Drama Games: Improvised Conversations
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Aim and Purpose
- Develop of communication skills.
- Encourage trust.
- Collaborative skills.
- Verbal reasoning.
Materials/Resources
- None.
Order of Activity
- Split the group in half.
- Have half of the group sit in a circle facing outwards.
- Have the other half of the group sit in a circle facing the others.
- Explain that you are will provide conversation starters, they will then make up those conversations with the person that they are facing.
- Each conversation will last two minutes and they must keep talking for the entirety of the two minutes.
- At the end of each conversation the inner circle will rotate one person to the left until they are back where they began.
Conversation starters:
- Inner circle is a parent, outer circle is a child who hasn't done their homework.
- Inner circle want to go to the movies outer circle wants to go bowling.
- Inner circle are returning something they have bought from a store, outer circle are store employees who are not allowed to give money back.
- Inner circle are going to an interview, outer circle are the interviewer.
Notes on the Game
- As everyone will be speaking at once it is important that you establish your audible cue to end each conversation.
- It is important to remind the players that arguing is forbidden, they must try to achieve their goal in a reasonable way.
- When developing your own conversation starters be sure that each side has a goal that they need to achieve, if this can be the obstacle for the other person even better!
Extensions to the Game
- Discussions can be specific to something in your curriculum, a discussion between George Washington and King George III for a History class or between a drug user and a family member for Health class.
Drama Games Unit C: Confidence Building and Social Development Games