Mike Doggett

This form comes from years of teaching theatre and directing plays. One of the most important keys for students to be successful in acting is character analysis. Most actors don't like to do it but this form is short and and the kids find it very helpful. It asks several short questions based on what the character wants/needs in a specific scene helping the actor to find their objective, motivation, and helps them understand the given circumstances. It also help the student find the emotion

This is a really fun activity that students love. It is a relay race to teach stage directions. The unit includes instructions on how to structure the race and stage area labels to print out to use for the race. The unit is good for any beginning theatre class in high school or jr. high school, even elementary. Mike Doggett Industrial HS Vanderbilt TX

The activity is for jr. high theatre or can be used for theatre 1 in high school. This activity uses Pantomime and music to create a fun activity to help kids break out of their shell and have fun. Many beginning theatre students are afraid to let go, be big, and have fun on stage which is 80% of what a good actors needs to be able to do to be successful. I have included the assignment sheet to give students and a evaluation sheet for you to use to grade them with. Enjoy! Mike Doggett Indu

When teaching theatre and acting one of the most important and difficult aspects for young actors to grasp and perform is physical acting. Many young actor focus on the words but it the actions that are the most important. This lesson is a unit on Pantomime. It has several different activities and situations for you students to act out. In my career I have come across many pantomime lesson and starters but many of them are to difficult for young actors to act out. I have selected situation

I use this interview questionnaire in all my jr. high and high school classes. It helps me get to know the students and the students to get to know a little about each other. It's a fun activity that helps break the ice for those classes like speech and drama where students will have to perform or present speeches in front of the class, but will work well with any type class. I have the students pair up (three if you have an odd number of students) and have them interview each other writing e

This is a simple graduation speech that students can write by follow several prompts. It's a good example of a special occasion speech and an example of an actual speech that one or two of your student might actually make their senior year. Mike Doggett Industrial HS Vanderbilt TX

This is an acting evaluation form that I created to help me quickly grade acting scenes and monologues in my theatre classes. I have used this form for both jr high and high school classes. It allows me to grade the students quickly so that I can grade them on the spot and keep the class moving so that I can get more performances in before the bell rings. This evaluation form covers: Line Memorization Breaking Character Vocal Projections Playing Moments Blocking Physical Acting Vocal Variety

This is a speech that students will have to think fast to create. I give the student two choices to pick a topic. After they pick a topic they have one note card and two minutes to write a speech with proper structure and then present it in front of the class. The kids have fun with this and I use it toward the end of the year or semester after they have made many other speeches so the basic structure is easy for them all them. Their major obstetrical is thinking of something to say quick

Need a little help directing a play or maybe you have been assigned to direct a play for the first time and you don't know where to start? Maybe you're an experienced director that could use a few new tricks in your toolbox. I have compiled an 8 page how to and tips guide for beginning and experience directors. I created this document for a workshop I did for theatre teachers and directors a few years ago at the Texas Educational Theatre Association convention. Just this year I used it wi

Need a quick grading sheet to grade speech or oral presentations, here it is. I have been teaching speech for 15 years and I have developed this grading sheet over the years. I hand it out before each speech have the students put their name on it and pass it back in. I take volunteers first and the turn these forms upside down and randomly pick a student to present their speech when the volunteering stops. This form allows me to quickly grade a speech or oral report and have it graded and re

This is first major speech I have my students do in speech class. They have fun with it because I let them bring food sample for the class if they are demonstrating cooking for their topic. I have included the assignment sheet along with over 200 possible demonstration speech topics for student to pick from. Mike Doggett Industrial HS Vanderbilt TX

This is persuasive speech assignment that I use in my speech class with all the requirements for the speech and almost 200 possible topics for students to pick from. With possible topics students will have a difficult time picking a proper persuasive topic. Mike Doggett Industrial HS Vanderbilt TX

Here are 21 things I find myself saying to actors during rehearsal on a daily basis. These tips will help actors in a basic theatre class or during the rehearsal period. I also give these tips to my actors during performance to remind them of the basics. Teaching the basic will insure an outstanding performance and help to create outstanding actors. These tips will work with all levels of actors, JH, HS and College Mike Doggett Industrial HS Vanderbilt TX

This is an original monologue writing and performing assignment. Students will pick one of the pictures included and write a 1 minute monologue in first person from the perspective of the person in the picture. This can be used in theatre arts or English classes. Mike Doggett Industrial HS Vanderbilt TX

The most important aspect of professional communication is how students present themselves to a potential employer during an interview. Have your students answer the questions as if they were on a job interview and trying to get their dream job! After the students are finished, discuss each question and what might be an answer that an employer might want to hear. Students should make notes on answer that will make them more appealing to employers. After discussion break up into small group

This is a list of rules and guidelines that I give to my cast at the beginning of each production. It important to establish rules and expectations before rehearsals begin. Mike Doggett Industrial HS Vanderbilt TX

GREAT BACK TO SCHOOL ACTIVITY. Something good for the first day of class to help break the ice and help get students more comfortable with getting up in front of the class to speak. It also helps teacher and students to better get to know each other. This activity can be used not only in a speech or drama class but any class.

This is a Play Review form I used for my Theatre 1, 2, 3 and 4. All of my theatre classes must see all productions my department produces each semester and must wright a review. This is a major grade. This form also includes a list of plays and musicals for those students to rent or stream in case they can't make one of the live performances. I also allow students to see any other live performance. Mike Doggett Industrial High School Vanderbilt TX

This is a simple poem that a students writes about themselves and is a fun activity to help both teacher and students get to know each other during the first few days of a new classes or during the beginning of school. There is a sample of a poem along with detailed information on what is to be written. This activity also works well for drama / theatre when used to with a character in a play to help actors define their character. Mike Doggett Industrial HS Vanderbilt TX

This assignment is best used after the instructor has lectured over the basic rules for outlining. This assignment will give the basic rules and information for the student to outline. It also has a sample of how the outline will look using the information that is to be outlined. After lecturing over the basic rules on how to create an outline I always had a hard coming up with simple information for students to practice outlining without a lot of confusion. After giving them this assignme