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Using drama in the classroom

Using drama in the classroom should not be daunting. You do not need to be a drama professional, just be willing to give it a try.  

This site has games and activities,  unit ideas and hopefully you will find ways to integrate drama into the classroom across the curriculum. 

Growing Key Competencies

Control of voice and movement, working together, taking turns and following a process or instructions.

We want our students to do them all!

This lesson plan has a few ideas that may help.

Working Together

A curriculum level or subject has not been given. 

Read through the ideas and see what might work with your students.

Fit it to a topic you are already planning to do.

Try it as something different to do.

Incorporates aspects of Drama and Digital Technology.

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Venetian jester drama mask

WELCOME BACK!

New students, familiar students, here we go again. 

Coming back from holiday means resetting expectations and boundaries. Plus there is the establishing new relationships and reinforcing former ones.

Here are some fun ways to help do this and they could be used as a brain break.

Queen's Orders

Change  this game to fit the retelling of what students did during the holidays or over the weekend.  The teacher can go first or select a student to be the Queen’s Orders if the class knows how to do the activity. 

Act it out

Why say it when you can show it. 

Students can individually think of two things they did over the weekend. Then pair up with others who did the same or similar thing. They can then create freeze frames to show what they did.

Or perhaps they could mime the activities and the class can guess what it is.

2 Truth's, 1 Lie

Creative thinking is needed. Students think of 2 things they did, and 1 that they didn't do. The trick is the make the lie plausible.

Students plan individually, share with a partner, then a small group. The group could then decide which one to challenge the class with.

Time for a break 

Re-energise, brain break or just because you want can.

Evolution

A fun twist on Paper, Scissors, Rock. The 

Boom (Bang)

Change  this game to fit the retelling of what students did during the holidays or over the weekend.  The teacher can go first or select a student to be the Queen’s Orders if the class knows how to do the activity. 

Walking Tag

Change  this game to fit the retelling of what students did during the holidays or over the weekend.  The teacher can go first or select a student to be the Queen’s Orders if the class knows how to do the activity. 

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