Theatre 1 · Week 6 · Ensemble and Trust
Failing Forward in Improv
Students play games designed to fail, celebrate the flops, and reflect on how mistakes free up creative ideas.
- Students will
- Students play games designed to fail, celebrate flops, and describe how mistakes can lead to new creative choices in a scene.
- SEL skill
- Turn a mistake into a next step
- What it looks like
- Students build self-motivation by treating mistakes as useful information and trying again.
- Content focus
- Failing forward in improv: celebrating flops
- Format
- Group roles share
Self-management
Self-management means managing your feelings, thoughts, and actions to reach your goals. More self-management activities
What you get
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Standards
- TH:Cr3.1.HSI: Theatre, Creating, Anchor Standard 3 (Refine and complete artistic work), High School Proficient
- Artistic process: Creating
- Level: High School Proficient
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More self-management activities for Theatre 1
- Stage Fright Is Normal Self-managementStudents identify how nerves show up in their bodies and practice breathing, grounding, and vocal warmups to manage them.
- Rehearsal Habits Self-managementStudents set rehearsal goals for a scripted scene, track progress, and revise staging after each run.
- Memorization and Stress Self-managementStudents try memorization techniques and build a plan that keeps learning lines from becoming overwhelming.
- Playing Conflict Safely Self-managementStudents stage an argument scene and practice a routine for stepping out of the character's intense emotion when the scene ends.
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