Middle school drama lessons

Looking for just the right comedy for your middle school theatre group? Read these scripts and more in their entirety at Stage Partners and find the right fit!

Middle School Drama Curriculum designed by Matt Buchanan

Advice to make your middle school drama class successful

I'm in my third year of teaching middle school theatre and finally feeling like I'm not constantly drowning. I've had my students complete a bell-ringer/warm up assignment in a notebook for the last two and half years so they can learn concepts and focus on theatre while I take care of housekeeping tasks and learning is still happening. I've decided my goal for next year is to implement interactive notebooks in my classroom and change the formatting of my bell-ringers. Interactive notebooks…

40 Classic Drama Games every Teacher should know

Students will LOVE this murder mystery drama activity. In groups, students are assigned the roles of: victim; murderer; suspects; and detective.

This anchor chart is great to create with students when teaching a mini lesson on theatrical writing.

I'm in my third year of teaching middle school theatre and finally feeling like I'm not constantly drowning. I've had my students complete ...

Elements of Drama anchor chart

Teach drama? Try this fantastic tableau lesson from 2 Peas and a Dog. Middle school (intermediate) drama long range plans are also included in this blog post.

Six brand new drama warm-ups with detailed instructions on seven pages!

Want to learn and practice differet types of drama? Here's a list of 9 with an explanation of how to do each one. Great for drama class.

Elements of Drama Quiz 925389 worksheets by sacosta1212 .Elements of Drama Quiz interactive worksheet LiveWorksheets

Classroom Drama Agreements

I have created several reader’s theater scripts and toolkits to help my students practice their skills. The key to an engaging script is offering a story they can relate to as “big kids” in middle school. This was my goal in creating the different resources featured below. The majority of these scripts have between 10 to 12 speaking parts and take 20 to 30 minutes to read aloud.

These are quick fire, sure to please, fun, effective and adaptable games for your speech classes. Suitable for middle school upward. With complete guidelines.

Your middle school students will LOVE putting on mini skits in your classroom. It's a great way for you to engage them in content in new ways! #middleschool #blogger #education #blog #readerstheater #skits

🎶Music and 🎭drama teachers DON'T miss this list of SEVEN musical theater activities for middle school music students (or middle school drama students!) Your students will learn about the history of theater, practice their acting skills, and gain audition experience with these fabulous theater activities. Perfect for any drama or music classroom!

Free & funny readers' theater scripts by T. P. Jagger. Use readers' theater (readers' theatre) scripts to improve students' reading fluency.

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