Act It Out: An engaging reading activity for ANY text, drama, or story
This engaging reading activity will help you bring ANY text to life by allowing students write and perform a mini-play based on a scene from a book, story, or drama. Students will first comprehend the text on their own and then will show you their understanding by working in a group to paraphrase and perform the reading passage. Essentially, students are creating their own Reader's Theater! Depending on your class length, mini-plays can often be written, performed, and critiqued in one class…
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Escape Room-Opening Night
Engaging escape room activity that can be played in the classroom or online. Collaborate to crack codes and learn Shakespeare and theatre vocabulary. Fun for middle and high school students. Easy prep activity lasts about 30 minutes. The objective is to make your way “On Stage” for opening night of a Shakespeare play. Navigate your way through different ‘rooms’ in the theatre and finally discover what play you will be performing tonight!
First Day of Drama Club Guide - Lesson Plan/Packet
First Day of Drama Club Guide - Lesson Plan/PacketAre you teaching a drama club for the first time? This first day drama club lesson plan was designed to be a simple and straight-forward way to make that first day a little less daunting. While this drama club packet could be used for any first time drama club - it was created for grades 4th-8th in mind. This first day drama club guide offers suggestions for activities and brief advice on how to facilitate the activities. In this first day…
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