PD Courses
PD COURSE
Tech Knowledge: Integrating Tech Throughout Your Rehearsal Process
by Claire Broome
This course will help you integrate technical theatre earlier in the creative process to help reduce the stress of tech week, and make sure you have what you need before choosing a show. We will explore how to include your technical theatre team from day one and will help you have an easier experience throughout the rehearsal process and final performances.
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PD COURSE
Screenplays 101 - Part 2: Basic Formatting
by Nicholas Pappas
This course is a Part 2. In a Screenplays 101 course, screenwriter Nick Pappas covers both Structure and Formatting. Here in Part 2 we'll cover Basic Formatting. If you have not already watched Screenplays 101 – Part 1: Basic Structure, I highly recommend you go back and do so now. Having that knowledge under your belt will help you navigate Part 2 of this course.
The goal is that, by the end of this course, your students have a basic understanding of how a screenplay is formatted and why it is formatted that way, all with an eye toward developing their own screenplay.
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PD COURSE
Screenplays 101 - Part 1: Basic Structure
by Nicholas Pappas
Screenwriter Nick Pappas leads a two-part course on screenplays 101. Great scriptwriting is not something that can be covered in a single course: so we're going to start with the basics. Those basics are going to be split up into a Part 1 and a Part 2. Part 1, this course, will concentrate on basic film structure. Part 2 will concentrate on screenplay formatting.
By the end of this course, students should have a basic understanding of history, terminology, and are able to identify the barest bones of the three-act structure, all with an eye toward developing their own screenplay.
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Latest PLC
PLC
Navigating Personal Challenges
Hosted by Matt Webster, Lindsay Price, Claire Broome, Lea Marshall
Teachers are people. And people face challenges. Challenges like family illnesses, relationship crises, financial worry, and so much more. What is a teacher to do when a personal crisis hits?
Teachers are expected to navigate personal challenges, yet still effectively teach their classes. That means teachers try to keep these challenges from spilling into the classroom - but can they? Should they? Join our panel for an in-depth discussion on navigating personal challenges as a teacher.
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Attachments
PLC
AI in the Drama Classroom
Hosted by Matt Webster, Lindsay Price, Jessica McGettrick, Elizabeth Holbrook
Artificial Intelligence is here. In the past few years it has found its way into almost every corner of modern life - including the classroom. However, important questions remain. Questions like: "Is there a place for AI in the classroom?" "Does that include the Drama classroom?" and "What does AI in the Drama classroom look like?"
These are just some of the questions we will tackle when you join us in this forward thinking PLC.
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Attachments
PLC
Classroom Management with Social Emotional Learning - Session Two
Hosted by Matt Webster, Lindsay Price, Christa Vogt, Shelby Steege
If you talk to teachers these days, the same topic pops up over and over: Post pandemic classroom management. It doesn't matter if they are a highly experienced educator or fresh out of their student teaching, they all say the same thing - the vibe in the classroom has changed. Teachers say they need new tools in their classrooms to address these changes, so in this PLC we are going to break out the best tool in the toolkit: Social Emotional Learning (SEL). Join us for a timely conversation about how you can use SEL in your classroom to reset your students and improve your classroom management.
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Curriculum Units
Lesson Plans
LESSON PLAN
Costume Challenge - Rehearsal Blacks Elevated
by Kerry Hishon
In this lesson, students will elevate rehearsal blacks and use them as a tool to enhance a play or story. Students will consider how thoughtful and creative choices with rehearsal blacks can denote character, status, mood, atmosphere, and more. Students can complete this exercise by sketching, using online images to create a mood board, or if you choose to do presentations, using black clothing items they own to create character looks.
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LESSON PLAN
End of the Year Lesson: Movie Musical - Hairspray
by Drama Teacher Academy
In this lesson, students will watch a movie musical, answer viewing questions, and then apply themes and contexts from the musical in a post-viewing activity.
The questions and exercises for this lesson are taken from the Hairspray Classroom Study Guide, which is included with this lesson. Alternative pre-viewing questions and post-viewing exercises are also provided if you wish to modify the lesson.
