddler: One and all, gather ‘round. Listen to this poppin’ sound.

    Grandchild: Pop, poppity, pop!

    Voice Two: I can hear it.

    All Voices: We can hear it.

    Grandchild: Pop, poppity pop!

    Peddler: Shiny kernel pops up fluffy. Crispy, crunchy, plump and


    puffy.

    Voice Five: I can see it.

    All Voices: We can see it.

    Grandchild: Pop, poppity pop!

    Peddler: Buttery aroma drifts your way. Snag a whiff with me


    today.
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    Voice Six: I can smell it.
    Pop, Poppity, Pop! Page 4

    All Voices: We can smell it.

    Grandchild: Pop, poppity pop!

    Peddler: It shakes and rattles and rolls my cart. This rockin’ and
    rollin’ warms my heart.

    Voice One: I can feel it.

    All Voices: We can feel it. Pop, poppity pop!

    Grandchild: Pop, poppity pop!

    Peddler: Looks like the poppin’s ready to stop.

    Voice Two: Just like magic.

    Voice Three: Well…

    All Voices: Well…

    Peddler: Well?

    Voice Four: Well? May we taste it?

    Peddler: One and all, gather


    ‘round. Dive into this popcorn
    mound.

    Grandchild: Pop, poppity pop!

    Voice Five: I can taste it.

    All Roles: We can taste it. Yum,yummity yum!

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    Name: _______________________ The 5 Senses

    Pop, Poppity, Pop!


    A Readers' Theater About the Senses

    Describe what popcorn LOOKS like.

    ________________________________________________________________________

    ________________________________________________________________________

    Describe what popcorn SOUNDS like.

    ________________________________________________________________________

    ________________________________________________________________________

    Describe what popcorn SMELLS like.

    ________________________________________________________________________

    ________________________________________________________________________

    Describe what popcorn FEELS like.

    ________________________________________________________________________

    ________________________________________________________________________

    Describe what popcorn TASTES like.

    ________________________________________________________________________

    ________________________________________________________________________

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    Name: _______________________

    Pop, Poppity, Pop!


    Vocabulary

    Choose the correct definition for each underlined vocabulary word.

    1. Is that a peddler wheeling her cart?


    a. someone who cooks b. someone who is very old
    c. a magical person d. someone who sells things

    2. I wonder what's inside that rickety, old, red cart.


    a. falling apart b. rolling
    c. delicious-smelling d. shiny

    3. A buttery aroma drifts your way.


    a. feeling b. taste
    c. smell d. warmth

    4. Dive into this popcorn mound.


    a. pile b. bag
    c. cart d. box

    5. I really worked up an appetite playing kickball.


    a. sweat b. hunger
    c. tired feeling d. energy

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    ANSWER KEY

    Pop, Poppity, Pop!


    Vocabulary

    Choose the correct definition for each underlined vocabulary word.

    1. Is that a peddler wheeling her cart? d


    a. someone who cooks b. someone who is very old
    c. a magical person d. someone who sells things

    2. I wonder what's inside that rickety, old, red cart. a


    a. falling apart b. rolling
    c. delicious-smelling d. shiny

    3. A buttery aroma drifts your way. c


    a. feeling b. taste
    c. smell d. warmth

    4. Dive into this popcorn mound. a


    a. pile b. bag
    c. cart d. box

    5. I really worked up an appetite playing kickball. b


    a. sweat b. hunger
    c. tired feeling d. energy

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