Acting Games

138422 Resource 100516 12031 101704 1155657655872 1207710088101 Controlled Improvisation in the Drama Club

Improvisation is one of the greatest clubs a school can have. I have personally experienced this. Two years I started a club at our local middle school and it had over 40 students sign up. What made this experience interesting was the number of boys. I’m sure many middle school directors who are reading this have noticed that their drama clubs are flooded with girls. This had the opposite effect. Ninety-five percent of the middle school improvisation club actors were boys. After heading the school’s drama club last year, I decided to switch to an improvisation club. The club: “Get in the Act Improvisation,” will focus in on having fun, yet learning unique acting skills. I have decided to limit the number of kids who can join. Working with a large number of children takes away from valuable acting time that the students seek. Thus, the first fifteen students who return their permission slips will get in. Below are a number of resources that I will use. I urge you to take a look at their descriptions. They are perfect for school improvisation clubs and classroom use.   9 application/xml false drama education drama lessons teacher drama lessons teaching drama teaching theatre theatre education theatre lessons Acting Games This book of acting games and improvisations will assist students in developing their creative abilities. For everyone, all of the essential elements of acting and character development are explored. http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=ACTINGGAME&id=0 Improv Ideas This book is perfect?jam-packed with games and lists, it?s also the most user-friendly book we?ve ever seen! http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=IMPROVIDEA&id=2 Improve With Improv This book is a complete improvisational curriculum program divided into workshops. Each workshop contains exercises designed to help students focus on one aspect of a character's personality. http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=IMPROVTHEA&id=4 Improvisations in Creative Drama Students will learn both improvisational and structured drama by using sequential workshops and plays. This is a valuable resource for any beginning acting class or as a supplemental resource. http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=IMPROVCREA&id=6 Creative Drama Lesson Plans Here are links to some lesson plans for use in Creative Drama Classroom (and a few games and lessons from others as well). http://www.childdrama.com/lessons.html Using Drama Skills In the Classroom Good teachers seem to know instinctively how to use performance skills in the classroom to gain and hold students? interest. http://www.schoolzone.co.uk/resources/articles/GoodPractice/classroom/Drama_skills.asp Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0; Webaroo/1.3.940; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; Media Center PC 5.0; .NET CLR 3.0.04506) 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 mglassman 172.190.59.175 false true false false true 100516 blog blogsite/PioneerDrama/web