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1-SICHMO (situation, characters and moods) - The
universal improv activity. |
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Sit students in a
semi-circle and divide them
into teams of 3 or 4. |
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The whole class chooses a
situation for Team 1 and
gives each member a
character (eg a police
officer) and a mood (eg
worried). |
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Do the same with the rest of
the teams, taking ideas from
the class. |
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When all teams have their
SICHMO, give them 5 minutes
to go off into a corner and
prepare their scene. |
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Everyone sits back down in
the semi-circle and the
class enjoys each team's
interpretation. |
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| 2-FAMILY IN A CAR |
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Arrange four chairs like a
car. |
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Brainstorm typical
situations in a car with the
parents sat in the front and
the kids in the back. |
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Give teams four minutes to
prepare their scene. |
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Everyone sits down to watch
each group act out a typical
scene in a car. |
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Typical scenes include a kid
repeating "How far is it
now?" or parents arguing. |
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3-FREEZE |
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Four students prepare and
act out a scene. Give them a
few minutes to prepare. |
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The four students act out
their scene. |
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A student from the
audience shouts out,
"Freeze!" and the actors
freeze. |
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This student then must
describe what was going on
in the scene. |
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If the four actors think
this student has got it more
or less right, then this
student may touch one of the
four on the shoulder and
take that actor's place in
the ensemble. |
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Give the new ensemble
(group) a minute to prepare
a scene and then the game
repeats. |
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4-A RECENT INCIDENT |
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In their teams, students
have 3 minutes to prepare a
reenactment of a recent
incident at school. It might
be a good idea to change the
names! |
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One team acts out their
scene. |
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Give teams four minutes to
prepare their scene. |
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Allow the other teams to ask
questions about what
happened. |
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Typical scenes include a kid
repeating "How far is it
now?" or parents arguing. |
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5-HERE'S MY BUS |
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3 students come the front
and sit on chairs placed
side by side. |
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Tell them they are sitting
at the bus stop and waiting
for the bus. |
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Give them a topic of
conversation such as the
weekend, football etc. |
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When a student wants to
stop, they say, "Oh, here's
my bus!" This student gets
on the bus and is gone. |
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Another volunteer gets off
the bus. This is a new
character eg a fitness
fanatic who wants to talk
about health. |
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Allow students to have their
own ideas or the class can
help them if they can't
think of anything. |
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