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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
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 91550
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
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Book 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.
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Middle Mania, A Marvelous Resource August 26, 2008
Maureen Brady Johnson's Middle Mania series helps students and teachers explore and create theater in excting new ways.
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.
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.
Innovative! August 26, 2008
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)
The Curriculum I was Searching For: Middle Mania! August 11, 2008
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!
If you work with middle-school students, buy this book! July 13, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Easy to use lessons, projects, and ideas for the middle-school drama teacher or coach. I liked that you could pick and choose what works best in your program. I think every middle-school teacher should own this book, not just drama coaches - the creativity and energy and response will enlighten any classroom.
A Review from THE BOOK REPORT, Sept./Oct. 2002 November 16, 2002
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Almost as soon as I began reading Johnson's book, I was thinking of individuals in our school with whom I could share it. Although it is written for theater teachers, it's useful for any teacher or administrator that might occasionally need an activity for community building. The book is written for middle school environments, but the ideas could easily be transformed for high schools or elementary schools as well. The chapters consist of seven different activities that promote involvement from all students, even the shyest, that are also fun for adult moderators. A few of the activities include Mask/Movement, Clan Drama: Solving a Mystery, and Rock `n' Roll Playwriting. Step-by-step instructions for developing and organizing the projects are broken down into chapter sections. I especially like the preface that summarizes each chapter and activity into single paragraphs. Following the activities, Johnson provides curriculum summaries, assignment sheets, grade assessment charts, and reflections on the book's projects. Every school should have at least one project. Highly Recommended.
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