TEACHING RESOURCE
Read these fun quotes from the cast of the Harry Potter movies -- they compare themselves to their characters.
WORKSHEETS
Read aloud Imani's Moon, then hand out this script to perform a readers theater. Children will practice speaking and…
ACTIVITIES
Here is a play from which children will learn dinosaur facts.
As a genre study, Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus is a morality play, a historical allegory, and the tale of a hero…
LESSON PLANS
Work with students to improvise dialogue (speaking and singing), music, and scenery to turn a story into an emotional…
There are many creative ways to use this blank, printable mask. Decorate it for a Mardi Gras or Halloween mask, or for…
Read a movie review of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the sixth film in the Harry Potter series,…
Stage this reader's theater in your classroom to further children's enjoyment of the nursery rhymes in Rufus and…
Bring the Katie Kazoo, Switcheroo series to life in your classroom with a reader's theater. Perform this three-act play…
Use these labels to identify courtroom characters in your own classroom mock trial. Print and cut them out to make…
ASSESSMENT
Recall famous birds from cartoons, fairy tales, sports teams, and television shows to answer the questions in this quiz.
Host a ballet party. This activity kit contains everything you need: invitations, games, paper dolls, stickers, and…
Create your own water extravaganza based on The Incredible Water Show. Use the book, reproducible character puppets, a…
Develop students' appreciation of Shakespeare's language through performance-based teaching strategies for Henry IV,…
Through performance-based teaching strategies for Othello, students will discover how the language of the soliloquy…
After learning about genres, students do a Reader's Theater of a book in a different genre. This activity is aligned to…
REFERENCE
Celebrate the glamour of the Oscars® with this lesson plan for the 1953 Academy Awards, the first time the event was…
This puppet play is about four snow kids who want to see more of the world.
Use a teaching guide that helps students analyze the elements of plays, their responses to the selection, and the craft…
Using peer assessment methods, students evaluate a dramatic performance.
The plot of Aristophanes's Lysistrata depicts Athenian women who are fed up with the Peloponnesian War, so they…
Try a library-skills activity that focuses on audiovisual materials.
Use drama to extend learning from a book.
Enhance students' enjoyment of the book Floridious Bloom and the Planet of Gloom with this printable drama activity.…
