Drama at RavenswoodMr. Guidry · PreK–8

For drama teachers

Take what you need

Elementary drama. One specialist, one room.

When I started, almost everything written for drama teachers was written for high school. There was very little for a PreK through 8 specialist working alone in a black box, so I built what I needed. It's here. Use it, change it, and don't credit me if that's awkward at your school.

Projects

Things students make, from a single class period to a full unit. Radio Drama, Jabberwocky, production roles, set design. Some are complete unit plans with rubrics. Some are just the idea and enough detail to steal it.

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Games

Every game with its rules, a level-up variation, and debrief questions, sorted by what the game is actually teaching. No filler warm-ups.

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Systems

The structures that hold a room together. Participation grading built for the quiet kid and the kid who never stops talking. Call-backs, freeze cues, transitions, and how students run their own materials.

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The room

What's in my black box, what it cost, and what you can skip. The found-materials list, the DMX setup, and the order I teach third graders to call cues.

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For anyone in their first year of teaching drama. Planning templates, a first-week plan, and the short list of things that go wrong first. Built out of mentoring residents through the CPS Residency Program.

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Get new material when it goes up

I add things a few times a year. Feel free to check back every now and again!.