Drama Teacher’s Survival Guide–Volume 2: Activities, Exercises, and Techniques for the Theatre Classroom

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Drama teachers everywhere have enjoyed Ms. Johnson’s first survival kit so much that she wrote another one! While the first book focuses on everything about a complete stage production, this one covers every aspect of classroom theatre arts. Students will learn group activities, improvisation, technical theatre, choral reading, mime, stage fighting, and more. The book includes a step-by-step 10-day assignment using monologues for character development and a unit that teaches students how to write their own show. Examples, illustrations, and photos help the reader understand how to use these proven ideas. Reproducible forms, tests, handouts, and a list of additional resources add value to this survival kit. Both beginning and seasoned drama directors will find this book to be an invaluable aid. As with the original book, it will banish your stress and guarantee your success!

From the Publisher

The Drama Teacher’s Survival Guide: A complete handbook for play production

Whether you are a seasoned drama director or a beginner, you will find this book to be an invaluable tool kit of aid and assistance! Written specifically for the middle school or high school drama director, this book tells everything you need to know to produce a play, from administrative detail and play selection to the actual performance before an audience. This is not intended as a manual or a comprehensive study of stagecraft but rather as a collection of suggestions and vignettes of personal experience. Nineteen chapters cover everything from rehearsal schedules to budgets to hair and makeup. It’s just possible, though, you’ll love the additional resources even more – 20 pages of various reproducible forms to use and hand out, followed by an extensive glossary of theatrical terms and a bibliography of additional resources.

(264 pages, 8½ x 11, paperback)

The Drama Teacher’s Survival Guide #2: Activities, exercises, and techniques for the theatre classroom

This follow-up to the wildly popular Drama Teacher’s Survival Guide focuses on teaching drama in the classroom. This book is broken down into units that can either stand alone or be used together. The highly informative units include: The First Week, Technical Theater, Choral Reading, Mime, Stage Fighting, Solo and Duo Acting Activities, Working with Monologues, and Students Writing Their Own Show. Each chapter contains in-depth descriptions of activities to further the students’ understanding of the subjects, illustrated examples of scenes and products created by real students, detailed explanations of theatre techniques, and timelines for how long the unit should take.

This book is an incredible resource both to new drama teachers searching for inspiration and experienced drama teachers looking to spice up their lesson plans, and reproducible forms, tests, and handouts add even more value to this survival kit.

(184 page, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, paperback)

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Meriwether Publishing; Original edition (September 1, 2011)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 184 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1566081823
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1566081825
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.6 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.4 x 0.5 x 8.4 inches