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Elementary drama lessons for Easel Activities
Dance Unit for Grade 5 6 7 8 - Dance Analysis, Journaling Assignments & Project
This low prep dance unit makes teaching the elements of dance easy - even if you don't have dance experience! The problem with teaching dance within the school system is that most teachers being asked to teach it have little or no prior knowledge in the subject. This dance unit is not only created by a trained dancer and choreographer - it's also written specifically for non-dancer teachers.This dance unit is put together so that those teachers without a dance background can still teach a qualit
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5th - 8th
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READERS THEATER MYSTERY SCRIPT with Elements of Drama Questions
This high interest Readers’ Theater whodunit mystery script activity will give your grades 5-8 students drama and ELA fun! Students will practice reading aloud, comprehension, and reflect on elements of drama using a drama elements anchor chart. Questions and a multiple choice quiz are included."The Mystery of the Crooked Competition" readers’ theater script will require students to perform inference tasks to solve clues. Transform your ELA and drama students into 'whodunit' detectives! This 9 p
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5th - 8th
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"Back to School" Reader's Theater Scripts, Five Humorous Plays Students Love!
"Back to school" reader's theater scripts. Five plays presented in five different literary genres! An easy authentic way to assess the reading levels of your students during the first few weeks back to school. The funny and creative scripts include a mystery, myth, science fiction, fairy tale, folk tale and study guides to review the elements of the different genres. All of the scripts have a humorous "back to school" themed story.Available digitally as well, would be great for Reader's Theate
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4th - 5th
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Also included in: 5th Grade "Back To School" Bundle!
Drama Lesson Costume Design Super Heroes Middle School Plus Creative Writing
Part of a Bundle Who doesn’t like super heroes like Superman? Or Wonder Woman? This two-day lesson on costume design is focused on their unusual costumes. Save time by using this resource all ready for you. It gives your students an opportunity be costume designers and learn all about the profession. Suitable for students in grades 6 to 7, but younger students will enjoy it too. The product is broken down for two class periods, although it could be used for a one day exploration of the subject
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Drama Lesson Super Heroes| Costume Design| Storytelling and Movement
Dance Unit Elements of Dance So You Think You Can Dance Group Edition
So You Think You Can (Teach the Elements Of) Dance - 2nd Edition: Group DanceA high quality dance unit that's easy to teach. This dance unit was created for non-specialist dance teachers by an elementary teacher who is also a former competitive dancer.This is the second unit in my SYTYCD series. While the first unit focused on duets in a range of styles, this unit features group numbers. Each lesson focuses on one of the six elements of dance, and features a specific dance style. The lessons inc
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5th - 8th
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Costume Design Study with Circus Characters Grades 5 to 8
Who loves the circus? This two-day lesson about costume design is focused on circus performers and their unusual costumes. It gives your students an opportunity to be costume designers. Suitable for students in grades 5 to 7, the product is broken down for two class periods, although it could be used for a one day exploration of the subject. Students in art classes, drama, and gifted students love this lesson. HOW DO I USE THIS RESOURCE IN MY CLASSROOM? A teacher could use it as a stand alon
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5th - 8th
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Writing in Dramatic Form – Kids Write Skits, Plays, Readers Theater & Drama
Let them write plays! Kids learn about structural elements of poetry, practice, and rewrite age-appropriate children’s stories in dramatic form. Your students will love writing drama – and then acting it out as skits or readers theater. Open the preview to take a closer look at the activities.First, kids learn about elements of drama with two reference guides, or anchor charts:Cast of characters – list of characters in a playDialogue – words that tell the actors what to sayCharacter tag – name t
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3rd - 5th
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CHRISTMAS READERS THEATER WHOLE CLASS SCRIPT: 'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS
Readers’ Theater or a Christmas choral reading activity- call it what you will, your grades 5-8 drama and ELA students will call it a fun lesson! This interactive "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" script is designed for the whole class to read. This keeps all of the students together in one place and fosters classroom community, rather than dividing the class into smaller groups reading in different locations. Make Clement Clarke Moore’s classic poem interactive by having your students not onl
