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A library of resources for the drama classroom.

End of Semester: Fill the Gap Ideas

A complication of ideas from DTA members - how to fill the gap at the end of the semester.

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Engaging Students to Work Together

This handout will help you answer the question: How can you get your students to engage with each other, work with each other and include everyone?

# The Classroom # ensemble # group activities

Engaging the Non-Theatre Student

The non-theatre student is a fact of our world. Students find their way to us by accident, or by force. How do we engage them and help them find success?

# The Classroom # classroom management

Ensemble Experiences: Large Group

Each ensemble experience includes the title, a list of objectives you can choose from, the goal, guidelines, and instructions.

# The Classroom # ensemble # group activities

Ensemble Experiences: Small Group

Each experience includes the title, a list of objectives you can choose from, the goal, guidelines, and instructions.

# The Classroom # ensemble # group activities

Example of Student and Parent Contract

This is a template and example you can use with your student actors to ensure commitment and a clear understanding of expectations across all aspects of a high school production. There is also an example parent/guardian contract included, to ensure their understanding regarding production commitments, including attendance, participation fees, and parent volunteer opportunities. These are both designed to help you communicate with your student actors and parents in order to set your cast and families up for a successful production.

# The Classroom # acting

FlipGrid & EdPuzzle - Links

Links to FlipGrid & EdPuzzle, along with extensions on how to use these tools in the drama classroom.

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How to Block Your Monologue

Tips on monologue blocking for students.

# The Classroom # monologue # acting

Idea for the Last Weeks of School

Compiled from the DTA Facebook group members - a list of activities and ideas for the final weeks of school - to end your year off with your drama class.

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Improvising Your Monologue Exercise

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

Inclusion in the Drama Classroom

Recorded at the DTA Virtual Conference in July 2019, Kerry Hishon discusses her experience with inclusion in the drama classroom.

# The Classroom # Inclusion Toolkit # DTA Virtual Conference 2019 # Best Practices for Drama Teachers

Just Breathe

Breathing exercises for student actors.

# The Classroom # acting

Laban's Eight Efforts

Rudolf Laban was a choreographer and a dancer. He defined human movement into eight efforts. Each movement has four component parts (direction, speed, weight, flow). Those four component parts have two elements to them (direct/indirect, quick/sustained, heavy/light, bound/ free).

Use these “efforts” to give your students specific choices when it comes to character's physicalization. Choose an effort that defines how they move.

# The Classroom # movement # acting # character development

Last Minute Sub Solutions

What do you do when you have to be unexpectedly absent from class? DTA members to the rescue with their ideas.

# The Classroom # emergency lesson plan # popular

Latinx Plays and Playwrights

This spreadsheet provides plays, playwrights, cast sizes, descriptions and more for Latinx plays and playwrights.

CAUTION: not all of these plays are going to be suitable for all classrooms. Anything to be aware of is marked and plays should be reviewed before
sharing with students.

# The Classroom # bipoc

Masterclass with Karen Loftus: Cultivating Student Leaders: Strategies, Synergy and Soft Skills

Recorded during the DTA Virtual Conference in July 2019, this is a Masterclass with Karen Loftus focused on student leadership.

# The Classroom # Masterclass # DTA Virtual Conference 2019 # Best Practices for Drama Teachers

Memorization Tips, Tricks and Techniques

It’s a question that comes up time and time again - How do I get my students to memorize their lines. What strategies do you use? Here are 7 strategies for students to use both on their own, and in rehearsal.

# The Classroom # Rehearsal and Production # rehearsal # acting

Movie Musical Classroom Study Guide: 13: The Musical

The study guide provides the following: pre-viewing questions, viewing questions, and post-viewing activities.

# The Classroom # movie musical study guides

Movie Musical Classroom Study Guide: Hairspray (2007)

This classroom movie study guide looks specifically at the 2007 movie version of the musical Hairspray. The film is based on the 2002 Broadway musical of the same name, which in turn was based on John Waters’ 1988 comedy film of the same name.

The study guide provides the following: pre-viewing questions, viewing questions, and post-viewing activities.

# The Classroom # movie musical study guides

Movie Musical Classroom Study Guide: In The Heights

The study guide provides the following: pre-viewing questions, viewing questions, and post-viewing activities.

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