https://www.edutopia.org/blog/warm-demander-equity-approach-matt-alexander
Thus sounds like an approach that would work well for Hornby students; high expectations in a supportive environment.
School schedule changes
Alternatives to the class novel study
Could translate to learning about a play quite readily.
10 Ideas for Engaging Learning Stations
These are learning stations that I’ve had success with. As I mentioned, I don’t set up all 10 every time we work with stations—I’ll use five or six of these at a time.
Annotate the Text: Have students identify important elements of the book as they read. Diigo is an excellent resource.
Character Profiles: Have students create profiles of significant characters. They can use Glogster to build a collage of pictures and details about each one.
Interview the Author: Have your students read about the author of their book. The group then composes questions and answers, and records an interview with one student playing the interviewer and another the author. Students can use tools like Snapchat and WeVideo to record themselves.
Tone/Mood: Have students identify the tone or the mood in different passages throughout the text, and then have them record themselves reading quotes in that tone or in a way that evokes that mood.
Theme: Have students identify a major lesson the author is trying to teach. Create a movie poster that portrays that lesson. This can be done on paper or using Google Drawings.
Movie Adaptation: If there is a movie adaptation of the book, have your students watch clips on YouTube. They can take notes using VideoNot.es and compare the clips with the book.
Plot Development: Have students create a timeline or Google Docs presentation of major events in the story. Tiki-toki is a good resource for creating timelines.
The Bigger Picture: Have students relate a major issue in the book to something going on in the world today. Newsela is useful for this.
Video Blogs: Instead of answering a traditional journal question about the book, have students record themselves talking about the book. Flipgrid works really well.
Goodreads Chat: Have your groups participate in a chat about their book with the community at Goodreads.
Learning Stations in Drama- how could this? Choice or direction1. Learn lines
2. Character research [role on the wall, icebergs, Stanislavsky questions] - Blogging
3. Space: set; audience, blocking
4. Movement- Laban/ Leading body part/ animals
5.Voice- vocabulary
6. Rehearsal process
