Improvisation Lesson Plans
A library of lesson plans to help you effectively plan your workshops and classes.
Risk-Taking
by Jennine Profeta
This lesson aims to encourage students to take risks and allay fear.
Risk-Taking
Scene Assignment and Brainstorm
by Lindsay Johnson
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.
Scene Assignment and Brainstorm
Scene Performance Assessment
by Lindsay Johnson
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.
Scene Performance Assessment
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.
Setting
Strong Offers
by Lindsay Johnson
In this third improvisation lesson, students will practice accepting offers, building on offers, thinking quickly and giving STRONG OFFERS in improvisation exercises. Students will also give written and verbal peer feedback using language from the Improvisation Rubric.
Strong Offers
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.
Tactics
Unit Project
by Lindsay Price
The final project will allow students to demonstrate their improv skills in a two-person scene.
Unit Project
Unit Reflection (Essay)
by Annie Dragoo
Students will evaluate the value of improvisation in musical theatre by writing a five-paragraph essay.
