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Middle Mania: Imaginative Theater Projects for Middle School Actors (Young Actors Series) (Young Actors Series)
enlarge	Author: Maureen Brady Johnson Publisher: Smith Kraus Category: Book List Price: ~~$17.95~~ Buy New: $16.15 You Save: $1.80 (10%) New (8) Used (7) from $14.73 Media: Paperback Edition: 1 Number Of Items: 1 Pages: 140 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4 Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.3 x 0.5 ISBN: 1575252546 Dewey Decimal Number: 792.028 EAN: 9781575252544 ASIN: 1575252546 Publication Date: December 30, 2001 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours

Editorial Reviews: Product Description Middle Mania is a compilation of interactive, collaborative projects written for middle school teachers who spend a good part of their summer sifting through piles of plays in search of the perfect production to do with students. Middle Mania! offers many creative alternatives that are "drama healthy" for kids, providing every student with a chance to get involved. The projects challenge students to stretch their imagination while giving shy students a chance to build self-confidence. These projects introduce the exciting possibilities drama can provide, while building a friendly community atmosphere.

Customer Reviews: Read 4 more reviews... Essential! October 10, 2008 Drama got added to my music teaching schedule this school year and I had no idea what to do! I've never had a drama class in my life! This book saved me. The projects are interesting, fun, and involve the whole class. Better than that, the book spells out specifically what to assign when, things to watch out for in terms of management, and how to deal with assessment. I've seen lots of books with general ideas, but this book walks through projects day at a time with information about each piece. br /br /This book is a real lifesaver. I recommend it for anyone teaching drama, especially if you are new to the field or if it's not your specialty. Perfect Middle School Theatre Resource September 7, 2008 I've been teaching middle school theatre for 4 years, and this book gave me some great ideas to use in my classroom. I love the way she organizes the book into different theatre projects and the way she uses group projects to teach theatre concepts. It's a great way to get the students working together and she describes each unit with such detail that you're not left wondering how to implement her ideas. Since she's a middle school theatre teacher herself, her insight is extremely helpful. And yet, she doesn't ever say her way is the only way. I highly recommend this for any middle school teacher that would like creative ways to use theatre projects in the classroom. Middle Mania, A Marvelous Resource August 26, 2008 1 out of 1 found this review helpful Maureen Brady Johnson's Middle Mania series helps students and teachers explore and create theater in excting new ways. br /br /The exercises are so ingenious that students will find themselves moving forward with projects that help them appreciate theater as the dynamic force it is.br /br /As a playwright I have used Middle Mania to help jump start my writing and I highly recommend both Middle Mania and Middle Mania Two. br /br / Innovative! August 26, 2008 1 out of 1 found this review helpful Maureen Brady Johnson is a playwright as well as an experienced teacher with a fabulously creative mind. Her ideas fairly explode off the page. I guarantee these projects will open new ways of thinking and new approaches to acting. "Middle Mania: Imaginative Theater Projects for Middle School Actors" is a gift! - Robin Rice Lichtig (playwright) br / The Curriculum I was Searching For: Middle Mania! August 11, 2008 1 out of 1 found this review helpful Maureen Brady Johnson's books Middle Mania: Imaginative Theater Projects for Middle School Actors and ASIN:1575253291 Middle Mania Volume Two are priceless! As a drama teacher, hired last fall to establish a new exploratory fine arts program, I needed practical hands-on ideas for 6th, 7th and 8th grade. For the first semester, I used the Bag of Puppets project for all three grades. The students loved the process, learned multiple skills from public speaking to scriptwriting and eventually performed their original puppet plays for the entire lower school. During the second semester the books again provided a wealth of practical project ideas. The students explored musical theater using the Rock 'n Roll Playwriting unit and songs by the Beatles. During our school library's month-long celebration of Dr. Seuss, the 8th grade used the ingenious "Musical Chairs" project to stage a readers theater performance. Each volume of Middle Mania contains detailed lesson plans as well as reproducible forms for student evaluation and reflection. I cannot imagine finding a more worthwhile teaching tool for years to come!

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