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS grades 5-8 FUN ACTIVITIES
Drama Lesson Fairy Tales Stage Properties With Stage Property Quiz
I teach theater with a twist! This ninety minute lesson about stage properties (with fairy tales as the focus) is suitable for upper elementary and middle school students. Easy prep for the teacher--engaging, fun and unique. This isn't just a worksheet--this is an ENTIRE lesson ready for you to copy and go!Product includes:Warm UpTeacher's Script--what I say and how I say it!Stage properties categories and the reasons they are labeled as suchShort quizQuiz keyMovie title suggestions--cued up
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5th - 8th
Create Your Own Kabuki Theater
The Create-Your-Own Series is designed for middle school and upper elementary students to flex their creativity through project-based learning (PBL).Widen horizons with this world music unit designed around the Japanese art of Kabuki. In this lesson, students will learn what kabuki is through live and animated demonstrations. They will use the basics of Kabuki to transform a folk legend into a Kabuki masterpiece!Complete Unit Includes:*History of Kabuki*Basic Elements of Kabuki Performance*Japan
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4th - 7th
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Theater Arts Costume Design Lesson with Nutcracker Ballet Characters| Christmas
This two-day lesson on costume design is focused on the Nutcracker Ballet characters and gives the students an opportunity to be costume designers. The students learn about costume design, view a video clip of The Nutcracker Ballet and design costumes for themselves as if they were in ballet. Suitable for students in grades 3 to 7, the product is broken in to two class periods, although it could be used for a one day exploration of the subject.The Teacher will need access to YouTube.com. Stud
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4th - 6th
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ST PATRICK'S DAY READERS' THEATER MYSTERY SCRIPT
This funny Readers’ Theater brain teaser mystery script will give grades 4-7 students practice in reading fluency, comprehension and writing, while having lots of drama and ELA fun. This 8 page St Patrick’s Day Mystery script requires your students to perform inference work to discover the basketball thief. The cast list is intended for 9 readers, but the number of readers can easily be contracted or expanded, depending on how many groups you wish to have. PLOTThis humorous and engaging story is
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: ST PATRICK'S DAY BRAIN TEASER ACTIVITIES - grades 4 5 6 7 fun!
Media Literacy (Advertising Unit) Culminating Task and Rubric
This is a culminating task I designed for a grade 3 class. I taught a unit on advertisements that covered perspective, audience, purpose, "gimmicks" and overt and implied messages. This task asks the students to apply what they have learned to create their own television advertisement, carefully considering the audience, purpose and gimmicks, and act out the advertisement in front of the class. You could use this to also assess drama and/or oral language because of the performance aspect. A rubr
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3rd
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Folktales: Yuuki and the Tsunami-- A Readers' Theater Script with Activities
Included in Folktales:-script-activating background knowledge-vocabulary -projects discussion questions characterization plot themeStudent pages for written answers-includes digital layer for remote learningTeacher pages with answer keyThis readers' theater script is adapted from a Japanese folktale. It tells the story of a clever boy who saves his village from drowning in a tsunami. The theme of this tale is: sometimes you must take a risk in order to do something good.This activity is suita
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Folktales From Around the World-- Readers' Theater Adaptations Bundle
CHRISTMAS DRAMA CIRCLE ACTIVITY - RUDE ALF THE RED-NOSED REINDEER
Develop listening skills, as well as team work, observation and presentation skills, all in one Christmas community building activity! ELA and drama students love the tale of Rudolph the hero reindeer, and they love the fun of drama circles. The two together are an unbeatable combo! In this re-telling of the famous tale they will see a rather different Rudolph than the one they know. This is the true story of Rude Alf- the rudest reindeer of them all! Students will discover the real story behin
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: CHRISTMAS DRAMA MIDDLE SCHOOL FUN
Reader's Theatre Plays, Word Work & Writing Activities for Grades 3-6
•73 Page Reader’s Theatre Poetry Volume 1, Gr. 3-6Reader’s Theatre is an effective teaching tool for developing students’ reading fluency skills and students will enjoy these original, fun, and engaging scripts written in rhyming couplets. The four stand-alone Reader’s Theatre poetry scripts are for grades 3, 4, 5 and 6. The scripts (3 to 5 pages each) are extremely versatile because there are no specific parts assigned. Students read each line, “N” for narrator, consecutively and the “ALL” line
