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Lesson 3 of 3 in Improv Unit

Conflict and Tell a Complete Story

by Anna Porter

Students explore the importance and types of conflict as well as the importance of telling a complete story. Students will demonstrate their understanding of the rules of improvisation through their final performance in Freeze as well as a written quiz.
# Improvisation # improv # character development # games
Lesson 4 of 6 in Improvisation Unit

Guideline 4: Make Your Partner Look Good

by Lindsay Price

Students are introduced to Guideline 4 “Make Your Partner Look Good” and apply their knowledge through warm-up and improv exercises.
# Improvisation
Lesson 5 of 6 in Improvisation Unit

Guideline 5: Relax, Have Fun, and Don't Force the Humor

by Lindsay Price

Students are introduced to Guideline 5 “Relax, Have fun, and Don’t Force the Humor” and apply their knowledge through warm-up and improv exercises.
# Improvisation
Lesson 1 of 6 in Improvisation Unit

Guideline 1: Accept the Offer

by Lindsay Price

Students are introduced to Guideline 1 “Accept the Offer” and apply their knowledge through a warm-up and improv exercise.
# Improvisation
Lesson 3 of 6 in Improvisation Unit

Guideline 3: Make the Active Choice

by Lindsay Price

Students are introduced to Guideline 3 “Take the Active Choice” and apply their knowledge through a warm-up and improv exercise.
# Improvisation
Lesson 9 of 9 in Unit Two: Improvisation Basics Unit

Posters

by Lindsay Johnson

16 resources
8 posters for the drama classroom, to support the objectives of the Improvisation Basics unit.
# Improvisation # poster # middle school friendly
Lesson 2 of 6 in Improvisation Unit

Guideline 2: Make Choices

by Lindsay Price

Students are introduced to Guideline 2 “Make Choices/Bring Information to a Scene” and apply their knowledge through a warm-up and improv exercise.
# Improvisation
Lesson 9 of 10 in Unit Eight: Theatre of the Oppressed Unit

Scene Rehearsal and Improv Review

by Lindsay Johnson

Students will begin by discussing the importance of realistic acting in these scenes, noting how they will be graded on the Realistic Acting Rubric. They will commit their scenes to memory and review projection skills. When the scenes are solid, students will then begin practicing becoming and reacting to spect-actors, and reviewing the Improvisation, Spect-acting, and Realistic Acting Rubrics after each spect-acting attempt.
# The Basics # middle school friendly
Lesson 3 of 12 in Unit Three: Building Improvised Scenes Unit

Conflict and Objectives

by Lindsay Johnson

In this lesson, we’ll look at multiple perspectives that can lead to a conflict. In pairs, students will improvise a short scene in which each character has an objective that conflicts with the other character’s objective.
# Improvisation # middle school friendly
Lesson 7 of 7 in Improvisation in Musical Theatre Unit

Unit Reflection (Essay)

by Annie Dragoo

Students will evaluate the value of improvisation in musical theatre by writing a five-paragraph essay.
# Improvisation # Acting # improv # musical theatre
Lesson 1 of 12 in Unit Three: Building Improvised Scenes Unit

Relationships

by Lindsay Johnson

In this lesson we’ll look at how verbal and nonverbal clues communicate relationship to an audience. Students will improvise a short scene in pairs that shows a clear relationship between two characters using clue words and body language/expressions.
# Improvisation # middle school friendly
Lesson 2 of 12 in Unit Three: Building Improvised Scenes Unit

Setting

by Lindsay Johnson

In this lesson, we’ll look at how we use physical clues to help the audience infer a specific setting for a scene. Students will improvise a short, silent, pantomimed scene in small groups that shows a clear setting – using gestures and movements only.
# Improvisation # middle school friendly

Character Improv

by Marisa Peck

Students will choose a character and become that character (physically and vocally). They will then collaborate with other characters in the classroom to create and perform an improvised scene. Students explore known characters, characters based on traits, and non-human characters both physically and vocally before choosing their own. Lesson also explores the principle of "Yes...And."
# Character Development # character development # improv
Lesson 4 of 7 in Musical Theatre Improv Unit

Improv for Character Study

by Drama Teacher Academy

Sometimes actors have to fill in the blanks of a character. Musical theatre actors use their minds (another actor tool) to envision the type of character they want to portray. It is often up to the actor to come up with the character’s personality, movements, and mindset. While the script, music, or libretto music tell an actor what to say, the musical theatre performer must bring the character to life through their own techniques, personal background, and experiences. This lesson prompts students to create characters through improv exercises.
Lesson 5 of 12 in Unit Three: Building Improvised Scenes Unit

Tactics

by Lindsay Johnson

In this lesson, we’ll look at multiple perspectives that can lead to a conflict and strategies employed to resolve it. Students will improvise a scene using 2+ tactics in partner groups. Some groups will perform for the class and receiving coaching and feedback on the Tactics Rubric.
# Improvisation # middle school friendly

Remote Control Improv

Video
Distance Learning ideas vs Zoom or other video conference platform.
# Video Conferencing Activities

Improv Commercial and Stomp

Video
Distance Learning ideas vs Zoom or other video conference platform.
# Video Conferencing Activities

Impowerment Improv

by Jennine Profeta

6 modules 56 minutes 2 Credit Hours
Jennine Profeta, Second City performer and theatre educator, leads this course. This course was designed to give a teacher tools to create a safe environment in which students can go beyond their old patterns to take risks, embrace failure, be more confident and aware of the effects of their word choice. The course includes modules on risk-taking, creating a safe environment, failure, confidence, and positive/negative speak.
# improv # acting
Lesson 3 of 12 in The Dilemma Project Unit

Improv to Location

by Claire Broome

In this lesson, students will explore location options for their play and choose one.
# Character Development
Unit 8 of 8 in Middle School Curriculum

Unit Eight: Theatre of the Oppressed

by Lindsay Johnson

10 lessons
Students will have a chance to merge their understanding of scene elements with their improvisation skills in this final unit based on Augusto Boal’s Theatre of the Oppressed. Theatre of the Oppressed is a style of theatre specifically created to highlight the injustices of power and oppression in society and to problem-solve ways to bring about change. Starting with image theatre techniques to identify issues of power and oppression, students will then use forum theatre to create scenarios of oppression taken from their own lives and improvise realistic solutions. The unit culminates in a performance in which students participate as both actors in a scene they create themselves and spect-actors in scenes created by their peers.
# middle school friendly
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