Appropriate Audience Response Teacher Resources

Fourth graders examine audience response. In this audience behavior lesson plan, 4th graders role play scenes and audience prompted reactions to understand how the audience impacts performers.

Twelfth graders research cultural practices such as plays, parades, movies, fashion shows that impact drama/theatre events and draw conclusions about the cultural perspectives that generate diverse opinions.

Students read texts, view film and video and conduct research in an analysis and comparison of Shakespeare's "Hamlet" and the Kabuki piece "Chushingura". They focus their analysis on the theme of revenge.

Explore creative interpretations of literature! Groups work cooperatively to create a dramatic presentation of one of Edgar Allan Poe's poems or short stories. Using the actual text, they incorporate figurative language, dialogue,...

Young scholars describe the traditional theatres of Japan, including Bunraku and Kabuki. They draw parallels between Kabuki and Elizabethan theatres and compare interpretations of modern film and video with the original texts.

Relate literary works and authors to the major themes of English literature from the Anglo-Saxon period through the 20th century. Working in groups, high schoolers will evaluate period philosophy, religion, and politics that influenced...

Eleventh graders research, write, and present a persuasive speech. First, they view a speech given by a popular speaker. Next, they discuss the speech and identify the major components in a persuasive speech. How to grade a speech is...

In this literature worksheet, students respond to 8 short answer and essay questions about The Oedipus Trilogy. Students may also link to an online interactive quiz on the selection at the bottom of the page.

Tenth graders participate in a lesson plan that is focused on the concept of writing persuasive speechs. They conduct research from a variety of sources in order to gather information to write well informed speeches.