9781496093387-1496093380-Teaching Drama: The Essential Handbook: 16 Ready-to-Go Lesson Plans to Build a Better Actor

Teaching Drama: The Essential Handbook: 16 Ready-to-Go Lesson Plans to Build a Better Actor

ISBN-13: 9781496093387
ISBN-10: 1496093380
Edition: 1
Author: Denver Casado
Publication date: 2014
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Format: Paperback 44 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781496093387
ISBN-10: 1496093380
Edition: 1
Author: Denver Casado
Publication date: 2014
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Format: Paperback 44 pages

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Teaching Drama: The Essential Handbook: 16 Ready-to-Go Lesson Plans to Build a Better Actor (ISBN-13: 9781496093387 and ISBN-10: 1496093380), written by authors Denver Casado, was published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform in 2014. With an overall rating of 3.6 stars, it's a notable title among other Instruction Methods (Schools & Teaching) books. You can easily purchase or rent Teaching Drama: The Essential Handbook: 16 Ready-to-Go Lesson Plans to Build a Better Actor (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Instruction Methods books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $3.46.

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Are you a new drama teacher looking for help planning your first year? Or an experienced teacher in need of refreshing new ideas for your drama classes? Teaching Drama: The Essential Handbook is a new resource with 16 ready-to-go lesson plans that will provide you with the tools you need to build your kids into incredible actors.

Go beyond drama games. With this handbook you'll get:

  • A semester's worth of cumulative lessons that will turn your kids into real-deal actors
  • Notes on how to introduce basic acting concepts in a way kids will instantly understand
  • Suggested activities for both "younger" and "older" kids
  • How to transition between activities and from lesson to lesson
  • Contemporary new games like a "Facebook Character Profile"
  • Reflection and journaling exercises after every lesson.
Below are just a few of the topics covered in the lessons:
  • What is Theatre? Students explore how theatre is the art of telling stories through live acting.
  • Creating an Ensemble. Students learn to work together, build trust, and involve every member in a performance.
  • Movement & Space. Students explore how pantomime and behavior can help tell a story.
  • Character Development. Students explore what makes characters unique and how to create compelling characters onstage.
  • Objective & Tactics. Students will think about the "why" behind every action.
  • Using Your Voice: Students will understand the importance of articulation, projection and voice variation.
  • Listening/Reacting. Students will understand how listening and reacting are an important part of being an actor.
  • Stage Directions and Blocking. Students will understand the "principles of blocking" and how to stage a scene without instruction.
  • And much more...

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