Classroom Management: The “I’m Done” Student
This is my next article in this conversation about Classroom Management in Drama. Teachers have posed many questions to us concerning management techniques. I will answer this and then request other ideas from this community. The questions are stated exactly as they have been presented to me. ...
Classroom Management: Class Closure
Let’s continue the conversation about Classroom Management in Drama. Teachers have posed many questions to us concerning management techniques. I will answer this and then request other ideas from this community. The questions are stated exactly as they have been presented to me. I will do my ...
Classroom Management: Idea Creation
Let’s continue the conversation about Classroom Management in Drama. Teachers have posed many questions to us concerning management techniques. I will answer this and then request other ideas from this newsletter community and on our blog. The questions are stated exactly as they have been ...
Rubric on the Wall Assessment
Participatory Drama Rubric, aka "Rubric on the Wall Assessment"Assessment in the arts can be spontaneous and interactive while providing the teacher or leader with clear collectable data. One of my favorite formative assessment strategies that challenges students to self-assess, gets participants moving in many directions, and ...
Managing Misbehavior in Drama
A Management Approach to Redirect Misbehaving Actions in Drama.Young children need a way to recognize incorrect behavior choices while also feeling in control in the classroom. So much misbehavior arrives from young people- Feeling out of control- Needing attention from peers- Fear of physical, emotional, ...
Assessing Student Participation
A teacher recently posed a question to me regarding assessing student participation in class.“What is the best way to get students to speak up in class and how should that be evaluated?”A fellow colleague recommended that he should score students on the number of times ...
The Art of Words in Crafting Assessments
As artists we know words can be very powerful. They move us to tears, bring us a smile or two, and paint vivid pictures in our minds. We labor over the right adverb, the right character name, the right phrase that completes a lyrical line, ...
Storytelling Tips & Techniques
I picked up these storytelling tips over the years working both as a classroom teacher and working with children in drama education. I'm sharing them with you because I think stories are one of the best ways to reach people. -Karen Selecting a StoryChoose a ...
Make a Learning Impact with Drama
What should I teach in Drama to make the learning more impactful? As teachers we want to teach everything right away but the best practice is to introduce a skill or concept, demonstrate how it is used in practice, then turn it over to the ...
Building personal character through drama
Building personal character through drama is easy with many of its interactive processes: planning, rehearsing, devising, evaluating, and critiquing others. During the acting process, actors must interpret, analyze, discuss, and imitate the character traits of the roles they play in a given story. Additionally, other ...
