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Matilda projections from MTI

Posted By Deborah Shellard 10-05-2021 08:05
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Hello,Has anyone used the projections from MTI's Matilda or Matilda Jr.? Looking for some pictures to see what they look like.Thanks,Debby ShellardAttea Middle SchoolGlenview, IL-- Debby Shellard Drama Teacher Attea Middle School 2500 Chestnut Ave. | Glenview, IL 60026 (847) 486-7700 www ...

RE: Social Distance in the Acting Classroom

Posted By Deborah Shellard 06-09-2020 13:17
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Hi Patti, I too teach middle school drama and already teach the entire school, (6th, 7th and 8th) by trimester with 300 students every trimester (100 in each grade).  This spring trimester was all distance learning but thinking we might go back in the fall I am asking some of the same questions. ...

RE: EL Learners Theatre Class

Posted By Deborah Shellard 08-25-2019 09:28
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Hello, I teach middle school and have 2-5 EL students in my classes of 25 every term. I begin with audience etiquette games and group games that require little language, i.e. emotion statues, observation, etc. I then move on to pantomime and use google translate or other Spanish speaking students to ...

RE: Middle School Curriculum Maps

Posted By Deborah Shellard 06-12-2018 10:19
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I teach a 13 week class for 6, 7, and 8th graders. In 6th grade they learn about audience etiquette, pantomime and monologue performance. In 7th grade, they move to a diet pantomime, Theatre history Greek to Shakespeare and then end with a duet scene. In 8th grade they study speech presentation, directing ...

RE: Aadaptive Theatre

Posted By Deborah Shellard 05-11-2018 09:17
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Hi Everyone, I too would be interested in any adaptive theatre resources you have.  I currently teach 900 students every year of 6th, 7th, and 8th graders and everyone pushes into the class.  Looking specifically for theatre autism resources and meaningful lesson designs that can be adapted for those ...

RE: Middle School Curriculum in Indiana

Posted By Deborah Shellard 03-22-2018 09:24
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I'm not in Indiana but teach full time drama to 6th, 7th and 8th graders in Illinois.  I would be happy to share any information that I have. Debby Shellard Attea Middle School Drama Teacher dshellard@glenview34.org ------------------------------ Deborah Shellard Drama Teacher Attea Middle School ...

RE: Classroom Play Grading

Posted By Deborah Shellard 05-28-2017 09:42
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I teach middle school drama and have to grade individually on group acting projects.  Here is my rubric.  You can expand "Team Member Work Ethic" to your needs.  Hope this helps. Debby Shellard Middle School Drama Teacher Glenview, IL ------------------------------ ...

RE: Middle School Curriculum Plays

Posted By Deborah Shellard 08-14-2015 08:40
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Hi C J, i would love to look at your melodrama. My email is dshellard@ glenview34.org. Debby ------------------------------ Deborah Shellard Drama Teacher Attea Middle School Glenview IL ------------------------------ ------------------------------------------- Original Message: ...

RE: Middle School Curriculum Plays

Posted By Deborah Shellard 08-11-2015 09:06
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For our 7th grade, we teach an adaptation of Oedipus Rex and Everyman with our theatre history unit. What I don't have is a middle school appropriate play for 8 th grade that is a melodrama or an example of realism. Debby Shellard ------------------------------ Deborah Shellard Drama Teacher ...

RE: 6th grade wheel class, communication through theatre

Posted By Deborah Shellard 08-04-2015 10:47
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Hi Juliette, I teach a 6th grade theatre class that lasts 13 weeks. My suggestion would be to take your voice unit one step further and apply your vocabulary like pitch, rate, volume and diction to a picture book story. You retype the story into script form so students can mark their voice changes. ...

RE: Musical Theatre Class suggestions

Posted By Deborah Shellard 07-19-2015 17:58
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Hi Nicole, I just finished Schoolhouse Rock Jr. with a musical theatre summer school class and they had a wonderful time. Not much set just some boxes or a few platform steps for some levels. It really is a musical theatre review so that the script can be shared among many students and so can the ...

RE: K-6 Theatre Education

Posted By Deborah Shellard 11-23-2014 09:17
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Yes, I am happy to report that District 34 in Glenview,IL has drama for students taught by drama teachers in K - 8th grade. I teach 6-8 drama to 900 students every year in one of the 2 middle school. Debby Shellard ------------------------------------------- Deborah Shellard Drama Teacher ...

RE: Help Finding an Appropriate Monologue

Posted By Deborah Shellard 10-16-2014 09:16
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How about Nora's monologue from Brighton Beach Memoirs where she talks about searching through her dead father's pants pockets and finds all the things that she remembers about him. It is very sweet and she is a 16 year old girl. I have advanced middle school students use it and it sounds like the level ...

RE: Once upon a mattress

Posted By Deborah Shellard 09-14-2014 12:28
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I directed Once Upon a Mattress Jr. last year for 6th, 7th, and 8th graders. Rogers and Hammerstein's Library has the rights to this show and it is called Getting2Know, Once Upon a Mattress. It does not have the pregnancy in the show or any of the other sexual iinnuendos and works well for a conservative ...

RE: Middle School Musicals

Posted By Deborah Shellard 06-18-2014 09:32
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Hi Susie, I usually have 5 -7 boys audition for my shows. We have been very successful with Thoroughly Modern Millie Jr. and Once Upon a Mattress Jr. Take a MTI Jr. productions and Getting 2 Know Rogers and Hammerstein productions. Both are great companies for middle school productions and come with ...