This lesson is ideal for the end of the school year, after a major assessment, or following a semester end production.
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LESSON PLAN
End of the Year Lesson: Movie Musical - In the Heights
by Drama Teacher Academy
In this lesson, students will watch a movie musical, respond to viewing questions, and apply themesand contexts from the musical in a post-viewing activity.
The questions and exercises for this lesson are taken from the In The Heights Classroom Study Guide, which is included. Alternative pre-viewing questions and post-viewing exercises are available if you wish to modify the lesson.
This lesson is ideal for the end of the school year, after a major assessment, or following a semester end production.
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LESSON PLAN
End of the Year Lesson: Movie Musical - Matilda
by Drama Teacher Academy
In this lesson, students will watch a movie musical, respond to viewing questions, and apply themes and contexts from the musical in a post-viewing activity.
The questions and exercises for this lesson are taken from the Matilda Classroom Study Guide, which is included. Alternative pre-viewing questions and post-viewing exercises are available if you wish to modify the lesson.
This lesson is ideal for the end of the school year, after a major assessment, or following a semester end production.
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LESSON PLAN
End of the Year Lesson: Filmed Musical - Shrek the Musical
by Drama Teacher Academy
In this lesson, students will watch a filmed version of a musical, respond to viewing questions, and apply themes and contexts from the musical in a post-viewing activity.
The questions and exercises for this lesson are taken from the Shrek the Musical Classroom Study Guide, which is included. Alternative pre-viewing questions and post-viewing exercises are available if you wish to modify the lesson.
This lesson is ideal for the end of the school year, after a major assessment, or following a semester-end production.
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LESSON PLAN
End of the Year Lesson: Movie Musical - Singin' in the Rain
by Drama Teacher Academy
In this lesson, students will watch a movie musical, respond to viewing questions, and apply themes and contexts from the musical in a post-viewing activity.
The questions and exercises for this lesson are taken from the Singin’ in the Rain Classroom Study Guide, which is included. Alternative pre-viewing questions and post-viewing exercises are available if you wish to modify the lesson.
This lesson is ideal for the end of the school year, after a major assessment, or following a semester-end production.
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LESSON PLAN
End of the Year Lesson: Soundtrack the Year
by Lindsay Price
In this lesson, students will review what they have learned over the past year in drama class, reflect on their successes and challenges, and create an 8 song soundtrack that demonstrates this self-reflection. Students will answer reflection questions, explain their song choices and end by creating an album cover and a title for their soundtrack.
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LESSON PLAN
End of the Year Lesson: Lip Sync Battle
by Drama Teacher Academy
In this lesson, students will work in groups to select a song, analyze its lyrics, and plan movements and gestures for a lip-sync performance.
Use this lesson at the end of the year, after a major assessment, or following a year-end/semester-end production.
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LESSON PLAN
End of the Year Lesson: Low-Tech Design
by Drama Teacher Academy
In this lesson, students will analyze and stage a scene from a Victorian ghost story using only low-tech solutions. They must design lighting, sound, and costumes without traditional theatrical equipment or period-accurate attire. Instead, they will rely on atmosphere, found lighting, and live sound effects to bring the genre to life.
Students will have two days to prepare and execute a one-minute memorized scene that showcases their design choices.
Use this lesson at the end of the year, after a major assessment, or following a year-end/semester-end production.
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Resources
RESOURCE
Tech Knowledge: Integrating Tech Throughout Your Rehearsal Process
This resource will help you integrate technical theatre and include your technical theatre team from Day 1 of your rehearsal process. This will help you have an easier experience throughout and reduce the stress of tech week!
In this resource, you will learn:
• How to prepare students to take on leadership and creative challenges in various technical
theatre roles.
• The importance of an artistic vision and budget.
• How to get your admin on board.
• How to prepare a rehearsal schedule that integrates your technical theatre teams.
• How to create a pre-show schedule to make sure everything is ready for show time.
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Student Tech Teams: Worksheets
If you have asked the question “what do my tech students do when I’m directing the show?” then these worksheets are for you. You can include your technical theatre team from day one by using these worksheets to have your students plan, find, organize, and execute the elements of technical theatre.
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