Over the past year, as I have been creating new resources for the site, one area which I identified as needing some new resources was the area of drama. This is probably one curricular area in which lots of teachers need some support and the area in which they feel most at sea. Drama is a great educational tool for the development of oral language skills, for the development of confidence and “thinking on your feet”. It is also a great methodology for integrating into other curricular areas.
With this in mind, I’ve created about a dozen new drama games for use in the classroom. Each of the games come with full explanation as to how they should be played. While the emphasis is very much on full pupil participation and the pupils having fun, the games also emphasise that speaking clearly and getting into role is just as important.
These new drama games include:
♥ Shop Complaints – this is a free resource as a sample of what to expect in the other drama resources. In this role play/improvisation, the pupils take on roles such as customer and shop manager where the customer is making a specific complaint
♥ Party Guests 01 – this role play/improvisation game is set at a party where pupils have to take on a given role at the party
♥ Party Guests 02 – this role play/improvisation game is set at a party where pupils have to take on a given role at the party
♥ Hotel Complaints – in this role play/improvisation, the pupils take on roles such as customer and manager where the customer is a hotel guest making a specific complaint
♥ Sibling Rivalry 01 – in this role play/improvisation, the pupils take on roles in a scenario where two siblings are having a conversation/argument/discussion
♥ Sibling Rivalry 02 – in this role play/improvisation, the pupils take on roles in a scenario where two siblings are having a conversation/argument/discussion
♥ Gobbledygook 01 – in this role play/improvisation, the pupils take on roles where they speak in “Gobbledygook”, ie. speaking in a made-up language which is often characterised by use of gesture and intonation
♥ Gobbledygook 02 – in this role play/improvisation, the pupils take on roles where they speak in “Gobbledygook”, ie. speaking in a made-up language which is often characterised by use of gesture and intonation
♥ The Art of Persuasion 01 – in this role play/improvisation, pupils work in pairs where they have to persuade their classmates of the merits of their fairly useless product and why they should purchase it.
♥ The Art of Persuasion 02 – in this role play/improvisation, pupils work in pairs where they have to persuade their classmates of the merits of their fairly useless product and why they should purchase it.
♥ Listen Up – in this role play/improvisation, pupils work in threes, where one pupil is a listener and the other two are speakers
♥ Restaurant Complaints – in this role play/improvisation, the pupils take on roles such as customer and manager where the customer is making a specific complaint
♥ First Line Impros 01 – the pupils are given the opening line of a conversation/improvisation, where they have to decide who the characters are and what they are speaking about
♥ First Line Impros 02 – the pupils are given the opening line of a conversation/improvisation, where they have to decide who the characters are and what they are speaking about
