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Free middle school drama thematic unit plans
Gingerbread Baby Reader's Theatre by Jan Brett
This reader's theatre is based on Jan Brett's book "Gingerbread Baby" Students can perform this reader's theatre as a play by simply following the script while they take on roles from the book. Also included is a link to print masks for each character in the story. This can be a fun activity during the winter holiday season. Note: The script has not been shortened. It is the book in its entirety.
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3rd - 6th
Radio Drama Play Script Sample The Canterville Ghost
Are you looking for something a lightly scary, but also thought provoking and a classic? Check out my adaptation of Oscar Wilde's The Canterville Ghost dramatized as a radio play script. This sample gives you a taste of the resource--the script has roles for 15 + students plus a sound effects crew. Students strengthen their reading, writing, listening and speaking skills while performing this play. The Canterville Ghost story by Oscar Wilde concerns a girl who befriends the ghost haunting Cante
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6th - 9th
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Colonists Break-Up Letter
This document can be used as an engagement strategy to introduce a lesson or unit on the American Revolution. It can be used as a "letter you found on the floor" before school and read it as if it is a break-up letter from student to student, building suspense to know who it is from. - XOXO, THE COLONISTS
Grades:
2nd - 12th
Also included in:Â American Revolution Unit
Fairy Tale Radio Drama Play The Brave Little Tailor Script Sample
Here's a sample of my fifteen minute comedic radio play adapted from the Grimms' Fairy Tale The Brave Little Tailor. This script has 20+ roles (plus crew) and was written especially for the classroom! Students in a reading, language arts or theater classroom will enjoy this. Plus, you can strengthen your students' listening, speaking, reading skills all at once. It's a one stop shop!The story of The Brave Little Tailor: The brave little tailor kills seven flies with one blow, and manages to co
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4th - 6th
Radio Drama Play Script Bow Wow Blues A Comedy for Grades 7 to 9 Free Sample!
Hey new teacher! Are you looking for something fun, engaging and...funny? Check out my original radio theater script, Bow Wow Blues. This sample gives you a taste of the resource--the script has roles for 17 + students plus a sound effects and music crew. Students strengthen their reading, writing, listening and speaking skills while performing this play. This resources is formatted as a PDF and also as Google slides. HOW DO I USE THIS PRODUCT IN MY CLASSROOM? If I were you, (depending upon
Grades:
7th - 9th
Debate Planner
Running a debate in your classroom? This planner will allow students to collaborate with each other, prepare arguments, and develop a thorough document to present their debate information from. This google doc format also allows teachers to check student progress and evaluate individual work.
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5th - 12th
HIP HOP OR SHAKEPEARE? A Conversation of Discovery
Link to TEDTalk included. All language and lyrics are edited for appropriateness. Unleash the Power of Poetry in Your Classroom! Transform your English and Drama classes with our riveting hip-hop versus Shakespeare presentation! Watch your students engage as they decipher lyrics from hip-hop legends and lines from Shakespearean plays. From similes to metaphors, challenge them to identify the origin. Dive into the rhythm and meter of Shakespeare, drawing parallels to modern-day Hip-Hop. Fuel inc
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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"Standing Up for What's Right": a 3-act play about Civil Rights
Introducing "Standing Up for What's Right": a 3-act play about Civil Rights designed for elementary school students.This 10-15 minute play tells the story of the Civil Rights Movement through the eyes of some of its most iconic figures. Act 1 focuses on Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott, while Act 2 highlights the correspondence between Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi. The play ends with the historic election of Barack Obama.This play is perfect for 3rd to 6th-grade students an
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3rd - 6th
Radio Drama Script The Invisible Man FREE Sample
This is a sample of my radio theater script adaptation of H.G. Welles' story, "The Invisible Man" with roles for 16 students plus sound and music crew. It is suitable for middle and high school students. Radio theater helps students strengthen their reading, speaking and listening skills and encourages differentiated instruction. Plus students become familiar with one of fathers of science fiction. This script could be used separately as a stand alone lesson or as part of a unit about science
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8th - 11th
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Elementary Drama Class - 20 Unit Course Outline
This 20 unit course outline is the perfect roadmap for elementary dramatists of any level!Switch out activities to fit specific classes & adjust units to take different amounts of class time!
