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

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

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.

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.)

Audition packet for middle school musicals. Can be edited to suit your own needs.

This is what cast members receive on the first day of rehearsal. You may want to add a line for the parent to sign, as well.

A handout that outlines what is expected for play reviews.

Rubric that accompanies Guidelines for Play Reviews handout

Here is a lesson on pantomime that I use in Acting I. It gives students choice within some structure.

Here is a play analysis assignment that encourages students to deepen their thinking within each of the four levels of questions. You can use it for all theatre students with simple edits. Level One may be enough for beginners, for example.

Here are the handouts that are referenced in my previously shared Stage Makeup Unit lessons.

Here is a theatre safety test all my Technical Theatre students must pass at 90% or better in order to fully participate in class.

This is a very simple rubric, but it shows students their target, and gives them a tangible goal.

This is a lesson for a Breath and Voice unit that includes a bit of vocal anatomy.

This is a lesson at the end of a unit on Breath and Voice. Students will practice different vocal characteristics by performing a neutral scene, then apply those skills to creating a radio commercial. A rubric for the radio commercial assignment can be found in the Assessment section of the Member Share Files.

At the end of my Actor Movement Unit students create a Silent Movie Scene as their performance assessment.

This is a lesson for a beginning theatre class on basic vocabulary.

I created these posters using Canva. Enjoy!