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This is a research project that where students get to choose the performer they study. Use/adapt as you see fit.

This is a very simple rubric to go with my Stage Makeup labs in the lessons that are in the Technical Theatre section of member share files.

Want to give a "participation" grade that is rigorous and aligned to Drama ensemble skills? I give students observational grades each day on these rubrics and average their total for each row for a weekly grade in the gradebook. Let me know if you'd like more information on how I teach this rubric or logistics for how to observe so many skills for many students at a time.

This is what I hand out to students that miss a graded performance. I change the type of video they need to watch based on the type of performance.

These are 20 different ways to rehearse a scene. Great for students who say they have "finished" rehearsing.

A Google Classroom series on the history of the American Musical with a culminating activity of writing a short musical with at least three songs. If you would like to join the Google Classroom I have set up for this, please join using this code: ticfxhl

This is a run down of how my design focused year long technical theatre course is organized. (This class does not build the sets for shows.)

A handout that outlines what is expected for play reviews.

This is what cast members receive on the first day of rehearsal. You may want to add a line for the parent to sign, as well.

Here is a lesson on pantomime that I use in Acting I. It gives students choice within some structure.

This is a rough semester outline for a semester designed around using physicality to bring animal / object characters to life in fable adaptations. Many of the ideas and lessons are pulled from the DTA site, especially the mask course. There are rubrics,

This is a semester long plan for a 7th-8th grade Drama Class. It includes many materials from the DTA site, especially from the Improv course. It begins with ensemble and improv, moves to scene work, and ends with some Boal exercises and Forum Theater fro

This unit allows flexibility in choosing theatre styles throughout history to explore. This unit was created for grade 11 Drama within the Ontario Curriculum. Please feel free to adapt this work.

Here is an example of a Performance Rubric I use in my classroom to grade Performance Assessments (this one is grading a partner performance of an open scene, but I use the same basic format for all my Performance Assessments, just swapping out the rubric

Easily track your expenses for your show or year! This spread sheet is set up so that each area (costumes, make-up, sets, props, tech) has their own sheet and a grand master so you can easily see your expense totals as well as projected revenue.

I find that my middle school students really struggle with unstructured rehearsal time. These graded checklists help me make sure that work is getting done and keep me circulating and checking in with each group!

Here's another example of a rehearsal checklist to use with middle schoolers. This one involves student directed partner scenes, with focus on character movement.

Here is the second of the three rubrics I created to use for my typical daily short writing assignments. This one is for a more in depth writing/response class daily prompt. They may have 10-15 minutes for this one to respond to a prompt of some kind: a quote, question, paragraph, video, or picture. The 3 simple rubrics I am sharing here have taken the place of the old-school Check Plus, Check, and Check Minus type of grading. And as you can see, I can grade things fairly quickly using this.

Here is the SIMPLEST of the three rubrics I created to use for my typical daily short writing assignments. This one is for the beginner class daily prompt. It is how I start class, and I call it the "Lights Up!" assignment. It is a simple and effective way to get them geared up for the day's lesson/topic. They get a half sheet of scrap paper and 10 minutes to respond to a prompt of some kind: a quote, question, paragraph, video, or picture. The 3 simple rubrics I am sharing here have taken the place of the old-school Check Plus, Check, and Check Minus type of grading. And as you can see, I can grade things fairly quickly using this.

Here is the third of the three rubrics I created to use for my typical writing assignments. This one is for the more in-depth reflection response and the student have much more time to complete it that the 10 minutes or so of the other ones I shared. It still allows me to grade things fairly quickly using this!