Page 1279 - SUBSEC October 2017_Neat
P. 1279
SECTION 1: DRAMA IMPROVISATION (cont’d)
3. Encourage solo work – “using” imaginary properties, small properties, dressing up as
characters.
4. Engage students in different activities aimed at building interpersonal skills – ring games,
Chinese whispers, pass the emotion, sculptor and clay, grandmother’s footsteps, secret leader,
wink murder, building machines, creating group rhythms, listening games and concentration
exercises.
5. Have students read scenes to understand what the character’s problem is; draw, sketch,
illustrate characters. Keep a journal of faces of different ages, how they walk, what their hands
look like.
6. Have students work in pairs (initially) to develop improvisation skills; then provide a conflict to
be resolved using identified stimuli (space; an opening line; a central property; a closing line;
a picture, piece of music) adding one stimulus each time.
7. Engage students in the use of improvisation based on cultural forms – use one paraphernalia
of form, use music, use costume, watch a YouTube clip of the form.
CXC 32/G/SYLL 17 28
