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Unit 7 of 14 in Drama One Curriculum

Commedia Dell'Arte

by Karen Loftus

5 lessons
Students will discover, analyze, and explore the history, characters, and style of commedia dell’arte. Commedia dell’arte is a theatre history unit mixed with improvisation, physicalization, and exploring specific characters. In this unit, we’re going to focus on three main aspects: 1. Causes and Effects of Commedia (History) 2. Stock Characters 3. Commedia Performance Practices
Lesson 6 of 12 in Unit Three: Building Improvised Scenes Unit

Scene Assignment and Brainstorm

by Lindsay Johnson

1 resource
In this lesson, students will use a variety of methods they’ve learned so far to communicate meaning in a scene: setting, pantomime, relationship clues, objectives, stakes, and tactics. Students will complete a Brainstorm Sheet to plan out their partner scene for assessment.
# Improvisation # middle school friendly
Lesson 10 of 12 in Unit Three: Building Improvised Scenes Unit

Final Scene Rehearsal

by Lindsay Johnson

1 resource
In this lesson, students will use a variety of methods they’ve learned so far during this unit to communicate meaning in a scene: setting, pantomime, relationship clues, objectives, stakes, and tactics. Students will complete a Rehearsal Checklist.
# Improvisation # middle school friendly
Unit 4 of 14 in Drama One Curriculum

Voice

by Karen Loftus

4 lessons
This unit focuses specifically on the technical aspects of vocal production. By understanding how voice is created, students will be more aware of how to improve their vocal production. Students will explore posture and breathing exercises, as well as how to use the diaphragm, projection, and articulation. The final project will test students’ ability to properly project and articulate a joke across a large space.
# voice # middle school friendly # popular
Lesson 9 of 12 in Unit Three: Building Improvised Scenes Unit

Projection Rehearsal

by Lindsay Johnson

1 resource
In this lesson, students will use a variety of methods they’ve learned so far during this unit to communicate meaning in a scene: setting, pantomime, relationship clues, objectives, stakes, and tactics. Students will complete a Rehearsal Checklist.
# Improvisation # middle school friendly
Lesson 4 of 12 in Unit Three: Building Improvised Scenes Unit

High-Stakes Objectives

by Lindsay Johnson

1 resource
In this lesson, we’ll look at multiple perspectives that can lead to a conflict. Students will take an objectives quiz to demonstrate their understanding of objectives, conflict, and stakes. This could be graded as a daily work grade or an assessment, and will give you a snapshot of students’ current understanding.
# Improvisation # middle school friendly
Lesson 8 of 12 in Unit Three: Building Improvised Scenes Unit

Relationship and Setting Rehearsal

by Lindsay Johnson

1 resource
In this lesson, students will use a variety of methods they’ve learned so far during this unit to communicate meaning in a scene: setting, pantomime, relationship clues, objectives, stakes, and tactics. Students will complete a Rehearsal Checklist.
# Improvisation # middle school friendly
Lesson 11 of 12 in Unit Three: Building Improvised Scenes Unit

Scene Performance Assessment

by Lindsay Johnson

1 resource
In this lesson, students will use a variety of methods they’ve learned so far during this unit to communicate meaning in a scene: setting, pantomime, relationship clues, objectives, stakes, and tactics. Students will perform their final partner scene in front of the class for assessment. They will also complete an Audience Feedback Sheet in which they give their peers feedback on Rubric skills.
# Improvisation # middle school friendly
Unit 4 of 11 in Distance Learning Curriculum

Voice

by Lindsay Price and Karen Loftus

4 lessons
This unit focuses specifically on the technical aspects of vocal production. By understanding how voice is created, students will be more aware of how to improve their vocal production. Students will explore posture and breathing exercises, as well as how to use the diaphragm, projection, and articulation. The final project will test students’ abilities to properly project and articulate a joke at a distance from a microphone
Unit 3 of 8 in Middle School Curriculum

Unit Three: Building Improvised Scenes

by Lindsay Johnson

12 lessons
Students will understand the basic building blocks of a scene: The Who (characters/ relationship), the Where (setting), and the What (conflict – objectives/tactics). They will learn how to use both verbal and nonverbal (pantomime) clues to communicate these scene details to an audience. They will continue to work on voice clarity, while also learning to open their body to an audience. The unit culminates in a performance assessment in which students work in pairs to improvise a scene.
# middle school friendly

Improvising Your Monologue Exercise

PDF
Use this exercise in the middle of a monologue project, to get students to the heart of the monologue, using improvisation techniques.
# The Classroom # acting # monologue # improv
Lesson 7 of 12 in Unit Three: Building Improvised Scenes Unit

Objective and Tactics

by Lindsay Johnson

1 resource
In this lesson, students will use a variety of methods they’ve learned so far during this unit to communicate meaning in a scene: setting, pantomime, relationship clues, objectives, stakes, and tactics. Students will complete a Rehearsal Checklist.
# Improvisation # middle school friendly
Lesson 12 of 12 in Unit Three: Building Improvised Scenes Unit

Posters

by Lindsay Johnson

14 resources
7 posters for the drama classroom, designed to support the objectives of the building improvised scenes unit.
# Improvisation # poster # middle school friendly

Ten Rounds For Your Next Warm Up

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Are you looking for a great vocal warm up that will improve their listening skills? Use rounds!
# Warm-Ups # warm-ups # games
Lesson 6 of 6 in Improvisation Unit

Unit Project

by Karen Loftus

1 resource
The final project will allow students to demonstrate their improv skills in a two-person scene.
# Acting # improv # acting

Sample Rehearsal Checklist (Partner Scene Planning)

Contributed by Lindsay Johnson

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.
# Acting
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How to Give Feedback to Student Playwrights

by Nicholas Pappas

6 modules 1 hours, 23 minutes 3 Credit Hours
The two big questions we’re going to answer in this course are: What is feedback? And, What is useful feedback? Now, if you asked a hundred people to answer these two questions, you’ll likely get a hundred different answers, but at its core, all the answers will focus on giving notes that will improve the work, which, in this case, is our student’s plays. And, as a teacher, that’s what your hope is, right? To help your students improve as writers, one work at a time. We want our students to write, and to grow through their writing. If we want our students to get better, we need to get better. Understanding the definition of feedback, and understanding how to provide useful feedback is the key to all of us getting better. Join Nick Pappas in this course designed to give you the tools to help your student writers find their voice.
# playwriting
Lesson 2 of 7 in Tools of Scene Work Unit

Show and Tell Characterization

by Anna Porter

1 resource
Students will use “Show and Tell” to create a detailed background for their contentless scene character and improvise a personal interview with that character.
# Acting # acting # scene work
Lesson 2 of 7 in Scene Work: Part 1, Tools of Scene Work Unit

Session 2: Show and Tell Characterization

by Lindsay Price

1 resource
Students will use “Show and Tell” to create a detailed background for their contentless scene character and improvise a personal interview with that character.
# Character Development # scene work

Theatre Terms Handout

PDF 1 resource
A comprehensive list of theatre terms, listed by general, personnel, types of theatre, styles of theatre, acting, ancient greek theatre, Shakespeare, improv, costume, stage management, lighting, sound, and makeup.
# The Classroom