Drama Games/Warm ups Interview game Put the group in to random pairs, ensuring that the pupils dont
t know their partner very well. Ask all the groups to find out five interesting facts that they didnt know about their partner This allows the pupils to relax and get to know other people. This helps the pupils to develop their listening and concentration skills Order game Split groups into The groups will be racing against each other, the first to complete the task and sit down in a line wins Ask the groups to get themselves in order based on their! first names, birth months, birth days "y order, meaning in alphabetical order or chronological order. This helps the pupils to build up their concentration, co#operation and thinking skills Yes/No game $ot spotting one child whilst the rest of the group ask them %uestions trying to get the pupil to answer with &yes or &no The pupil being hot seated will need to concentrate and use improvisation skills to help them not to use the words &yes or &no. Catch a story 'sing a ball (or a beanbag), begin a story Throw it to a person who then must continue that story Start off with something simple, &*nce upon a time etc. *nce the pupils have grasped the concept, change the activity to make it harder, for example, &fortunately, unfortunately, for example &'nfortunately the pilots engine blew &+ortunately he had a parachute etc. This helps students with their improvisation skills and encourages participation and confidence building. ,hange the action The pupils will copy your previous action every time you shout change Teacher will start an action, for example clap hands The pupils sit still *nce the teacher shouts &change, the teacher will change their action and the pupils will do the teachers previous action which was clapping hands This increases the students level of concentration as the game gets faster and harder. Quick change artist ,ostume change is important in drama so it is vital for students to notice every little change that is made to a costume
The pupils sit in a circle *ne person is chosen to be the &artist The artist stands in the middle of the circle, slowing turning so that all of the group can see their &costume The artist then goes out of sight and changes something on him-herself that is visible, for example hair, untie shoes, tuck in shirt etc .hen the artist is done, they come back into the circle and turn around slowly to give everyone a chance of guessing the change /o around the circle having each person guess what has been changed The first person to guess correctly becomes the next &artist
Pip s!ueak and Wi"#red Pupils stand in a circle and given names0 Pip, S%ueak and .ilfred ,all out &pip and all the &pips have to run anti#clockwise around the circle *n the whistle they must change direction and run home The last person &home is out This helps pupils with their listening and concentration skills $ound circ"e game A pupils is given a simple phrase, such as &$ow are you today They then must &pass the phrase around the circle saying the phrase in a particular way, for example angrily, Scottish, upset, happy etc. This helps pupils to work on their expression and realise different characters and emotions they can create. %Greetings your ma&esty' *ne pupil is selected to be &royalty &1oyalty is blindfolded and sits on their &throne (A chair2) *ne member will be chosen by the teacher, and they must say 3/reetings, your ma4esty5 disguise their voice The pupil chosen by the teacher can disguise their voice by using accents, voices and characters etc. 6f &royalty guesses the correct person they stay, if not the other person swaps to become &royalty The aim of the game sis to disguise and try out different voices This encourages pupils to think of different voices and characters that they can produce This activity helps the pupils with their listening and expression skills. (ed )y the nose Pupils must imagine that strings are attached to various parts of their bodies 7ove around the room as if you are being led by that body part. The students are using this activity to develop their body awareness skills. $ausage game* 8ot to laugh when answering %uestions with &sausage
6t is important in melodrama to over act and emphasise characters without laughing or losing concentration.
+he minister,s cat This is an alphabetic word game 9veryone gets in a circle and claps their hands to a beat Start with A +or example, &The ministers cat is an angry cat &The ministers cat is a black cat &The ministers cat is a cool cat etc. This will enable the pupils to work on their improvisation skills and listening skills +he Prop game* Ask the pupils to sit in a circle 'sing everyday items ask volunteers to take the prop and improvise a short piece 6n these short pieces, the students must demonstrate what the prop is, what it means to them etc. The students need to consider their voice, their use of facial and body expressions and ensure that their short piece is interesting and original
