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Academics » Middle School » Teachers » Thoma, Mary - Drama
Thoma, Mary - Drama
Phone: (318) 868-5375
E-mail: mthoma@southfield-school.org

Mary Thoma is in her seventh year as the drama specialist for Southfield middle school. She teaches four, nine-week exploratory classes in the art of drama for students in fifth through eighth grade. Mary also directs the annual middle school musical production and provides technical assistance for other grade-level performances. She has a BA from Centenary College and has eight years teaching experience.

Newsletters
8-20-2009

LET’S THROW A WEDDING FOR
ROMEO AND JULET a sampling of research links:

***Life in Elizabethan England
http://elizabethan.org/compendium/index.html
(Games∙ Food∙ Money∙ Religion∙ Language∙ Weddings∙ Masters &Servants∙ Occupations∙ The Peers∙ London∙ Fashion∙ Children∙ Household Management∙ Pastime∙ Names∙ The Queen’s Suitors∙ Education∙ Christmas∙ Heraldry∙ Maps)

The Elizabethan World
http://elizabethan.org/

Pollution http://historyeserver.org/medieval-pollution.txt
Social Classes http://www.lepg.org/classes.htm

Shakespeare’s Birthplace Trust
http://...

8-20-2009

LET”S THROW A WEDDING FOR ROMEO AND JULIET!

THE MONTAGUES and MORE

Group One - The Guest List & Conversation: Who Is Invited, Where Do They Sit, and What Do They Talk About? One of the toughest tasks when planning a wedding of this size is simply getting all the people together. You have two households, both alike in dignity, to consider. From the head of each household, to his immediate family, the bride and ...

8-20-2009

WHATEVER SHALL WE WEAR?

Based upon the Costume Group’ research DESIGN YOUR COSTUME for the wedding.
Consider the following information:

1. Age and Gender

2. Social status

3. Relationship to the Capulet’s or Montague’s

4. Personality

5. Role in the Wedding (if part of the Ceremony)

A) Create a colorful design for the ultimate costume for your character using the costume templates. IF the sky’s the limit, and you had professional seamstresses to construct your costume, this ...

8-20-2009

LET’S THROW A WEDDING FOR
ROMEO AND JULIET A sampling of research links:

*** Life in Elizabethan England
http://elizabethan.org/compendium/index.html

(Games • Food • Money • Religion • Language • Weddings • Masters & Servants • Occupations • The Peers • London • Fashion • Children • Household Management • Pastimes • Names • The Queen's Suitors • Education • Christmas • Heraldry • Maps)

The Elizabethan World
http://elizabethan.org/

Pollution http://history.eserver.org/medieval-pollution.txt
The Plague http://www3.iath.virginia.edu/osheim/intro.html
The Great Chain ...

8-20-2009

LETS THROW A WEDDING FOR

ROMEO AND JULIET

A Shakespearean Project for
Sixth Grade Drama Class

Mary Thoma

The Introduction and Task

In the play Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare has the young lovers marry in a secret wedding without a full service, without a million guests, without the feast and festival that is befitting a couple as wonderful as Romeo and Juliet. Your assignment is to change history and plan the party of the ...

8-20-2009

LET”S THROW A WEDDING FOR ROMEO AND JULIET!

THE CAPULETS AND COMPANY


Group Five ~ Music and Dance~ What Will We Do For Fun? Did those Elizabethans like to "Move It? Move It?”


The first thing your group will do is to search your resources and determine what types of music will be appropriate for this wedding. You are to prepare a song list of music that your guests will enjoy during both the ceremony ...

Classes
8-20-2009

Welcome Back ! I'm excited to start working with you on our 7th grade stagecraft class.

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