Intro to Drama Unit: Editable Drama Activities and Quizzes (for any play in ELA)

Ready to rock your drama unit? This resource provides an introduction to drama with drama activities to use with any play. You can use these materials in a regular ELA classroom (as you have students act out Shakespeare, for example) or in a drama elective.

Key Drama activities and concepts:

✅ Elements of Drama vocabulary and activities

✅ Parts of the Stage

✅ Blocking Notations

These drama activities are classroom-ready or editable. You get editable PowerPoints, materials for Interactive Notebooks, teacher's guides, quizzes, and games. 

What other teachers are saying:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “I used this to supplement my Shakespeare unit. It was useful and helped my students with the necessary foundational knowledge to fully understand a play.” -Fun and Done ELA

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “This is a thorough and great basic overview that I did with my 8th grade theatre students to start us off on stage and blocking basics.  Thank you!” -Bobby W.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Great intro to drama for my 8th graders who have never participated in theater.” -Kathryn C.

Your Introduction to Drama unit materials include:

1. Step-by-Step Teacher's Guides and Lesson Plans
2. Parts of the Stage PPT (3-5)
3. Parts of the Stage PPT (6-12)
4. Blocking Notations PPT (3-12)
5. Interactive Notebook materials
6. Parts of the Stage & Blocking Notations quizzes & answer keys
7. Elements of Drama vocabulary foldable
8. Elements of Drama vocabulary quiz & answer keys
9. Drama Terms BINGO!
10. "Simon Says" cards to reinforce concepts
11. Digital versions

This can be a week of 45-50 minute lessons and is the perfect addition to your drama or Shakespeare unit.

Check out more Drama activities and resources here!

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