Search the Drama Teacher Academy

Scenes for Classroom Study: The Four Hags of the Apocalypse Eat Salad at their General Meeting

Use this scene in your classroom for character study, scene work, substitute teachers, performance, Individual Event competitions, and however else you can imagine. Characters: Devour, Image, Purge, Starve Genre: Drama

# Scenes For Classroom Study # scene work # character development # scenes for classroom study

Join now for instant access

Introduction

by Lindsay Price

In this introduction lesson, students will begin with terminology, discussion about their own knowledge and views, and try out the role of the critic in a low-stakes exercise. Is it possible to give an informed opinion about a crumpled up piece of paper?

# Analysis

Join now for instant access

Scene Assignment: Presentation

by Josh Hatt

Students review what makes a scene technically effective. They are given time to rehearse and then present their scenes. The emphasis is on the groups demonstrating a knowledge of staging effectiveness.

# Stage Management & Technical Theatre # technical theatre # stage management

Join now for instant access

Scene Building and Polish

by Marsha Walner

Groups will polish their piece, ensuring everyone is clear on their responsibilities as well as requesting any production elements necessary.

# Theatre History

Join now for instant access

The Colour Wheel

by Holly Beardsley

Costuming with colour is another technique to unify a look for a show. It’s a great way to visualize theme and mood. How do different colours make you feel? What colours are associated with different moods? Can colour be used to identify a group? Students will first assess character types and use the colour wheel to create a costume look. Their task for the lesson is to assign colours to different groups in a play, based on relationship, mood, and era.

Attachments

Slide Deck Lesson 5

# Costumes # costuming

Join now for instant access

Sound Assignment

by Josh Hatt

Students continue to work on their sound assignment. They will rehearse their scenes, continue to discuss sound effectiveness and reflect on their work in class.

# Stage Management & Technical Theatre # technical theatre

Join now for instant access

Scene Development

by Marsha Walner

Students will form small groups and delve into one style. They will use that style to retell a common folktale or story, conceptualizing how their story will unfold on stage.

# Theatre History

Join now for instant access

Introduction to Pantomime

by Bethany Kennedy

Students will learn and practice pantomime skills by developing, communicating and sustaining the size and shape of mimed objects.

# Genre # pantomime

Join now for instant access

The Fourth Wall

by Elisabeth Oppelt

The fourth wall is an imaginary wall that stands between the actors and the audience. As actors we tend not to speak to, look at or acknowledge the audience when we are performing. We want the audience to be observers but not necessarily involved in the scene. There are times however when we want to speak directly to the audience. When we do, that is called breaking the fourth wall. It is a technique that can be useful in specific instances but should not be abused by actors.

# Acting # acting

Join now for instant access

Unit Project

by Karen Loftus

Students will be able to take everything they’ve explored about commedia and create a simple scene.

Attachments

Slide Deck Unit Project

# Acting # Commedia # commedia # acting

Join now for instant access

04 - Adapting an In-Class Lesson

Lindsay Price leads a presentation on adapting an in-class lesson for distance learning, followed by a panel discussion.

Attachments

# DTA Virtual Conference 2020

Join now for instant access

Medieval Drama - Morality Plays

by Lindsay Price

Lessons to cover two class periods. Students learn the elements of a Medieval Morality Play and then create their own morality play with a modern context. Includes a modern version of "Everyman" and three assessment rubrics.

# Theatre History # theatre history

Join now for instant access

Properties and Prop Design

by Karen Loftus

Students demonstrate comprehension of what a property is, the various categories of props, and how props are created.

# Stage Management & Technical Theatre # stagecraft

Join now for instant access

Voice Expression

by Lindsay Johnson

In this lesson, students will complete three to five rehearsals of their scenes using a rehearsal checklist, focusing on voice expression changes.

Attachments

Slide Deck

# Directing # directing # middle school friendly

Join now for instant access

Culminating Activity

by Drama Teacher Academy

Students will take everything they’ve learned and put together a commedia troupe, create a commedia character complete with lazzi, and present a scene based on one of the three main commedia themes.

Attachments

# Theatre History # theatre history # commedia

Join now for instant access

Creating Motivated and Believable Stage Movement in Pantomime

by Bethany Kennedy

Students demonstrate comprehension of how to present physical activities through pantomime. The focus of the pantomime is using the five senses, using whole body, and incorporating the principles of maintaining a mimed object.

# Technique # pantomime

Join now for instant access

Expectations and Goals - Beginning of Year

by Lindsay Price

Students will use sentence starters to set goals and expectations for their time in class. What do they expect to learn? What do they expect from their classmates? What is the purpose of drama class? Have students fill out an expectations and goals form at the beginning of the year and you can use it to compare and contrast their work at the end of the year.

# Reflection # reflection

Join now for instant access

Uta Hagen's Nine Questions

by Matt Webster

Introduce your students to Uta Hagen and the nine questions she uses for character development.

Attachments

Slide Deck Lesson 1

# Character Development # analysis

Join now for instant access

Rejection through Movement and Character

by Lindsay Price

Learning to deal with rejection and turn rejection into a positive motivator is a lifelong skill. In this multi-class lesson, students will reflect on and discuss their views on rejection, theatricalize that view through movement, research someone who has found success only after rejection and failure, and theatricalize that information.

# Character Development # Movement # Reflection # movement # reflection # character development

Join now for instant access