Acting Exams: a Teacher's Guide

Acting Exams: A Teacher's Guide is an invaluable resource for any teacher preparing students for a LAMDA exam in Acting. It accompanies the LAMDA Acting Anthology, Volume 3, which contains all of the scenes set for Acting exams at Grades 1-5. For each solo scene and duologue, this book provides a two-page chapter of teaching ideas. These ideas include group and solo work and range from voice and movement exercises, character studies, improvisations and themed games to research tasks,...
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Acting Exams: A Teacher's Guide is an invaluable resource for any teacher preparing students for a LAMDA exam in Acting. It accompanies the LAMDA Acting Anthology, Volume 3, which contains all of the scenes set for Acting exams at Grades 1-5. For each solo scene and duologue, this book provides a two-page chapter of teaching ideas. These ideas include group and solo work and range from voice and movement exercises, character studies, improvisations and themed games to research tasks, creative writing and art projects. Also included are guides to the assessment criteria and marking scheme for each exam. This book also covers essential acting skills and contains a wealth of general advice on teaching drama to children. As such, it will be of huge value to any teacher, not only those whose students will be working on one of the set scenes in the LAMDA Acting Anthology, Volume 3.This is the first volume of Acting Exams: A Teacher's Guide. It provides resources for teachers preparing students for an Acting exam at Grades 1-3. The second volume is for teachers whose students are taking an exam at Grades 4 or 5.Kerry Woods (consultant editor) is a teacher, performer, writer and examiner.