Alternate Method of Instruction for Theatre

In the wake of the recent COVID-19 crisis that hit our nation along with the rest of the world, educators scrambled to find alternate methods of instructing their students.  Many immediately began online instruction while others uploaded and/or sent home paper packets.  Like so many other teachers, I had already sent home days 1-5 at the beginning of the school year, but we’d never dreamed of needing anything beyond that.  In my initial panic, I stayed up til 2am completely rethinking my AMI  theatre assignment.  I had to both send home a packet and upload it digitally online for students to access remotely. 

My end result: a simple AMI theatre assignment which works for both theatre and stagecraft. It offers students options and flexibility depending on their personal interests in order to help keep them engaged.

Packet & Journal

My AMI Theatre Packet includes options for up to sixteen days.  For each day of AMI (Alternate Method of Instruction), students complete one square of the grid, and then write their response on the AMI Theatre Journal.  For each journal, they give the date, script/article title, playwright/author, and square number. Some squares appear more than once, but they can use each square only once. Students may complete them in any order that they wish.   I count each journal entry for 25 points.

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