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Quick drama ideas

One Word Dialogue

  1. Write the dialogue below on the board
  2. Ask the students to act it out in pairs.
  3. Then tell them to create their own, one-word dialogues.
  4. You will need to help the students with their intonation.


Student A: Happy?
Student B: Happy!

Student A: Really?
Student B: Sure!

Student A: Angry?
Student B: No!

Miming

  1. Mime to the whole group what you did the night before.
  2. The students should shout out what you are miming.
  3. Then put the students into pairs and ask them to mime what they did the night before to each other.
  4. As one student is miming the other student should say in words what the mime is.


Improvised situations

  1. Give out an occupation to each student and put the students into pairs.
  2. Then write on the board 10 am yesterday.
  3. The students should then mingle and explain what they were doing at that time according to their jobs.
  4. They can mime what they were doing and the other students should explain what they were doing in words.
  5. Keep changing the times i.e. say "now it's 12 pm."
  6. The students should move around the room and mime something that they were doing at that time.
Teacher
Doctor
Nurse
Shop assistant
Window cleaner
Clown
Tennis player
Model
Baseball player
Footballer
Politician
Hair stylist
Actor
Sailor
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