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Part 5 of the SEL Monologue Project will explore responsible decision making for both performer and audience. In order to successfully prepare and present a monologue, a series of responsible decisions must be made. In addition, audience members are also required to make good decisions while observing and responding to the presented monologues. In this final portion of the SEL Monologue Project, students will practice responsible decision making as both performer and audience. Students will present and reflect on their monologues while their peers provide thoughtful and appropriate feedback.

An Analysis and Activities Guide on A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry. Use this Guide in conjunction with classroom study of the play.

An overview of The Empathy Project resource.

45 pages of tongue twisters and activities.

Sometimes all students need is a little push. Give students one of these self reflection sentence starters to get them going. You'll be amazed at what they write next.

Use this rubric to assess group work.

The final rehearsals before a show meets its audience are probably among the most critical. This resources includes exercises to help students become familiar with their production as a complete whole.

Pauses serve a great purpose in theatre. What's not being said in that pause? Here's an acting exercise to use in rehearsal.

A common unit to start the year has teachers and students setting classroom expectations, identifying procedures and at the same time establishing community through ensemble-building exercises. The two concepts go hand-in-hand if you want a smooth running classroom. This also makes it the perfect unit to introduce inclusivity. This section includes suggestions for discussions around respect with regard to classroom expectations, and ensemble building exercises with a focus on “Who am I?” and “Who are We?” This section also includes a document on creating an Anti-Slur Policy.

Story theatre incorporates all components of theatre into a compact form, including research and adaptation, acting and performance, interpretation and design, and directing.

20 theatre-related quotes on posters and slide presentation, for the drama classroom. Part 3 of an 8-part series to complete 'one quote a day' for the school year. You have the option to use a printable version, or access the slide deck presentation link. Be sure to access the 'Guiding Questions and Reflections' that accompany these quotes.

Have students demonstrate their close reading skills with these worksheets.

Use this close reading pre-study exercise for in-depth comprehension.

20 theatre-related quotes on posters and slide presentation, for the drama classroom. Part 4 of an 8-part series to complete 'one quote a day' for the school year. You have the option to use a printable version, or access the slide deck presentation link. Be sure to access the 'Guiding Questions and Reflections' that accompany these quotes.

In this series, we interview teachers about their best programs, productions, and plans, and then provide you with the information, material, and tips you need to bring them into your classroom. Today, we're speaking with Cathy Bergen about how to help students choose appropriate audition materials for post-high school acting programs.

There are a lot of challenges that come in the first few years of teaching, especially for new theatre teachers, including non-traditional teaching spaces, entire classes of students who have no interest in theatre, a lack of a standard curriculum, and creating objective assessments for subjective materials, just to name a few. This book will help you anticipate the preparations you will need to address before a student ever walks into your classroom and the kind of philosophical questions you need to ask, and answer, as you begin your teaching career. This toolkit examines four fundamental building blocks of teaching: Classroom Setup, Classroom Management, Lesson Planning, and Assessment. It also provides you with tools and activities that will help you integrate these fundamentals into a drama classroom. If you are a new teacher, or are still in your teacher training, these tools will provide you with a lot of supplemental, practical information that will help you prepare for your first few years of teaching.