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A ready-made middle school drama curriculum

Middle schoolers have energy to spare. This five-unit Theatre 1 course turns it into confidence, teamwork and stage presence, with games, movement and improv in every unit and every lesson already planned.

Need a principal’s OK? Email your principal a ready-made request with the price, standards and purchase order paperwork.

  • 5 units
  • 41 lessons
  • 6–8 grades
  • $199 a year, all 33 units

The course, in order

Teach the units in this order, or pull any unit on its own. Every unit comes with step-by-step lessons, printables and a culminating project.

  1. 1

    Curtains Up on a New School Year! unit logo

    Ensemble, SEL & Wellness

    Curtains Up on a New School Year!

    Building Trust, Community, and Connection

    Build the ensemble first.

    Grades 6–126 lessons

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  2. 2

    Intro to Acting unit logo

    Acting & Performance

    Intro to Acting

    Building Skills, Confidence, and Stage Presence

    Acting basics through games and physical work.

    Grades 6–1210 lessons

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  3. 3

    Improv! unit logo

    Acting & Performance

    Improv!

    Collaboration, Creativity, and the Power of ‘Yes’!

    Quick thinking, listening and the power of yes.

    Grades 6–128 lessons

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  4. 4

    Movement as Story unit logo

    Acting & Performance

    Movement as Story

    Exploring Dance through Collaboration and Creativity

    Telling stories with the body.

    Grades 6–128 lessons

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  5. 5

    Playwriting Basics unit logo

    Playwriting & Devising

    Playwriting Basics

    Creating a Story for the Stage

    Students write and share their own short plays.

    Grades 6–129 lessons

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Why teachers use this course

  • Active, game-based lessons built for middle school energy
  • A full semester in order, or pull any unit on its own
  • Every lesson, printable and standard already written

One price for this course and 28 more units

Dramallama U

$199/year

This course plus every other Dramallama U unit and Director’s Guide.

33 units and 235 lessons for $199. That’s about $6 a unit, or 85 cents a lesson.

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Best value

Llama Plan

$799/year

Dramallama U plus every full-length and one-act play, with unlimited performances. Teach the unit in fall, perform the play in spring.

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