8th Grade Drama and Performing Arts

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Visual Arts

Music National Content Standard 6

Music National Content Standard 8

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LESSON PLANS

Write a Harry Potter Script

Students learn to summarize one chapter from a Harry Potter book and write a one scene script for it.

Subjects

Reading

Reading Comprehension

Literature

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Twelfth Night Curriculum Guide

Help students experience Illyria with performance-based teaching strategies for Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. Before…

Subjects:

Shakespeare

Drama and Performing Arts

Authors

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Present a Skit

Student work in groups of three or four to pick a scene or event that they will present as a skit.

Subjects:

Reading and Literature

Literary Drama

Drama and Performing Arts

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A Movie About your life printable from MakeBeliefsComix

WORKSHEETS

Reflect: Make A Movie About Your Life

Use this colorful printable to help your students reflect and think about their lives and personalities. It can be used…

Subjects:

Language Arts and Writing

Social and Emotional Development

Drama and Performing Arts

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Film Pioneers

Children will identify pioneers in the film industry using their accomplishments described in this worksheet. Pupils…

Subjects:

Drama and Performing Arts

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ASSESSMENT

African-Americans in Arts & Entertainment Quiz

Test your students' knowledge of famous black artists and entertainers.

Subjects:

Social Studies and History

African-American History

Drama and Performing Arts

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TEACHING RESOURCE

Harry Potter Timeline

The life of J.K. Rowling and her famous creation, Harry Potter, are presented in this timeline.

Subjects:

Teaching Harry Potter

Books

Literature

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Quotes from the Cast of the Harry Potter Movies

Read these fun quotes from the cast of the Harry Potter movies -- they compare themselves to their characters.

Subjects:

Teaching Harry Potter

Books

Literature

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Write a Cover Letter That Sells

Use this printable to have children write a cover letter to sell a fake movie script they have written.

Subjects:

Letter-Writing Lessons & Tips

Letters, Journals and Diaries

Writing

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LESSON PLANS

Creating Opera

Work with students to improvise dialogue (speaking and singing), music, and scenery to turn a story into an emotional…

Subjects

Drama and Performing Arts

Music

Art, Music and Drama

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REFERENCE

1953 Academy Awards

Celebrate the glamour of the Oscars® with this lesson plan for the 1953 Academy Awards, the first time the event was…

Subjects:

Language Arts and Writing

Drama and Performing Arts

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Peer Assessment: Dramatic Performance

Using peer assessment methods, students evaluate a dramatic performance.

Subjects:

Reading and Literature

Reading Aloud

Drama and Performing Arts

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The Wizard of Oz

Interesting facts and fun activities related to The Wizard of Oz.

Subjects:

Fantasy Fiction

Fiction

Literature

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Oscar Night

This printable article describes interesting facts and fun activities related to the Academy Awards, or "Oscars."

Subjects:

Film and Video (Cinematography)

Award and Prize Winners

American History/U.S. History

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ASSESSMENT

Famous Birds Quiz

Recall famous birds from cartoons, fairy tales, sports teams, and television shows to answer the questions in this quiz.

Subjects:

Birds

Film and Video (Cinematography)

Animals (Zoology)

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TEACHING RESOURCE

Review of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Read a movie review of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the sixth film in the Harry Potter series,…

Subjects:

Teaching Harry Potter

Books

Literature

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Read a Script

In this activity, children will practice reading a scene from a movie.

Subjects:

Reading and Literature

Reading Aloud

Drama and Performing Arts

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The Making of Toy Story

In this activity, children will calculate how many hours of computing time were needed to make Toy Story.

Subjects:

Measurement

Mathematics

Telling and Measuring Time

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Animation in the World

Using encyclopedias and other reference materials, children will complete a table about animators all over the world.

Subjects:

Library Resources

Reading and Literature

Reference Materials

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