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Performing arts unit plans for Microsoft Word
Humor and Comedy Writing Unit Plan
This is a 5-10 day humor writing unit plan for secondary English, college writing, or creative writing students. It’s meant to teach the theory and structure that go into humor writing along with plenty of practice activities.Humor writing takes a specific set of writing skills, and it can translate to a well-paying job for those who are especially good at it. Even students not destined for standup stages or sitcom writers’ rooms will benefit from studying the elements that make writing funny. T
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9th - 12th
Also included in: Laughing in Language Arts Class (English Lessons that Incorporate Humor)
Three Scene Play Playwriting Unit for Drama, Theatre, or Acting Classes
DISTANCE-LEARNING FRIENDLY. REVISED AND UPDATED JULY 2019. This complete, three-week unit plan for teaching a simple, three-scene playwriting structure in any class has been extremely helpful to the many teachers who have purchased it over the past four years, since it debuted in July of 2015. I have been honing the lessons contained in this unit for a decade and a half in my own classes and it is a simple, fun and creative way to teach story structure, character development, and dialogue writin
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Improv - A Complete Improvisation Unit for Theatre, Drama, and Acting Classes
REVISED AND UPDATED JULY 2019! This is a complete, three-week unit on Improv for secondary drama, acting, or theatre classes that is based on my twelve years of teaching high school acting classes. It contains seventeen improv games and scene structures that you can use individually as warm ups or skill building exercises or that can be packaged together and taught as a unit. The full unit culminates in small group performances where students choose three short improv scenes to perform from a me
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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AP English: Samuel Beckett Waiting for Godot Unit Plan Drama Study
This 22 page Unit Plan Drama Study of Samuel Beckett's classic Theater of the Absurd drama Waiting for Godot is designed for AP English (or any accelerated, honors level course). It is best for students who are open to discussion and intriguing questions about the text. Included are: (1) Act 1 Discussion Wkst, (2) Reading Response Quiz #1, (3) Act 2 Discussion Wkst, (4) Reading Response Quiz #2, (5) Socratic Seminar Activity: Questions, Student Chart, Teacher Rubric, (6) Writing Assignment: Assi
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Pantomime Unit Bundle
Want to teach a great pantomime unit? This unit will work for you! The unit includes a day-by-day plan, PowerPoint presentations, a reading assignment, a writing assignment, a "quiz," and multiple scene assignments with rubrics.
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5th - 12th
Grade 3 Ontario Curriculum Drama/Dance Long Range Plans
Grade 3 Ontario Curriculum Drama/Dance Long Range Plans
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3rd
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Carnival of the Animals Unit Lesson Plan Pack
This all-inclusive unit helps primary aged students explore the Carnival of the Animals. Laid out in a 10-week program, but could easily be adapted to fit your room. This unit is jam-packed with every musical aspect you can think of: from movement to composition. It even incorporates classroom aspects of literature, writing, and responses.
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K - 3rd
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Pygmalion Teaching Materials (Quizzes, Discussion, Activities, etc.)
This 57 page Word document contains a collection of teaching materials that I use to teach George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion. There are materials to use before reading, during reading, and after reading. Activities range from conducting internet research, to role-playing and even performing a scene from the play. Most of the activities included were ones I created during my graduate coursework, and are research-based literacy strategies (i.e. "Intra-act", "essential questions", "Hot Seat", "P
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Elementary Music Lesson Plan Template
This lesson plan template gives each teacher the chance to plan out their lessons in a systematic way and is easy for administrators to understand. The lesson plan template is editable so that you can customize it for anything you need. Use this template to keep track of what you're teaching, the materials you'll need for each lesson, and how you plan to structure your lessons.**NOTE** Because this is an editable template with some conditional formatting it will ONLY work in Microsoft Word.
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K - 5th
Dance Dance Dance!
Have fun teaching dance to any age group! This booklet provides the K-12 teacher different types of dances that are not only easy to do and teach, but fun as well! This booklet also has fun creative dance ideas and alternatives to dance that will help you meet curriculum requirements! Dances included are Roger Robot, the Hamsterdance, Swing, Gangnam Style, Don't Mind, JuJu on that Beat, Circle Dances, and others!. Also included are rubrics to help grading the older students in dances like swing
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K - 12th
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Soundtrack of my Life Project
This is my FAVORITE project to do with middle schoolers. I have seen other adaptations of this, but this document is created by me with my own original ideas, sequence and rubric. In my 'Soundtrack of my Life' unit, we begin a 4 day course with an introduction where we listen to the song 'I Was Here' by Beyonce. I give students a sheet with the lyrics printed on them and ask students to, as we're listening, highlight/underline/circle/star one or more important verse that stands out to them. Afte
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5th - 12th
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Song Exploder: Music Analysis and Podcast Creation | General Music Unit Project
This exciting unit project outline uses the format of the hit podcast series "Song Exploder" to help students explore modern music analysis and podcast creation! The 5-10 class period unit project gives students the opportunity to listen to and analyze modern music of their own choosing, ultimately creating a podcast episode based on their own song analysis!The 5 part outline walks students through the process of music analysis using guiding questions that helps scaffold in depth, well thought
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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VETERANS DAY PROGRAM INVITATION (FULL PAGE)
SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT YOUR SCHOOL'S VETERANS DAY PROGRAM!HERE IS THE TEXT THAT IS INCLUDED IN THIS PATRIOTIC THEMED INVITATION:The students and staff of YOUR SCHOOL would like to invite you to join us as we honor our veterans with “A Veterans Day Musical Salute!”This very special event on DATE OF YOUR PROGRAMwill feature patriotic music and readings about the history and importance of Veterans Day .Our YOUR SCHOOL students have already started preparing for our celebration! Mark your calendars
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I've Got Something to Say! Monologue Unit for Drama
A complete Monologue unit for high school drama designed to be fun and exciting! Includes 16 lesson overviews, 2 complete lesson plans for lessons 1 and 4. Appendices include instructions for all drama games and exercises, plus scripts, sample monologues and assessment criteria. Specifically designed for the New Zealand curriculum but easily adaptable to any curriculum.By the end of this unit, students will be able to: analyse their chosen character and apply the fundamental character ques
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8th - 11th
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Performing Poetry: Creating an Oral Interpretation of a Poem
REVISED AND UPDATED August 3rd 2019!Performing Poetry is a one-to-two week long assignment that takes students through the process of finding and developing an interpretation of a poem for performance in the classroom. It contains the lesson, students handouts, a performance rubric, a student seld-evaluation, suggestions for poems to use, and several great vocal warm ups that I use extensively in my drama classes. One of the nice things about teaching students to create an oral interpretation of
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Music Lesson Plans for 7th Grade: Chorus Curriculum
Save your precious planning time! This curriculum for the chorus classroom or general music class features 90 lesson plans aligned with the NC Essential Standards. I have organized this curriculum into units which work together to bring the student a strong foundation of vocal technique, music theory, harmony, sight reading skills, improvising skills, composition, and music history. Individual Units in order of presentation include Music Literacy, Music History, Performance Practice, Vocal
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7th - 9th
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Also included in: Music Curriculum K-8 Bundle. 333 Lesson Plans.
