Drama Lesson Plans

Students use drama and poetry in their Geography class. In groups, they role play an interviewer or the interviewee in various plays that were presented to them. In their role, they must locate and label where the countries mentioned are or any other important historical event. To end the lesson, they review the large amount of vocabulary they were introduced to at the beginning of the lesson.

Learners write skits.  In this drama lesson, groups of students complete a worksheet about making connections in texts.  Together, they write a skit using their completed worksheets.  Learners practice skits for a performance.

Complete a story matrix and identify parts of a fictional text, comparing  and contrasting parts of stories and parts of drama. This leads to performing a Reader's Theater script, The Hidden One: A Native American Legend. Handouts and assessment activities provided. 

Students read a play and write the definitions of play terminology. In this dramatic arts lesson, students read a drama, discuss the essential elements in the play, and then write their own drama. Each drama is presented to the class. A very fine lesson!

Students examine Greek theater and distinguish drama from other types of literature. In this greek tragedy lesson students explore Greek mythological characters and write an original tragedy based upon the characters.

Young scholars explore communities through drama. In this language arts activity, students research how communities interact and put on a play. They perform the play for their peers.

Students gain insight into Greek tragedy and such concepts such as fate, hubris, and (dramatic) irony. They recognize the Greeks concern with fate, self-determination and the role of gods and oracles in everyday life and compare and contrast ancient Greek drama with modern dramatic forms such as movies and modern theatre.

Ninth graders read and internalize the drama Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Many intriguing and thought provoking assignments are waiting for the completion of students within this lesson profile.

Eighth graders examine morpheme patterns to better understand word origins. They look at how compound words are formed and how the meaning of the words changes. Finally, they read about the Origins of Drama in a comprehension selection before discussing the reading.

Young scholars participate in a variety of activities designed to integrate drama into the classroom. They play charades, mime, practice visualization, active and passive improvisation, develop characters using puppets, etc.