The following is a Drama workshop to do with children in primary or elementary school. It is a useful workshop if you want to focus on the issue of Bully and isolation. It is based on the fable from the Panchatantra called “The Lion and the Clever Rabbit”. Here is…
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The Twits – A Play based on a Roald Dahl Classic
The following is a play adapted from Roald Dahl’s classic “The Twits.” Characters: Mr Twit, Mrs Twit, three narrators, four little boys, Roly Poly Bird, monkeys and birds – you can have as many monkeys and birds as you want. Narrator 1: Mr and Mrs Twit were truly awful people….
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Drama Activities for ESL Students
Game: The Dog Show Level: Pre Intermediate + Aim: Questions Minimum number of participants: 2 Resources needed: Clear Space Instructions: This is a communication activity where the students have to use their imagination. There is an opportunity for the students to use mime and provides a chance to use the…
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The Gruffalo – Drama Workshop
The Gruffalo drama workshop from Julie Meighan
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The Three Billy Goat’s Gruff – A Classroom Drama
The Three Billy Goats Gruff Read the story. See link above. Introduction: All the children sit in a circle. The teacher asks them what a troll looks like? Get the children to express their thoughts and ideas freely. Role on the wall: Give an outline of an image and…
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The Magic Porridge Pot – 10 Minute Play for Children
The Magic Porridge Pot Characters: Two storytellers, Daisy, Maisy, Mother, four villagers, old woman and the porridge pot. Storyteller 1: Once upon a time, there was a little girl called Daisy who lived with her mother in a very small house. Storyteller 2: They were very poor and they didn’t…
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The Hare and the Tortoise – A play for children
Characters: Three storytellers, hare, tortoise, foxes, badgers, hedgehogs, bears and an eagle. (Stage Directions: The three storytellers are on the left hand side of the stage and the tortoise is moving around the stage in slow motion.) Storyteller 1: Once upon a time there lived a tortoise. Storyteller: 2: He…
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Action Poems for Young Children
Action Poems When Goldilocks went to the house of the bears When Goldilocks went to the house of the bears (Walk on the spot). Oh, what did her blue eyes see? (Point to their eyes) A bowl that was huge and a bowl that was small And a bowl that…
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Action Poems for Young Children – Movement
Action Poems When Goldilocks went to the house of the bears When Goldilocks went to the house of the bears (Walk on the spot). Oh, what did her blue eyes see? (Point to their eyes) A bowl that was huge and a bowl that was small And a bowl that…
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Drama Workshop which deals with the issue of bullying -any age!
Drama Workshop which deals with the issue of bullying Main Objective: To use naturalistic acting techniques to examine the issue of bullying and harassment. Sub aims: To explore the body language of statues and power To identify and enact human responses to messages of welcome or rejection. To work…
