Perky Plans

Partial Course Description: In this course, students will exercise a broad range of technical skills for the stage. It includes: mechanics, set building, music, lights, sound, and graphics, marketing and fundraising through a diverse project-based curriculum. The major emphasis of this course is to provide for the continued growth and development of the students’ acting and technical skill through studying and producing full-length school productions for public performance.

This syllabus will introduce the drama student to the process of putting on a play. It includes contracts. This course is designed to teach the student these concepts through collaborative projects such as acting techniques and theatre exercises. The student will experience the full process of putting on a school play at a professional level. This course requires play reading, play performance, monologue and scene preparation to perform in front of a live audience.

This Powerpoint is a professional development for educators and administrators. It teaches step by step how to engage the learning community in creative thinking and the arts. It includes graphics, informative video, a timeline, agenda, purpose and activities based on educational research.

Your students will have a blast with this game of commonly confused words. They can play in teams or individually in class. Remember the key is there is a time factor to respond to each question. Limit to 30 seconds for the best results. Have fun and enjoy. If your students benefit from this game I will post more. Please let me know by rating the lesson. Thank you, Theamarie

This Power Point instructs educators in a Professional Develpment how to compile research based intervention using Response to Intervention RTI for school improvement. It explains the use of API, STAR and CELDT and how to implement an action plan for higher test scores.

You know that common student excuse “I know what I want to say but I don’t know how to say it”? That may literally true. Teaching style means teaching a repertoire of possible ways “how to say it.” Subject-verb agreement means simply this: Singular nouns agree with singular verbs, and plural nouns take plural verbs. Often tests will try to trick you by separating the subject of the sentence from the verb it is supposed to agree with. This lesson will prepare your students to meet this

This unit is complete with teacher directions and student directions. It can apply to any content of monologue or presentation. The unit also has both a peer rubric and teacher rubric with theater required glossary terms built into the rubric.

This syllabus may be used for all grades. It includes theater standards, objectives, course descriptions and a grading scale. The syllabus also provides a contract/ agreement for parents and the student alike. You will receive two versions of the same syllabus: one in English and one in Spanish.

The objective of this lesson is: Applying the structure of words in the English language to literature. The heightened language of William Shakespeare provides a design with words for the structure of iambic pentameter. Multi-intelligences will have a variety of options that will stimulate them. There is a writing component to this lesson, a listening and speaking component, and literature circles for peer tutoring and audiovisual tools for graphic learning. There is also a performance aspect.

The unit implements independent rhythmic scansion of William Shakespeare. Through both web resources, literature and the tactile ability to clap your hands, students will unpack scansion of heightened language achieving a greater understanding of iambic pentameter. This is a month long unit that includes a day by day schedule and activities with graphic organizers. I believe autonomy promotes self-reliant, socially responsible thinkers. If a student has the ability to use educational tools, he

A found poem is composed of words found in other sources. You don’t make up the words. You choose which words are important and determine the most powerful order. Writing a found poem is about keeping your ears and eyes alert to the possibilities in ordinary language. This lesson includes a step by step guide to creating the found poem, as well as the standards with Shakespeares' Sonnet 18 with the translations. Also the lesson has a rubric with a detailed lesson.

This research template divides the books, publishers, online sources, quotes and commentary all together on this document. You are able to organize your thoughts without the hassle of carrying a ton of books around to each class. Your students will LOVE this template. It serves to guide your student on the path of writing an awesome research paper on ANY TOPIC. Common Core Standard included applies to all grade levels not just 12. W.12.10

It's the beginning of the year and you have a brand new class. OMG...What am I going to do? Learn about your students and open the door to build a great relationship with them with this fun team building activity.

Students are introduced to a theatrical stage and stage directions. Students are further introduced to theatrical terms and stage directions. The objective is to prepare for an understanding of the theatrical form of a play. Lesson Plan, Quiz and Graphics are included. Stage Directions are marked on the quiz with an X by instructor.

This is a great Ice-Breaker Game. It helps students learn each others name and become more comfortable with each other understanding we are more alike than we are different. It also helps to create a positive learning environment.

This unit is created for a 6-7 week plan. It includes a day by day schedule and activities that supplement the novel.

This quiz promotes critical thought for students to categorize the events of the story in the order of plot events that occur in Maya Angelous' novel. This quiz comes with a key.

Theater games are great ice breakers. Students can bond with their peers and create a great positive learning environment. This link teaches step by step, how to play a variety of games.

This detailed performance Assessment Rubric will provide specific goals for your theater student to strive for when they are asked to perform. It works well with scenes, monologues, original scenes and presentations. It implements the use of student required glossary terms which can be switched for any content. It grades based on The VAPA standards and can also apply to The Common Core Anchor Standard for Presentations and Collaboration.

This lesson is a great exercise in character development with critical thinking. The vanity plate is designed by the student based on the content of the characters story. The rationale is also created by the student to describe how and why they chose that design to reveal insight on how they interpret the character.