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Commas
Fifth graders discuss when a comma is necessary in a sentence. In this language arts lesson, 5th graders understand that commas are used as a pause and help the reader understand ideas better. Students find an example of each example...
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A Comparison of the Play and Movie "Inherit the Wind"
Students read the play "Inherit the Wind" about the Scopes "Monkey" Trial. In groups, they choose their favorite scene and create a diorama dipicting the scene as they see it. They watch a recording of the play and compare it to their...
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I Feel Angry or Sad When...
Students identify inclusive procedures for activities. In this social skills lesson, students perform skits that illustrate inappropriate as well as appropriate classroom behavior.
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Honesty
Learners brainstorm what it means to be honest and responsible. In groups, they share experiences from their own lives when they knew something was happening that was wrong. To end the lesson, they participate in a variety of role...
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Sell Phones
Students work in groups as competing teams responsible for preparing and presenting a comprehensive marketing plan to the board of a "new" cell phone company.
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Animal Farm - The Rest of the Story
Students participate in a reader's theater using farm animals in the novella Animal Farm. In this Animal Farm lesson plan, students evaluate interpretations using the text, personal experience, and historical events.
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Screening the Silver Screen
Students write New York Times Movie Guide Reviews using descriptive and persuasive language.
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Explore the Constitution
Students examine the U.S. Constitution. For this American history lesson, students explore the founders' vision of U.S. government as they participate in readers' theatre, role-playing scenarios, and constitutional analysis activities.
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Spiders! Scary or Nice?
Students participate in a variety of cross-curriculur activities in order to explore spiders.
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Shortened Shakespeare
High schoolers discover the two main ingredients of a play: speech and actions. They then listen to a shortened version of "Macbeth" and write down one sentence to describe what is happening in each of the comic-strip cells.
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Nicole Kidman's Biography
In this Nicole Kidman worksheet, students fill in the blanks with the correct words in her biography and find adjectives in the word search. Students complete 2 activities.
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Ivanov Goes to Moscow
Students complete a unit on the play, "Ivanov" by Chekhov. They read and analyze the play, write a short story, watch a film of the play, complete a data sheet, and conduct a debate.
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Touring the Museum
Second graders create a living sculpture using their peers. Working with a partner, they manipulate their partner's arms and legs to create a living statue. They create a story to go along with their sculpture, explaining what the...
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Dramatic Feelings (any)
Students examine a feeling word and represent it in a dramatic presentation. Through this, students present and observe the different situations that different feelings can exist in.
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Arts Now Learning: Using Tableau and Role Drama to Examine the Ecosystem [Pdf]
In this activity, 4th graders use tableaux to dramatize their roles in the food chain of an ecosystem. Next, they write in role arguing why they are important to the ecosystem. This is followed by a debate in the format of a Character...
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Classic Reader: The Middle Class Gentleman by Jean Baptiste Poquelin Moliere
This is the full text of the five-act French play The Middle Class Gentleman by Jean Baptiste Poquelin Moliere, better known as Moliere.
Northern Virginia Community College
Nova: Introduction to Theatre/medieval to Elizabethan
Detailed class notes on English drama and the artistic and historical influences that shaped it. Includes information about the University Wits, pre-Shakespearean acting troups and Elizabethan acting style.