Machine generated contents note: 1. Bringing Dramatic Literature to Life Through an Active Approach
What Does "Acting It Out" Really Involve?
Offering a Bit of Context: TimeLine Theatre Company and Chicago Public Schools Partnership
Not Just in Drama Class: Using Active Approaches to Dramatic Literature in Any Classroom
Opportunity for Reflection
2. Engaging Students: The Key Ingredient
Make the Connection: Engagement and Standards for Learning
Exploration Through Rehearsal
Understanding a Part in Relation to the Whole
Continuous Improvement Is a Learned Skill
Relevance of Research and Supplemental Print and Non-Print Texts
Uniting Creativity with the Common Core
Empowering Learners: Long-Term Outcomes
Opportunity for Reflection
3. Opening up the Classroom Actor's Toolkit: Promoting Student Engagement Through Active Approaches
Introducing Classroom Actor Basics
Activity #1 Just Say, "YES."
Note continued: Sharing Energy and Building Trust
Activity #2 Pass It Along
Making Body and Voice Connections
Activity #4 Trippingly Off the Tongue Twisters
Activity #5 Strike a Pose for a "Tableau"
Creating a New Approach to Bell Ringers and Redirection Strategies
Beyond Bell Ringer Ensemble Building Activities: Exploring a Monologue
Activity #6 Group Monologue Work
Fostering "Buy In" and a Classroom that "Connects"
Opportunity for Reflection
4."The Play's the Thing": To Read or Not to Read Dramatic Literature
Act One Start by Addressing Accessible Literary Themes
Reading Strategies to Consider: Accessible Literary Themes
Act Two Build Critical Thinking Around Social Issues
Reading Strategies to Consider: Connecting to Social Issues
Act Three Create and Recreate Historical Perspective
Reading Strategies to Consider: Examining History Through a Play and Excerpts.
Note continued: Opportunity for Reflection
5. Acting It Out: Applying Active Approaches to Scene Study
Selecting Scenes and Monologues
Scenes from The Crucible (Penguin Edition)
Starting the Rehearsal Process
Activity #1 "Status" Warm-Up
Activity #2 More "Status" Work
More Body and Character Connections
Activity #3 Making the Connection
Casting the Scenes, Creating Rehearsal Groups
Starting with a "Table Read"
The Reader-Feeder Approach
Moving with a Purpose: Blocking the Scene
Assessment: What Are My Students Learning? How Do They Want to Grow?
Building Confidence, Fostering Success
Opportunity for Reflection
Handout 5.1 Self-Assessment: My Personal Goals
Handout 5.2 Formative Assessment: Checklist for Meeting Rehearsal Objectives
Handout 5.3 Rubric: Assessment for Research Process and Final Scene Showings.
Note continued: 6. Discovering the World of the Play: Researching Complementary Non-Fiction, Primary Sources, and Visual Texts
Teacher as Dramaturg: Providing Students with Complementary Non-Fiction Texts
Students as Dramaturgs: Researching the World of the Play
Seeing the World of the Play Through Visual Media Research
The Play's "Backstory": Creating a Dramaturgical Packet
Step into the Play's World: Creating a "Lobby Display" for the Classroom
Opportunity for Reflection
Handout 6.1 Brainstorming to Set a Research Agenda
7. It's All Connected: Making Interdisciplinary Connections Through Dramatic Texts
Why Make Interdisciplinary Connections Through Dramatic Texts?
Excerpting a Play, Capturing a Crucial Moment in History
Use History Plays Like Time Machines
On the Broad Level: Springboard into History at Its Most Exciting Moments
On the Broad Level: Use Plays Excerpts to Provide a Historical Overview.
Note continued: More Specifically: Unpack Social Issues
Use Plays to Establish a Different Viewpoint on Segregation
Use Plays to Gain a Different Viewpoint on Prejudice
Use Plays to Study the Role of Harassment in Culture
Use Plays to Expose the Stories of Internment and Genocide
Opportunity for Reflection
8. Measuring Growth: Activities for Exploration, Reflection, and Assessment
Setting the Stage for Exploration: Previewing the Play, Its Issues, and Themes
Activity #1 Previewing a Text Using Opinionaires
Activity #2 Previewing the Play's Language, Characters, and Themes
Activity #3 Previewing the Play's Theme Through Poetry Analysis
Activity #4 Previewing the Play's Historical Period Through Images
Activity #5 Using Film Trailers and Television Programs as a Previewing Tool
Character Development Activities for Deeper Exploration and as Formative Assessment Tools
Activity #6 Creating a Character Dossier.
Note continued: Activity #7 Creating a Character Portrait
A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words
Activity #8 Public Speaking and Role-Playing
Capstone Writing Activities
Essay Topic #1 Analyzing a Character
Essay Topic #2 Examining Levels of Conflict
Essay Topic #3 Responding to a Social Issue
Journalistic Writing: Understanding the Historical Period
Opportunity for Reflection
Handout 8.1 Character Dossier
Handout 8.2 Coat of Arms Template.