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PreK - 7th
Our Day Out Unit Plan
Our Day Out - incredibly detailed scheme of work document on reading skills (English Literature and Drama) that includes activities and resources for over 19 lessons! Includes differentiated activities to three levels (core, support and more able), homework activities and more. What’s more, it’s completely FREE to download! Topics covered include characters, plot, structure, historical context, themes, language analysis and more.To work in conjunction with our Our Day Out complete unit.
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6th - 9th
Also included in:Â Our Day Out Complete Unit
Boarding Passes
Download this DOC to edit and make your own airplane boarding passes.
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PreK - 6th
REMOTE TEACHING FULL TERM CURRICULUM IDEAS - PRIMARY DRAMA
PREP - YEAR 6 FULL TERM 2 REMOTE TEACHING DRAMA LESSONS, IDEAS AND UPLOADS FOR STUDENTS IN ISOLOATION
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PreK - 6th
African American Inventors: One-Minute Skits
Overview:Frequently, students learn about the same handful of African Americans in their History classes. These important people changed the way African Americans were treated in the United States throughout the course of time. Unlike those biographical accounts, this lesson exposes students to African American inventors who changed the way we all live, showing students that every person, no matter their skin color or ethnic background, contributes to society. (This assignment could easily be ad
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5th - 7th
Gaeilge - Drama - TeilifÃse 5th and 6th Class
A funny drama written specifically for children learning Gaeilge. The drama is based in the television studio at Croke Park, it centres on the principal character meeting Marty Morrisey and Joe Brolly and rambling around the studio in search of a cup of tea! With roles for 7 children there are opportunities for differentiation and at 8 pages long (size 16 font) there is plenty of learning to be had. The drama includes excellent vocabulary suitable for Upper Primary level children.
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5th - 8th
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The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Characterization Chart
Free resource: Julius Caesar Characterization Chart This straightforward chart allows students to trace character development through the text. I typically give this to students during Act I and have them turn in a completed chartduring Act III. Students provide defining characteristics for main characters, cite evidence from the text to support their claims, and provide an explanation for how the trait and quote are connected. Characters: Caesar, Brutus, Cassius, and a character of choice
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8th - 12th
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Building Connections in Classroom Communities
It makes a world of difference when educators and students truly connect, but today teachers are hard pressed for curriculum. These activities are for teachers looking to levity, humor, communication, and bring the art of human communication into their teaching practice. I learned these games through friends and colleagues and while I did NOT invent them, as a Master Teacher I can tell you without a doubt they will bring life and levity to your classroom on a daily basis. Also great to use as
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1st - 8th
THEATRE ART YEAR AT A GLANCE - INTRO, TECH, ADVANCED 1, ADVANCED 2
A YEAR OF THEATRE ART/DRAMA PROGRAM AT A GLANCE - THIS FOLLOWS THE CURRICULUM MATERIAL FOR TRIPLE THREAT DRAMA. THIS AT A GLANCE IS FOR GRADES 6-12. THE CURRICULUM IS DESIGNED FOR 6 WEEK GRADING CYCLES, BUT CAN BE MODIFIED TO EXTEND TO 9 WEEK GRADING CYCLE.
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6th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Drama And Theater Education - ADVANCED THEATRE BUNDLE - PDF
Drama and Literacy - Hand in Hand
Teaching drama is an inspiring way to get conversation going in a classroom. The first step to any class production, whether it be a simple reader's theatre or an ornate production of Alice in Wonderland is to develop students comfort level and understanding of what an "actor" is. This guide does exactly that.
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2nd - 12th
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Multiple Intelligences inventory!
The perfect tool that your students can use to find out the type of learner they are.
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1st - 12th
Building The Team - Day Two - Connecting to the Teacher
The key to creating a strong program is to build your safe space. This is a lesson that uses a variety of techniques including Socio-Drama, movement and games to build trust in the class and in the room and a connection with the teacher. This lesson is good for grades 8-12 and will take approximately 75 minutes in length. The theme is understanding consequence and looking at the good and bad consequences from a team angle.
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8th - 12th
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Also included in:Â The Break it Down Drama Program
Halloween story script
This is a fun Halloween Story in Spanish that kids can practice to create a shadows theatre.
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Grades:
7th - 8th
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