Saturday, March 22, 2014
I’m not done with the graveyard just yet. (Did you check out our in-depth blog post from earlier this week? It’s a Research and Write Unit based on a tombstone.) Here we have two picture…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 07:00AMWednesday, March 19, 2014
Episode 83: Playwright and Drama Teacher Matt Webster Matt Webster talks about what it’s like to teach drama teachers, the biggest mistake he sees new drama teachers make, classroom manage…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 12:00PMTuesday, March 18, 2014
I was recently in Mobile, AL and came across a 19th Century graveyard – all the stones inside were from the early- to mid-1800’s and a lot of the graves were of young men, women, and…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 12:00PMSaturday, March 15, 2014
Jennifer Stafford of Owensboro Middle School is in the middle of rehearsing Hoodie for the KTA middle school festival. She generously shared this “Positive and Negative Post-it Exercise”…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 07:00AMWednesday, March 12, 2014
Episode 83: Is a Healthy Arts Community Possible? Owensboro, KY is a mecca for drama teacher Carolyn Greer. The arts are not only supported in her school, but by her school board, and her co…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 12:38PMSaturday, March 8, 2014
Cross-curricular projects are awesome in theory, especially in the drama classroom. They are a great way to demonstrate comprehension by taking information in one form and applying it to ano…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 07:00AMWednesday, March 5, 2014
Episode 82: Playwright Dara Murphy Dara Murphy wrote her first play in high school for a class project and her teacher submitted it to us. At the time Dara was the youngest playwright in our…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 12:00PMSaturday, March 1, 2014
The Best Writing Exercise ever? How can there be just ONE? Surely there’s a different “best” exercise for playwrights or novelists or poets? It’s impossible to make that claim! I am …
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 07:00AMWednesday, February 26, 2014
Episode 81: Movement and the Student Actor La Tasha Do’zia-Earley used our play Emotional Baggage with her students as an introduction to the Laban movement technique. How does she encou…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 12:00PMTuesday, February 25, 2014
Peer Evaluation (or “No, you can’t say Jimmy sucks.”) Why use Peer Evaluation? Peer evaluation is a process whereby learners give feedback to other learners. It is key to the learning …
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 12:00PMSaturday, February 22, 2014
One of the keys to Classroom Management is getting students to work well together. Group work is tricky if students don’t know one another. Why should I share something with this guy who d…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 07:00AMWednesday, February 19, 2014
Episode 80: Stage Manager Tiffany Lyn Meadows Tiffany Lyn Meadows started stage managing as a senior in high school having no idea how to put together a prompt book or call a show. Now she�…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 12:00PMTuesday, February 18, 2014
Ten Questions Every Teacher Needs To Ask (When did you last ask #3?) How often do you self-evaluate? Teachers ask students to evaluate themselves all the time. Self-evaluation is an importan…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 12:00PMSaturday, February 15, 2014
One of the keys to Classroom Management is getting students to work well together. Group work is tricky if students don’t know one another. Why should I share something with this guy who d…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 07:00AMWednesday, February 12, 2014
Episode 79: Playwright Jeffrey Harr Jeffrey Harr is a English Teacher with a sparse theatre background. He was handed the student one act play festival with no guide or instruction. How did …
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 12:00PMSaturday, February 8, 2014
One of the keys to Classroom Management is getting students to work well together. Group work is tricky if students don’t know one another. Why should I share something with this guy who d…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 07:00AMWednesday, February 5, 2014
Episode 78: Develop Your Critical Thinking Skills Craig and Lindsay get specific about why they didn’t like the shows they saw in New York and how you can develop your own critical thinkin…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 12:00PMTuesday, February 4, 2014
Ordered Chaos: Balancing structure and creative activity in the drama classroom Note: There’s a link at the end of this post to a printable PDF version of this article. “The number o…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 07:00AMSaturday, February 1, 2014
One of the keys to Classroom Management is getting students to work well together. Group work is tricky if students don’t know each other. Why should I share something with this guy who do…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 08:07AMWednesday, January 29, 2014
Episode 77: Teen Tour Theatre with Aviva Wolman-Wener Lindsay talks with Aviva Wolman-Wener of Teen Tour Theatre. Aviva has been using Theatrefolk plays for close to ten years. If you tour …
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 12:00PMSaturday, January 25, 2014
Verbatim Theatre If you’re looking for a great cross-curricular activity for your drama classroom, delve into Verbatim Theatre. verbatim: in exactly the same words, word for word Ve…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 07:00AMWednesday, January 22, 2014
Episode 76: Drama Teacher Guru Gai Jones Gai Jones decided in the 5th grade that she wanted to be a theatre educator and she has been impacting teachers and students for over 40 years. She …
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 12:00PMTuesday, January 21, 2014
The importance of Arts Education is hard to quantify. The Arts excel at improving intangible skills (e.g. communication, self-expression, creative and critical thinking) which don’t graph …
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 07:00AMSaturday, January 18, 2014
Don’t miss the downloadable Lesson Plan version of this exercise at the end of this post! The deadline is coming up to submit for the next section of the World Theatre Video Project. The …
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 07:00AMWednesday, January 15, 2014
Episode 75: Create a Theatrical Vision: Teacher Annie Loffredo Teacher Annie Loffredo equates being a drama teacher with being an artist. She loves being able to put on shows year after yea…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 12:00PMSaturday, January 11, 2014
Today’s students are visual learners. They look at screens all day long, it makes sense that they are going to be grabbed by a picture instead of something they hear or read. So why not br…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 07:00AMFriday, January 10, 2014
Enjoy this replay of our January 2014 LIVE Drama Teacher Hangout. The topic was “Directing First Time Actors” with Forrest Musselman, a theatre teacher who shared some very valua…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 09:02AMWednesday, January 8, 2014
Episode 74: Teacher/Playwright Robert Wing Robert Wing is not a drama teacher (although he played one for a bit when the drama teacher broke his back) nor does he have any drama training, o…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 12:00PMSaturday, January 4, 2014
It’s the first day of semester. You have a Grade Nine / Drama One class or a group of students you haven’t worked with before. They stare at you, you stare at them. How can you determine…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 09:40AMWho am I? It’s a question not a lot of people ask. Who am I? What defines me? Effective artistic expression begins with you. If you’re going to write a well detailed character, you shoul…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 07:00AMWednesday, January 1, 2014
Episode 73: Using Audio Drama in the Classroom Interview with Jack Ward. Audio Drama can be used for a project-based learning unit, as a play review activity if you can’t get your stud…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 12:00PM 
