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A worksheet to help students organize their thoughts for giving feedback on performances

This is a sample of a Standards Based Grading style scale. This is not a true Marzano scale based on the most current information. This is what I am using based on the levels that my school had adopted. True Marzano Scales would have a 0, .5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4. The .5s would be if they are partially in the higher and partially in the lower.

Here is the series of 6 lessons I created for my scenic design unit. My students have no prior experience with scenic design. You can use whatever play is appropriate for your group, but I tend to use very short ones since I want to be able to focus more of the time on the design process rather than reading a longer play.

Lesson 2 of 6

Lesson 3 of 6

Lesson 4 of 6

Lesson 5 of 6

Lesson 6 of 6. This gets extended over several class periods until the projects are finished.

Example letter to send to local business to get program ads

Here is a basic introduction to this very rigorous actor training method. There are a lot of resources out there on this method, and I have pulled from those, as well as years of my own training in college. I am not an expert, but am happy to share this presentation.

This is the grading rubric I use for all performances in my Acting classes, all levels. It was specifically design for Scene Study and Monologue work.

Here is my Strike list. I assign people to each group. Some of the items are show specific but you will get the basic idea.

Here is a sample of my class expectations document that gets covered on the first day of school and sent home with the students. I also send an acknowledgement slip home that the parents sign.This is for the 9th grade Acting I course.

This is a very simple rubric to go with my Stage Makeup labs in the lessons that are in the Technical Theatre section of member share files.

This is a research project that where students get to choose the performer they study. Use/adapt as you see fit.

Want to give a "participation" grade that is rigorous and aligned to Drama ensemble skills? I give students observational grades each day on these rubrics and average their total for each row for a weekly grade in the gradebook. Let me know if you'd like more information on how I teach this rubric or logistics for how to observe so many skills for many students at a time.

These are 20 different ways to rehearse a scene. Great for students who say they have "finished" rehearsing.

This is what I hand out to students that miss a graded performance. I change the type of video they need to watch based on the type of performance.

A Google Classroom series on the history of the American Musical with a culminating activity of writing a short musical with at least three songs. If you would like to join the Google Classroom I have set up for this, please join using this code: ticfxhl

This is a run down of how my design focused year long technical theatre course is organized. (This class does not build the sets for shows.)