Theater Arts Lesson Costume Design with Holiday Parade Characters | Thanksgiving
Who doesn't enjoy a parade? This costume design lesson, (24 pages 2 days) focuses on holiday parade characters and gives the students an opportunity to learn about costume design and ultimately to be costume designers and learn about the Macy's Day Parade. This lesson was created specifically for grades 4-5 and reflects that. Included in this lesson: Letter to TeacherThe History of Costume Design (for the teacher)The Rationale for Teaching Costume DesignCostumes Notes for StudentsTeacher's S
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4th - 6th
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Fiddler on the Roof Musical WORD SEARCH with fact sheet & questions
A colourful, print-and-go, Fiddler on the Roof themed word search and fact sheet with answers.Designed for students to work independently if needed - so great for a substitute/ relief/ cover lesson.Page 1: Fact SheetPage 2: Question SheetPage 3: Word SearchPage 4 & 5: AnswersActivity Instructions:Read the factsheet to find out about this musicalAnswer the questionsFind & Highlight or circle the words in the wordsearchClick on the links to listen to songs while you do the wordsearchTwo Co
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5th - 12th
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Mamma Mia! Musical - Word Search with Fact Sheet & Questions
A colourful, print-and-go, Mamma Mia! themed word search and fact sheet with answers.Designed for students to work independently if needed - so great for a substitute/ relief/ cover lesson.Page 1: Fact SheetPage 2: Question SheetPage 3: Word SearchPage 4 & 5: AnswersActivity Instructions:Read the factsheet to find out about this musicalAnswer the questionsFind & Highlight or circle the words in the wordsearchClick on the links to listen to songs while you do the wordsearchTwo Colour Opti
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5th - 12th
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Beauty and the Beast Musical - Word Search and Fact Sheet
A colourful, print-and-go, Beauty and the Beast themed word search and fact sheet with answers.Designed for students to work independently if needed - so great for a substitute/ relief/ cover lesson.Page 1: Fact SheetPage 2: Word SearchPage 3: Word Search AnswerPrint page 1 & 2 back-to-back to get the fact sheet on one side and word search on the other.Activity Instructions:Read the factsheet to find out about this musicalHighlight or circle the words in the wordsearchClick on the links to
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5th - 12th
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Hamilton Musical - Word Search with Fact Sheet & Questions
A colourful, print-and-go, Hamilton themed word search and fact sheet with answers.Designed for students to work independently if needed - so great for a substitute/ relief/ cover lesson.Page 1: Fact SheetPage 2: Question SheetPage 3: Word SearchPage 4 & 5: AnswersActivity Instructions:Read the factsheet to find out about this musicalAnswer the questions Find & Highlight or circle the words in the wordsearchClick on the links to listen to songs while you do the wordsearchTwo Colour Opti
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5th - 12th
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The Scream Painting Lesson Inspired by Edvard Munch
This PDF will take you step-by-step through the drawing, painting, photo collage, and finishing steps to complete a beautiful and expressive mixed media piece inspired by The Scream by Edvard Munch. View the gallery of finished examples here.What you need to complete this lesson:pencilruler12x18 white paper11x17 stencil2 popsicle sticksblack markertempera paint (red-orange, yellow-orange, blue, light blue, brown)oil pastelsprinted photo of the artist as the screamerscissors & paper trimmergl
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2nd - 8th
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In the Heights Musical - Word Search with Fact Sheet & Questions
A colourful, print-and-go, In the Heights themed word search and fact sheet with answers.Designed for students to work independently if needed - so great for a substitute/ relief/ cover lesson.Page 1: Fact SheetPage 2: Question SheetPage 3: Word SearchPage 4 & 5: AnswersActivity Instructions:Read the factsheet to find out about this musicalAnswer the questionsFind & Highlight or circle the words in the wordsearchClick on the links to listen to songs while you do the wordsearchTwo Colour
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5th - 12th
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Mary Poppins Musical - Word Search with Fact Sheet & Questions
A colourful, print-and-go, Mary Poppins themed word search and fact sheet with answers.Designed for students to work independently if needed - so great for a substitute/ relief/ cover lesson.Page 1: Fact SheetPage 2: Question SheetPage 3: Word SearchPage 4 & 5: AnswersActivity Instructions:Read the factsheet to find out about this musicalAnswer the questionsFind & Highlight or circle the words in the wordsearchClick on the links to listen to songs while you do the wordsearchTwo Colour Op
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5th - 12th
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