Drama Games: Make a...
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Aim and Purpose
- Develop of communication skills.
- Encourage trust.
- Team building
Materials/Resources
- None.
Order of Activity
- Split the groups into teams. 3 - 4 players in each team.
- Explain that you are going to name different types of objects and that each team has to make that object using just their bodies.
- Explain that each team will have 10 seconds to create their objects.
- Call out the name of an object or structure starting with the phrase "Make a..."
- Count backwards from 10 - 0 as the groups make their objects.
- Once at zero count every team should freeze in the shape of their object.
Idea starters:
- Fireplace
- Aircraft
- Boat
- Car
- Bicycle
- Church
- Christmas Tree
- Menorah
- Table
- Pencil Case
- ...and so on...
Notes on the Game
- Students pick this game up relatively quickly.
- The short time that participants have to create their objects and structures means that the opportunity for disagreements is minimized.
- Explain that the objects don't have to be exact, they are just representations.
Extensions to the Game
- For science classes ask participants to "make a..." liquid, solid or gas, different molecules or chemical structures.
Drama Games Unit C: Confidence Building and Social Development Games