Items tagged "Popular"
3 Courses, 6 Units, 1 Lesson Plan, 6 Resources, and 6 PLCs tagged "Popular" for Drama Teachers.
Courses
PD COURSE
Creating the Ensemble-Based Classroom
by Gai Jones
5 modules
2 hours, 12 minutes
4 Credit Hours
Gai Jones will help you establish an ensemble-based environment from the first day of class or rehearsal.
Learn how to set up your ensemble-based classroom from day one, get students to set classroom norms, and find the balance between creative activity and structure. You’ll learn how to give your students creative freedom through structure and classroom management. The cornerstone of this course are the detailed ensemble experiences from large group to small group and even individual experiences.
This course culminates in a devising model that you can use with your students, and takes you through process, product, performance and an evaluation.
You too can create the ensemble-based classroom.
PD COURSE
Social Emotional Learning through Game Play
by Matt Webster
7 modules
57 minutes
2 Credit Hours
The skills identified in Social Emotional Learning are the same skills theatre teachers spotlight in the warmups, games, and activities, as well as group work and theater-related assignments found in the drama curriculum every day.
This course will break down the various games and activities in the drama classroom to identify, incorporate, and intensify the Social Emotional Learning outcomes we want our students to achieve. By the end of this course, you will be able to identify the five components of Social Emotional Learning and see the places in the curriculum where they intersect with basic games and activities in the drama classroom.
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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Drama One
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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Unit One: Ensemble Building and Class Norms
by Lindsay Johnson
7 lessons
This unit has six lessons that you can use in the first week of your middle school program. What do you do in the first week? The most important elements are creating routines such as journal prompts, opening and closing circles, and giving strong feedback; creating an ensemble and ensemble-building games; and introducing a Weekly Ensemble Rubric.
Students will define and build ensemble as a group, learning specific ways they can SAY YES and BE SAFE in class. They will understand the daily grading system and the basic routines of class. Finally, students will learn to give strong feedback by connecting specific evidence from performance to the Rubric language.
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Unit Two: Improvisation Basics
by Lindsay Johnson
9 lessons
In this unit, students will learn, practice and apply three important rules of improv: accepting and building on offers, quick thinking, and strong offers. For each step, they will work with the Improvisation Rubric by both giving and receiving feedback. Students will also start to practice techniques to improve their vocal clarity. The unit culminates in a performance assessment in which students will play an improv game in front of an audience.
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Musical Theatre
Curriculum
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Introduction to Musical Theatre
by Drama Teacher Academy
3 lessons
In this unit, students will be introduced to the musical theatre form by asking and answering the question “What is a musical?” They will learn and demonstrate knowledge of musical theatre vocabulary terms. They will be introduced to two foundational songs in the musical form: the “I want” song and the “I am” song and analyze an example of each song. They will also start to think about their own voices and reflect on their skill set and confidence level with regard to singing in front of others. Students will learn the musical theatre warm-up that will be used throughout the curriculum. This set of exercises will help students prepare to perform through a physical and voice warm-up. Finally, students will watch, discuss and analyze one or two musicals (depending on your time and access to materials).
Lesson Plans
LESSON PLAN
01 - Emergency Lesson Plans: Middle School Drama Class Task Sheets
by Drama Teacher Academy
This ebook contains 15 different task sheets, designed to be used as Emergency Lesson Plans for middle school students.
A task sheet is a sheet that provides students with a task to complete. Each task will have an itemized list of steps. All tasks are written so they can be completed individually and independently using pen and paper. If you are a computer or laptop one-to-one school, simply adapt any substitute instruction to reflect that students will work digitally and submit online. Emergency Lesson Plans: Middle School Drama Class Task Sheets includes Single-Task Sheets, meaning all the instructions have a single-subject focus (monologues, scene writing, theatre vocabulary).
Task Sheets come with additional handouts and worksheets to make it as straightforward as possible for substitutes to give information to students and for students to complete their
tasks.
Resources
RESOURCE
Improv Warm Up Games
PDF
This resource has a list and description of six different warm-up games, great for improv groups or any theatre class.
RESOURCE
01 - Step One: Link with Yourself
PDF
The first step on the empathetic journey is with yourself. How can you connect with others if you don’t know who you are? Students will explore activities that allow them to think and reflect inward.
RESOURCE
New Drama Teacher Toolkit
PDF
In this toolkit you’ll find exercises, activities, and information that will help you get you through your first days, build your classroom management skills, and articulate the importance of your program.
RESOURCE
00 - Scenes for Classroom Study eBook
PDF
Use these scenes in your classroom for character study, scene work, substitute teachers, performance, Individual Event competitions, and any other way you can imagine.
Each scene comes from a published play (the complete play can be found on at theatrefolk.com) and is FREE for you to print, copy, and distribute. But wait there’s more! Each scene comes with:
• Close Reading Questions
• Staging Suggestions
• Character Development
30 scenes in total within this eBook!
RESOURCE
Emergency Lesson Plans eBook
PDF
You need Emergency Lesson Plans. The unexpected comes up all the time.
This Emergency Lesson Plan Collection (30 lessons) will address all of your concerns and take into account all of your sub’s questions. Every Emergency Lesson Plan includes substitute instructions, handouts, and assessment suggestions.
RESOURCE
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
School Startup - Session One
Hosted by Karen Loftus, Matt Webster, and Jennine Profeta
46:49
2 resources
Learn about the most important things for the first week of school - from ice breaker games, to classroom procedures, to setting the tone from Day 1. Watch this replay to learn tips and tricks to start your school year off on the right foot!
Hosted by DTA instructors Karen Loftus, Lindsay Price, Jennine Profeta, and Matt Webster.
Recorded on August 14th, 2015 at 2pm.
PLC
Creating the Ensemble-Based Classroom Q&A
Hosted by Matt Webster, Lindsay Price, Gai Jones, Debb Adams
52:45
1 resource
Join us for a discussion on Creating the Ensemble-Based Classroom. We'll have course instructor Gai Jones live to answer your questions about this DTA course, and about how this type of classroom can work for you and your students!
PLC
Setting up your classroom for the year
Hosted by Matt Webster, Lindsay Price, Lea Marshall, Maria Smith
50:00
1 resource
Summer has flown by and any day now your students will be coming through the door. Are you ready for them? Is your classroom?? Believe it or not, much of the success the coming school year will depend on how you set up your classroom now. Discipline, organization, concentration and classroom management all hinge on a well planned classroom space. Whether you teach in a classroom, a theatre, or something in between, this is a PLC that will help you put your best space forward!
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Interpreting Adjudicators
Hosted by Matt Webster, Lindsay Price, Gai Jones
46:25
1 resource
Taking a show to competition is always a roller coaster ride. But the highs and lows of performance don't stop when the curtain comes down: You still have to unravel the adjudicators comments and find a way to make them meaningful to your students! Join us for a talk about talkbacks, and learn to interpret that special language we call "Adjudication".
PLC
Classroom Management with Social Emotional Learning - Session Two
Hosted by Matt Webster, Lindsay Price, Christa Vogt, Shelby Steege
43:13
1 resource
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.
PLC
AI in the Drama Classroom
Hosted by Matt Webster, Lindsay Price, Jessica McGettrick, Elizabeth Holbrook
48:31
1 resource
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.
These are just some of the questions we will tackle when you join us in this forward thinking PLC.
