Musical theatre books have seemingly taken a backseat to YouTube videos, TikTok, and audiobooks, but they are still an invaluable resource.
I saw a great idea on the Seedling Facebook page a couple of weeks ago- making a shadow puppet theatre. They were running some workshops ...
Teach your children about plays and the theatre with our play scripts teaching pack! It includes a comprehensive topic guide, example plays to perform and a wide variety of activity and display materials.
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It’s been raining for days now, and so A and I had to find something to get our minds off our cabin fever this weekend. We decided to make a puppet theatre inspired by a favorite book. Choosi…
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre Handout with word search and questions.
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Digital sheet music for piano solo, big note book NOTE: Chord indications included.
I’ve had this giant gap of space above my wall of classroom cabinets the last two years. I’m decorating it, one little piece at a time. This week, I decided to create a giant copy of my…
Try these middle school drama lessons and ideas.
The right technique to make a 3D tunnel book with panels that tell the story - each panel is a layer in the final book
This is for you Wendy Y-H. Hope you take a peek! For this seasons 4E house project I’ve decided to create a tunnel book. Each artist has to respond to the previous artist’s page, there …
A free comic strip template for Elephant and Piggie books, plus a set of super cute Elephant and Piggie paper bag puppet templates.
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Use this post from Writers Write, your one-stop writing resource, to explore the 12 common character archetypes and how writers can use them.
For those of you who missed it earlier in February, or for those who actually came but wanted a replay, here's the inspiring content from Lee White's talk on character-building. Thanks to Lee and to Jaime Zollars, for permission to reprint this useful questionnaire to share with our chapter at large!
Titre : Petits spectacles à jouer Auteur : Collectif Illustrateur : Coline Citron Éditeur : Retz Collection : Expression théâtrale (il existe un autre tome pour la maternelle) Année de publication : 2013 Format : 21,8 x 16,8 cm, couverture souple,...
We already get a One-liner and synopsis of our story. And now we need to construct the full story for the Movie. There is an established and verified structural framework to build up your Story: Th…
I'm beginning my fourth year of teaching this year and finding that I am adding and improving things every year. It can only get better, I ...
Get hands-on when you study William Shakespeare's plays with these activities and crafts.
I'm in my third year of teaching middle school theatre and finally feeling like I'm not constantly drowning. I've had my students complete a bell-ringer/warm up assignment in a notebook for the last two and half years so they can learn concepts and focus on theatre while I take care of housekeeping tasks and learning is still happening. I've decided my goal for next year is to implement interactive notebooks in my classroom and change the formatting of my bell-ringers. Interactive notebooks are not new to me; I saw them in use by the wonderful elementary teachers I worked with as a special ed assistant. I recently took a workshop at TETA Theatrefest about the notebooks, which sparked my interest. I love colors and note-taking, but I also see how some kids don't like this. I, however, feel it would be a great way for them to learn concepts and complete assignments without loose-leaf paper. It can be something they are proud of with drawings, colors, and stickers. I kept the notebook I received at the TETA workshop and I started creating sample lessons for middle school theatre at all levels. Below are some of the ideas I've come up with: Here's the cover. I know; it's simple. The workshop instructor made a good point when she said glued on images fray and fall off through the year. A simple cover with the student's name and class period works. These notebooks should be kept in the classroom, sorted by period. These two pages showcase a lesson about how our bi-annual speech tournaments work in my district. I used foldables and sticky notes to have students understand how sectioning works and which events to pick. I always have them create a goal they want to achieve so they can focus on that as they prepare for the tournament. This is a Theatre I lesson on stage directions. Have them paste in the grid and fill it out as a class. You could use stickies and foldables, as well. The above photo is a section about the UIL one act play unit set pieces. I teach in Texas, and UIL one act play contest = life! My job at the middle school level is to teach them the basics and give them experience with the contest before they go to high school. Our district contest is competitive and so much fun at the middle school level. This is a lesson teaching the critique process for theatre, musicals, and film. Later in the notebook I can have them write a page-long, paragraph form critique based on this lesson. Envelopes are a fun idea! Students can keep show tickets in one throughout the year, and in this improv lesson they can keep character idea cards for when we play improv games. I also includes foldables for CROW and the Four Rules (Tina Fey!) of improv. You can also use foldables for Character Analysis, External/Internal Characteristics, The Rehearsal Process, playwrights, careers, vocabulary, etc. I know several teachers on my campus deal with warm ups and bell-rings differently. Some flip the notebook over and have them record the warm ups in the notebook that way. I've created a weekly template to use next year. They will keep it in their binder and turn it in every Friday. When it's graded they can cut out the warm up template and glue it on the next clean page in their notebook for reference. Open notes quizzes can be given. I've seen the idea of sawing composition books in half for smaller notebooks, and I think I will do that for rehearsal notebooks for my after school shows. They are small enough to keep with their scripts and they don't need a ton of space for their individual notes. Bookmarks can be added with tape and a ribbon on the back cover. The possibilities are endless with interactive notebooks. There are plenty of free resources online, especially Pinterest. Happy notebooking! Kasey
