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Breathing exercises for student actors.

Sometimes all students need is a little push. Give students one of these self reflection sentence starters to get them going. You'll be amazed at what they write next.

Use this rubric to assess group work.

Pauses serve a great purpose in theatre. What's not being said in that pause? Here's an acting exercise to use in rehearsal.

Story theatre incorporates all components of theatre into a compact form, including research and adaptation, acting and performance, interpretation and design, and directing.

This resources includes ideas and activities to address issues when the cast is struggling, or passion and commitment start to falter.

The final rehearsals before a show meets its audience are probably among the most critical. This resources includes exercises to help students become familiar with their production as a complete whole.

An Analysis and Activities Guide on A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry. Use this Guide in conjunction with classroom study of the play.

Use this close reading pre-study exercise for in-depth comprehension.

Have students demonstrate their close reading skills with these worksheets.

20 theatre-related quotes on posters and slide presentation, for the drama classroom. Part 4 of an 8-part series to complete 'one quote a day' for the school year. You have the option to use a printable version, or access the slide deck presentation link. Be sure to access the 'Guiding Questions and Reflections' that accompany these quotes.

An overview of The Empathy Project resource.

Your hosts: Matt Webster & Lindsay Price 00:00 Welcome 14:55 Keynote: Empathy in the Classroom (Steven Stack) 58:38 PLC: Empathy and Classroom Management (Steven Stack, Shelby Steege) 1:29:21 Acting 1 Warm-ups (Christa Vogt) 2:00:12 Masterclass: Cultivating Student Leaders: Strategies, Synergy and Soft Skills (Karen Loftus) 2:37:10 Creative Staging (Todd Espeland) 3:32:31 Masterclass: Inclusive Classroom (Kerry Hishon) 4:16:23 Acting 3 Warm-ups (Christa Vogt) 4:41:12 Viewpoints Workshop (Erin Carr) 6:01:00 Devising Workshop (Amy Pugh Patel) 6:36:27 Additional Warm-ups (Christa Vogt) 7:23:37 PLC: Building Your Community (Lea Marshall, Jess McGettrick)

Examples and types of formative assessments.

Rubric to assess, on a weekly basis, the students' performance on 'saying yes', 'being safe', and 'journalling' - to use as a participation rubric or journal assessment.

Tips and tricks for preparing a Theatrical Resume - as well as a sample for students to start from.

In this toolkit, you will learn the structure and terminology of a standard lesson plan and how that lesson plan can be adapted in the theatre classroom. You will learn how to identify and utilize Bloom’s Taxonomy in the creation of your lesson plans and explore the National Standards for Theatre with an eye toward including specific state standards in your completed plans.