Items tagged "Popular"
3 Courses, 6 Units, 6 Resources, and 2 PLCs tagged "Popular" for Drama Teachers.
Courses
PD COURSE
The Top Ten Playwriting Exercises
by Lindsay Price
11 modules
3 hours, 1 minutes
6 Credit Hours
The Top Ten Playwriting Exercises Course not only gives you ten great exercises to ease your students into the playwriting waters, it's also going to give you the confidence to teach playwriting to your students.
Each exercise comes with instruction, why the exercise is important, how to assess the exercise and something specific for you to try.
Many of the modules include assignments and rubrics so you will be fully prepared to comprehend, apply and teach every these exercises.
PD COURSE
Yes, And... How to Teach Improv
by Jennine Profeta
10 modules
2 hours, 10 minutes
4 Credit Hours
“Yes, and…” is the guiding principle behind all improv. This course will teach you how to teach improv, and more importantly how to give feedback to your students. The course looks at making strong offers and also using gibberish to ironically improv communication skills. You will also see how feelings can safely be used to add flavour and get laughs in our scenes.
Jennine Profeta, Second City performer and theatre educator, leads this course with a clear methodology for teaching and giving positive nurturing feedback. This course will give you all the tools and the insight you need to teach improv with confidence.
PD COURSE
Organized Chaos: 2nd Edition
by Matt Webster
10 modules
2 hours, 18 minutes
6 Credit Hours
Organized Chaos: Discipline in the Theatre Classroom will give you tools and strategies to prepare you for challenges you may face as you step up in front of a class of students and introduce them to the art of theatre.
Whether you are a student teacher finishing college, a first-year teacher just starting out in the classroom, or an established teacher with a few years of experience under your belt, these lessons will provide insight and support as you establish discipline in your classroom.
This is a revised, 2nd edition of a favourite original course in the DTA, brought to you by experienced theatre educator, Matt Webster.
Units
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Curriculum
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What is Theatre?
by Karen Loftus
2 lessons
Students will explore the question “What is theatre?” and contrast theatre to film. They will also begin their introduction to a couple of theatre roles.
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Stage Movement
by Karen Loftus
3 lessons
Students will get “onstage.” They will explore what is important for onstage action, the basics of stage directions, and how to keep open. This unit will culminate with students trying out what they’ve learned in a short scene.
This unit is more about the technicalities of moving on stage. By giving students something concrete to focus on, it allows them to overcome any stage fright.
Ensemble-building exercises are also included in this unit. If you have time at the end of a lesson after you’ve completed your instruction and are wondering what to do, you can never go wrong with an ensemble-building exercise!
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Pantomime
by Karen Loftus
4 lessons
In this unit, students will explore nonverbal communication: first, through body language and gesture, and then through the specific art of pantomime. Students will learn hand position, tension, follow-through, and action/reaction/interaction with objects through warm-up games and exercises. The unit culminates in a two-person pantomime performance.
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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.
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Improvisation
by Karen Loftus
6 lessons
Students sharpen their listening and reaction skills through improv games, exercises, and scenes. They will learn five specific guidelines to apply to their improvisation: accept the offer, bring information to the scene, make active choices, make your partner look good, and don’t force the humour.
There are so many different ways to approach a unit on improvisation. Keep in mind that you will have students who are really excited about this unit and some students who dread it. It’s best to start with low-risk games and exercises and then build up to higher-risk ones. Low-risk games in this situation mean partnered interactions that aren’t shared with the whole class.
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Script Analysis: The Actor's Perspective
by Karen Loftus
5 lessons
How does an actor analyze a script? Students start with character analysis (how do we learn about a character in a script? what are the facts/inferences about a character?) and then explore the ideas of “objective,” “obstacle,” “stakes,” and “tactics.” The unit culminates with students applying learned script-analysis techniques on an assigned scene.
Resources
RESOURCE
13 - Story Theatre Scripts
PDF
These story theatre scripts are ready for performance. Each story includes at least one narrator, and each one can be adapted further to meet your needs.
RESOURCE
03 - Tool of the Actor
PDF
3 resources
The Tool of the Actor often puts the student-director in the role of the actor in order to fully understand how to direct them. The Actor's Purpose, the Audition Process, and Communication & Assisting are key tools in this section.
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04 - The Tool of Rehearsal
PDF
10 resources
This section covers an overview of the rehearsal process and walks students through creating a rehearsal schedule/calendar.
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05 - Tool of Space
PDF
14 resources
The next tool is the Tool of Space. As student-directors work on staging their play in rehearsal, it’s more than moving actors and set pieces on and off. How do you use the space to its greatest theatrical potential?
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07 - Tool of Self-Evaluation
PDF
4 resources
The last tool is evaluation. But it’s not having other people critique what the student-director has done, rather it’s choosing a method of self-evaluation.
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School Year Calendar 2026-2027
PDF
Inspirational quotes for a new school year, all contributed by DTA members. Printable calendar to customize for any school year.
PLCs
PLC
Technical Theatre
Hosted by Matt Webster and Karen Loftus
49:36
2 resources
If you struggle with tech or want to share your ideas for teaching tech, this is the event for you.
Hosted by DTA Instructors Matt Webster and Karen Loftus.
Recorded July 23, 2015
PLC
Middle School Matters!
Hosted by Matt Webster, Lindsay Price, Lindsay Johnson, Marisa Brady
47:58
1 resource
Middle School theatre teachers are a special breed. Their highs are higher, their lows are lower, and the drama in their classroom is much more dramatic! But for all of that, middle school drama teachers don't typically get the respect and attention they deserve. Well we have something to say about that! That's right, we are dedicating this PLC to the trials, tribulations and triumphs that can only be found in a Middle School Drama classroom. Join in as we talk about the bravest, the craziest, the awesomest teachers in the whole school: Middle School Drama Teachers! Because Middle School Matters...