Culinary/Cooking Report Card Comments (editable) - Foods Report Cards
These culinary report card cards include one high, medium and low comment for each of the following categories:Basic Cooking Techniques:Knife skillsMeasuring ingredientsMixing, stirring, foldingCooking methods (e.g., boiling, sautéing, baking, steaming)Food Safety and Sanitation:Proper handwashingSafe food handling techniquesTemperature control (e.g., refrigeration, cooking temperatures)Cross-contamination preventionNutrition and Health:Understanding food groups and balanced mealsReading and int
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Not Grade Specific
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Create Your Own Musical Instrument and Musical Composition
This comprehensive 24 page all inclusive unit has everything you need for a 6 - 8 one hour class unit on creating musical instruments and a group composition with invented notation. Teacher instructions, parent letter, pre-project worksheet and key, examples, and assessments are all included and can be taught by a teacher with NO MUSICAL TRAINING. Easily aligned to any state or provincial core standards or requirements, this is a fun, engaging and super organized unit that requires the minimal a
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4th - 9th
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Musical Unit Bundle - Distance Learning
An 8 week unit with fully developed lesson plans, worksheets and assessment task with rubric for year 9/10 drama. This unit provides students with an introduction to musicals, looking at:OklahomaFiddler on the RoofThe Lion KingSweeney ToddRentLegally BlondeLes MiserableHamiltonA Chorus LineCatsInto the WoodsMamma MiaMoulin RougeJersey BoysRock of AgesThe Greatest ShowmanThis unit is distance learning friendly but can certainly be taught in a classroom with more practical discussions. The lesson
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9th - 10th
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Commedia dell Arte: 24 Lesson Drama Unit
For this unit, which assesses the students' knowledge of a specific theatre form based on their ability to identify key features of that form, I have chosen to slowly build upon prior knowledge by scaffolding the lessons. Lesson one introduces the students to the concept of theatre form itself by allowing them to view five different types of theatre/drama and asks them to relate these types to TV shows, movies or characters that they recognise. We then focus on the specific form of Commedia d
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9th - 12th
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Drama/Theater Report Card Comments (editable)
In a drama class, students typically engage in activities designed to develop their skills in acting, improvisation, characterization, stage presence, and teamwork. The outcomes can be broken down into several categories and my report card comments are based on these outcomes:Acting Skills: This category focuses on developing fundamental acting techniques and abilities. It includes:Voice Projection and Diction: Teaching students to articulate clearly and project their voices to be heard on stage
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Not Grade Specific
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VETERANS DAY PROGRAM INVITATION (HALF SHEET)
SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT YOUR SCHOOL'S VETERANS DAY PROGRAM!
DISTRIBUTE THIS HALF SHEET INVITATION TO YOUR STUDENTS TO TAKE HOME TO SHARE WITH VETERANS, FAMILY AND FRIENDS!
HERE IS THE TEXT THAT IS INCLUDED IN THIS PATRIOTIC THEMED INVITATION:
The students and staff of YOUR SCHOOL would
like to invite you to join us as we honor our veterans
with “A Veterans Day Musical Salute!”
This very special event on DATE OF YOUR PROGRAM
will feature patriotic music and readings about the history and impo
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Not Grade Specific
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Identity Dances Mini-Unit
This package includes everything you need to teach students about how to create a dance based on identity! Each lesson includes detailed descriptions on how to lead each lesson and activity, so it is even great for sub plans! It can also be easily adapted to suit many different grade levels. These lesson plans are not formatted into formal lesson plans so there are no curriculum standards or rubrics attached, but it does align with the Arts Ed curriculum in Saskatchewan, Canada.
This bundle wi
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5th - 8th
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Commercial Composition Project
This is a 4 lesson mini-unit for general music class. The students are asked to create a short commercial advertising a newly invented product, and compose a short "jingle" to advertise the product. Students perform the commercial in class or video record their project outside of class and the class views the recording.
I have done this project several times, and my students always impress me with their creativity. This project aligns with thje following National Music Standards:
1. Singin
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5th - 8th
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