Theatre 1 · Week 4 · Ensemble and Trust
Stage Fright Is Normal
Students identify how nerves show up in their bodies and practice breathing, grounding, and vocal warmups to manage them.
- Students will
- Students identify where nerves show up in the body and practice breathing, grounding, and vocal warmups that support rehearsal and performance.
- SEL skill
- Use a calming strategy before performing
- What it looks like
- Students manage nervous energy by choosing and using a calming strategy before performing.
- Content focus
- Stage fright is normal: breath, grounding, and vocal warmups
- Format
- Think write pair share
Self-management
Self-management means handling your emotions, thoughts, and actions so you can reach your goals. More self-management activities
What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- TH:Pr5.1.HSI: Theatre, Performing, Presenting, or Producing, Anchor Standard 5 (Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation), High School Proficient
- Artistic process: Performing, Presenting, or Producing
- Level: High School Proficient
Fits these textbook chapters
- Basic Drama Projects, Chapter 1: Warm Up
- Basic Drama Projects, Chapter 7: Voice Production and Articulation
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More self-management activities for Theatre 1
- Failing Forward in Improv Self-managementStudents play games designed to fail, celebrate the flops, and reflect on how mistakes free up creative ideas.
- 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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