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- Hot Seat
Free drama warm-up game on Drama Notebook. If you are...
- Energy Ball
This is a classic theatre game! In a large circle, have all...
- Continuing Emotions
Free drama warm-up game on Drama Notebook. If you are...
- Boppity Bop Bop Bop
Pictures! Elephant That player pointed to forms the trunk of...
- Zip Zap Zop
This is one of the most famous theater warm-up games. Stand...
- Sit-Stand-Kneel
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- Hot Seat
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- Collectively Counting to 20
- Mirror Sessions
- Knee Tag
- Whoosh Zap Boing
- Not All at Once
- No Empty Spots
- Follow The Leader
- Word Associating
- Telling A Story Simultaneously
- Depicting A Word
This first exercise is great to increase the students' focus. This is the right opener for you if you feel your students aren't particularly focused at the moment, or if your next exercise requires extra focus and you want to prepare them for it. The players form an intimate circle, standing shoulder to shoulder. The players count in random order f...
Once you get their attention with a solid warmup exercise, let's keep increasing focus. With this game, we want them to be attentive to each other. Increasing awareness can be difficult for high-schoolers. I found that by increasing their awareness, they will open up and become more playful and have more fun during class. Two players are facing eac...
Knee Tag is a great high-pace exercise. It really helps to activate them, especially when energy is low. Suitable as a warmup and ending exercise. Players position themselves facing each other. Everyone uses one hand to tag and one hand to defend. Players want to tag each others knees. With the defending hand, players may protect themselves to try ...
This game teaches them to be spontaneous and gets them to stop thinking and simply start acting. That's why it's a great warmup. If you teach this class regularly, this one is great to repeat every single time. After a couple of times, they become really good at it - which increases enjoyment and engagement. All players are standing in a circle. Th...
Now, let's get our drama on. The following exercises go a little bit more deeply into drama techniques. I like to spend the majority of the class on these exercises. This exercise focuses on the group instead of the individual. Also, it requires them to pay close attention to each other, which means they will become more attentive. One person walks...
This next exercise is an excellent follow-up, because it ups the tempo, reducing the time to think. This exercise focuses more on the individual player as part of the group (instead of the entire group). The players walk across the room quickly (but they don't run). At all times, they want to keep the same exact distance between them. At the same t...
This is a main exercise that may require a bit more time. It can take a while for students to get the hang of it - so it's probably a good idea to allow them more time. The group starts at their starting position. One of the players then starts a motion. The rest of the group mirrors the motion. There is no fixed group leader. It's a dynamic role. ...
If your students are prone to overthinking, this is a great game. It helps them to relax the mind and start to play. All players are standing in a circle. The teacher says a word, and the person to the teacher's left immediately responds with a new word, based on their own association. After that, the next player responds with his or her word. You ...
High schoolers can be notoriously selfish. I like this exercise because it teaches them the opposite. It's a great way to learn that not everything is about YOU. The group is valuable as well. Two players both tell a different story to the audience. They tell it simultaneously. Afterward, you test both narrators by asking them to tell the other's s...
High school students can find it extremely important how others perceive them. This exercise teaches them to let go control, and surprise yourself (by acting a little crazy). Player A says a word. Without thinking, Player B and Player C quickly depict the word. The depiction can be either concrete or abstract - literally or figuratively. Player A c...
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Apr 25, 2019 · Individual Assignments (When Calm and Quiet are Needed) It’s the end of the school year, and I’ve noticed several theatre teachers posting in forums searching for individual theatre assignments to help keep their students engaged.
