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Students use theatre safety manuals to create their own safety videos. I use the manual from my district, but there are some available online if you do not already have one available to you.

Rules for Zoom!

This is link to my Google slide deck for using a "Breakout Rooms" extension for Chrome; a good way to have small groups integrated with your Google Classroom. So far, there are really only two viable extensions for breakout rooms. This tutorial is for Robert Hudek's extension (v 0.0.16.4) which is, by far, the best one. Google is said to release their official app but has been delayed. Meanwhile feel free to PM me.

In this unit, students created their superhero/alter ego character with a backstory and then created a wand with special powers. They wrote the back story and built the wand. This unit works well for online learning. Good for Grade 6-8 Focus: Thinking Creatively, Elements of Design, Prop building

Here are some rubric ideas for a Scenic design unit.

In this unit, students created their superhero/alter ego character with a backstory and then created a wand with special powers. They wrote the back story and built the wand. This unit works well for online learning. Good for Grade 6-8 Focus: Thinking Creatively, Elements of Design, Prop building

In this unit, students created their superhero/alter ego character with a backstory and then created a wand with special powers. They wrote the back story and built the wand. This unit works well for online learning. Good for Grade 6-8 Focus: Thinking Creatively, Elements of Design, Prop building

Having to teach in December cramping your holiday movie watching time? Well, not if you have your classes create their own holiday style shows. These lessons will result in heartfelt and hilarious final performances and posters and are a great way to teach about tropes and acting styles while making sure you survive this season and make it to winter break...

Beginner exercise to convey emotion through movement.

Lip Sync Rehearsal Schedule

This presentation walks students through the steps to construct a Hollywood flat. The activity at the end of the lesson is to build a model flat using card stock. *Disclaimer: the embedded video has (very) mild language but may not be suitable for students younger than high school.

This is a blank rehearsal report that I use (I did not design) for my in school productions.

Hey all, this is an example of the weekly ensemble rubric (replacement for "participation" grade) I use in my class.

Here is a rehearsal checklist that shows how I incorporate teacher check in signatures and work with the assessment rubric.

This is a checklist for planning a partner scene (planned and rehearsed, but built using improvisation). Students were already familiar with relationship, setting, objective / tactics.

This is something that I use with my Acting I class, and can be easily used or adapted for any group. Once students learn the sequence, it can be the protocol to starting class everyday. The best thing about it is it becomes student led.

This builds off the previous checklist I posted. Now that they've planned their scene, they can now practice running through it with a rehearsal checklist.

In this scene assignment, 2 actors are working with 1 director in groups of 3. Actors are working on adding level changes to each page in their script. Before this rehearsal, they played the warm up game where no one can be at the same level at the same time (if someone stands, the person already standing has to come up with a reason to sit / lay down, etc.)

Here is a sample of a rehearsal schedule for my production team on a full length play.

A worksheet to help students organize their thoughts for giving feedback on performances