of the teacher’s Teacher to go through the unit booklet with students expectations of and explain the expectations of them and their tasks them in this class. throughout the unit. For students to Warm up activities: Everyone Who.. gain an Everyone sits in a circle with a chair, one person in the understanding of middle without a chair. The person in the middle is “it” warm-up’s in and calls out something that is likely to describe some in Drama. the class (eg: Everyone who has a brother?”). Everyone who fits the description must move a chair. The person left without a chair becomes the new Charade “it”. For students to consolidate their Introduction to Comedy learning Activity: In groups of 4 or 5, students are to create a throughout the simple scene/improvisation in which gibberish and course. gesture are the only modes of communication. The For students to focus of the scene is to how to…’ and it relies on ‘learn learn some skills an and The expert (max 2 per ‘expert’ ‘apprentices.’ on how to warm group) must try to teach the apprentices how to make up their voice. or build something. The scene should be action based. Groups can choose from the following list of suggestions: Making a cake Building a boat How to ski Pitching a tent Surviving in the wild Making wine
of the teacher’s expectations of them in this class. For students to gain an understanding of warm-up’s in Drama. For students to consolidate their learning throughout the course. For students to learn some skills on how to warm up their voice. Teacher to go through the unit booklet with students and explain the expectations of them and their tasks throughout the unit. Warm up activities: Everyone Who.. Everyone sits in a circle with a chair, one person in the middle without a chair. The person in the middle is “it” and calls out something that is likely to describe some in the class (eg: Everyone who has a brother?”). Everyone who fits the description must move a chair. The person left without a chair becomes the new “it”. Introduction to Comedy Activity: In groups of 4 or 5, students are to create a simple scene/improvisation in which gibberish and gesture are the only modes of communication. The focus of the scene is to ‘learn how to…’ and it relies on an ‘expert’ and ‘apprentices.’ The expert (max 2 per group) must try to teach the apprentices how to make or build something. The scene should be action based. Groups can choose from the following list of suggestions: Making a cake Building a boat How to ski Pitching a tent Surviving in the wild Making wine Charade
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