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Weekly Ensemble Rubric

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Use this rubric to assess students' contributions to the ensemble/class on a weekly basis. Part of the Middle School curriculum, Unit One: Ensemble Building and Class Norms.
# Assessment # assessment
Lesson 6 of 7 in Tools of Scene Work Unit

Contentless Scene - Preview Day

by Anna Porter

2 resources
Students review what they have studied in this unit as well as how to give and use constructive feedback. Students will pair up with another scene group, then perform for each other. Students will use the Preview Worksheet to help guide and assess their previews and critiques.
# Acting # acting # scene work

Writing Lesson Plans Toolkit

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In this toolkit, you will learn the structure and terminology of a standard lesson plan and how that lesson plan can be adapted in the theatre classroom. You will learn how to identify and utilize Bloom’s Taxonomy in the creation of your lesson plans and explore the National Standards for Theatre with an eye toward including specific state standards in your completed plans.
# Teacher Guides
Lesson 6 of 6 in The Actor in Transition: From Presentational to Three-Dimensional Unit

The Beats in Every Scene

by John Minigan

1 resource
Students will work in pairs to create and perform two-minute scenes focused on clear objectives, clear obstacles, multiple tactics – and they will learn to give focused feedback.
# Acting # acting
Lesson 6 of 6 in Creating a Musical: Project Unit

Evaluating the Performance

by Annie Dragoo

Students will evaluate their performances in their original musicals.
# Musical Theatre # musical theatre

06 - Formative Assessments in the Drama Classroom

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Examples and types of formative assessments.
# How to Create Assessments Toolkit # assessment

How To Prepare a Theatrical Resume

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Tips and tricks for preparing a Theatrical Resume - as well as a sample for students to start from.
# Rehearsal and Production # acting
Lesson 1 of 5 in Costuming Unit

Introduction to Costuming

by Josh Hatt

1 resource
Students are introduced to costuming through a tableau exercise, discuss the role of costumes in a performance and the impact of colour in costumes. The lesson concludes with a costume research assignment.
# Stage Management & Technical Theatre # technical theatre # costuming

Socially Distanced Theatre Games

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This resource takes common theatre games and adapts them for a social distanced classroom. You’ll find in many cases that the games are quite similar to their original counterparts. That’s intentional. We want to show how the games you know can be adjusted to fit your new circumstance. You don’t have to reinvent the wheel, or create new material for your situation.
# Warm-Ups # warm-ups
Lesson 3 of 14 in Commedia dell'Arte Unit

Appetite

by Todd Espeland

1 resource
This lesson introduces the second tool: appetite. An appetite is a primal need that drives a character in a scene.
# Acting # commedia
Lesson 1 of 4 in Unit 4: Commedia Dell'Arte Unit

Set the Stage for Commedia Dell'Arte

by Drama Teacher Academy

2 resources
In this lesson, students will be introduced to the commedia dell’arte form and start their exploration of stock characters.
# Theatre History # theatre history # commedia

03 - How Do We Keep Student Actors Invested in Rehearsal?

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The more you can invest your actors in the process of creation, the more they will stay engaged and interested throughout rehearsals. This resource explores alternatives to the traditional rehearsal process as well as alternatives to traditional blocking methods.
# Rehearsal Toolkit # rehearsal # production

Engaging the Non-Theatre Student

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The non-theatre student is a fact of our world. Students find their way to us by accident, or by force. How do we engage them and help them find success?
# The Classroom # classroom management

What Is the Right Way to Direct?

by Lindsay Price

This lesson plan takes students through a variety of directing styles, asks them to assess each method, and then asks them to reflect on what’s most important when choosing a directing method. This is a great lesson to use for a directing class, or an advanced class that will be putting together their own scenes.
# Directing # directing
Lesson 6 of 10 in Unit Eight: Theatre of the Oppressed Unit

Introduction to Forum Theatre

by Lindsay Johnson

Students will be introduced to forum theatre by researching a video example. Students will then try their hand at forum theatre by acting out a middle school scenario of oppression, becoming spect-actors, and improvising solutions.
# The Basics # middle school friendly

Scenes for Classroom Study: Wait Wait Bo Bait

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Use this scene in your classroom for character study, scene work, substitute teachers, performance, Individual Event competitions, and however else you can imagine. Characters: Steve and Bear (both 15) Genre: Comedy
# Scenes For Classroom Study # scenes for classroom study
Lesson 2 of 2 in Theatre Radically Reimagined: Exploring Artaud, Grotowski, and Boal Unit

Boal and Forum Theatre

by Ruthie Tutterow

Students will use a few of Boal’s group warm-ups and participate in Forum Theatre to help them work out issues of importance to them. Through this, they can also see new ways of using theatre to address group dynamics and social issues.
# Theatre History

Adapt, Observe, Engage: Re-Imagining the Drama Classroom

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You know how to run a traditional classroom. The virtual classroom is going to be a whole new learning experience. Theatres have been shut down many times over the centuries and have always returned. Theatre thrives with people who are flexible, excellent problem solvers, and creative thinkers. Theatre teachers, you will survive this! We hope this guide will help you adapt, observe, and engage with your students.
# The Classroom

SEL Lesson: New Relationships

by Drama Teacher Academy

In this lesson, students will start by working individually to either create and analyze a new character or to analyze an existing character. Then, with a partner (who has their own character), they’ll figure out a scenario where the two characters would meet and form some sort of relationship. If you’re looking for a way to apply Social and Emotional Learning in the drama classroom, in this case building relationship skills, this is an active and theatrical way to do so.
# Character Development # social emotional learning

03 - Classroom Environment

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Ideas and tools to manage attention, volume, and group work in the classroom.
# Classroom Management Toolkit # classroom management