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    Drama Start Two: Drama Acivities And Plays For Children (Ages 9 -12)
    Drama Start Two: Drama Acivities And Plays For Children (Ages 9 -12)
    Drama Start Two: Drama Acivities And Plays For Children (Ages 9 -12)
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    Drama Start Two: Drama Acivities And Plays For Children (Ages 9 -12)

    By Julie Meighan

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    About the Author
    Julie Meighan is a lecturer in Drama in Education at the Cork Institute of Technology. She has taught Drama to all age groups and levels. She is the author of Drama Start: Drama Activities, Plays and Monologues for Young Children (ages 3 -8).

    Drama Start 2 is a collection of drama activities and plays suitable for children between the ages of nine and twelve. This book is also suitable for anyone working with children in a setting where drama is used, such as community groups, out-of-school care facilities, therapeutic group work and so on.
    The book is accessible and easy to follow. It is divided into two parts:
    Part 1 – Drama Games
    Part 2 – Plays
    Each section provides educators/leaders with a variety of creative and imaginative ideas to stimulate drama activities in many different settings.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJulie Meighan
    Release dateApr 1, 2012
    ISBN9781476304984
    Drama Start Two: Drama Acivities And Plays For Children (Ages 9 -12)
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    Julie Meighan

    Julie Meighan is a lecturer in Drama in Education at the Cork Institute of Technology. She has taught Drama to all age groups and levels.

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      Drama Start Two - Julie Meighan

      Drama Start Two

      Drama Activities, Plays and Monologues for

      Young Children (Ages 9-12)

      Copyright 2017 Julie Meighan

      Published by Julie Meighan at Smashwords

      All rights reserved. This copy is intended for the original purchaser of this e-book ONLY. No part of this e-book may be reproduced, scanned, or distributed without prior written permission from JemBooks. Published by JemBooks at Smashwords. This e-book is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This e-book may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each reader. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      A FREE BOOK!!!!

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      Table of Contents

      PART ONE: DRAMA GAMES

      Warm-ups Games

      Orders

      Crossing the circle

      Prisoner

      Pass the shake

      Magic chairs

      Circle of chairs

      Three legs, two heads and a nose

      Thank you for using me

      The name game

      Getting to know you

      Relaxation Games

      Be a waxwork

      Smoke in the chimney

      Puppet on a string

      Floating tongue

      Lion’s roar

      The rock

      Happy place

      Articulation Games

      Voice coach

      Different strokes

      Tongue-twisters

      Broken telephone

      Stand back – the bridge is breaking

      Gibberish

      Sound spy

      Big balloon

      Secret voices

      Vocal projection

      Sound nursery rhymes

      Mime and Movement Games

      Movement sequences

      Walk on the wild side

      The 10-second machines

      Sculptor at work

      Five ways in 20 seconds

      Chain mime

      Meetings

      Fairy tales’ charade relay

      Bus stop

      Group Mime

      Communication Games

      Guide dogs

      Captain’s coming

      Freeze and change

      Balloon debate

      King’s/Queen’s throne

      Last people on Earth

      Get connected

      Word tennis

      20 questions

      Just 30 seconds

      Concentration Games

      Clap and tap

      Tell it

      Mirrors

      20-to-1

      Follow the leader

      Emotions

      Change it

      Wink murder

      Pass the face

      Swaps

      Storytelling Games

      One-word story

      Unfortunately/fortunately

      First-liners/last-liners

      Three lies and a truth

      An embarrassing moment

      No s sounds game

      Mixed-up fairy tales

      Pop-up story book

      Fill in the gaps

      Improvisation Games

      Three words

      Headlines

      Magical fairy tales

      Dilemmas

      Hitchhiker

      Nursery rhyme news

      Death in a minute

      Create a moving picture

      Emotional chairs

      Pick and mix

      PART TWO: PLAYS FOR CHILDREN

      How the Zebra Got His Stripes

      The Selfish Giant

      The Land of the Trolls & Gargoyles

      No Excuse

      The Boy Who Cried Wolf

      An Invitation

      A Free Book

      Other Books by the Author

      Part One: Drama Games

      Drama games are a perfect tool to use in any classroom that encompasses multiple learning styles, ability levels and age groups. They facilitate children’s ability to learn in diverse ways as visual learners, auditory learners and kinaesthetic learners. The games help improve self-confidence, build trust and develop creativity, but they can also have a profound effect on literary development, academic success and social interaction. The games help children to explore creative drama, mime, movement and storytelling. The activities are fun, challenging and rewarding, not only for the students but also for the educators/leaders themselves.

      This book can be used by anyone working with children so I have called the person who is running the group the leader.

      Some Important Advice for Leaders Before You Begin:

      Start with very simple games that the children may already know, such as What is the time, Mr Wolf? Once you have built a sense of trust and teamwork, begin to focus on more complex and exploratory games or on games that demand a child’s involvement.

      Never ask a group to play a game that you would not play yourself.

      Watch the language used – avoid terms like play or games and instead use words like focus, explore, challenge and participate.

      Be very clear with your instructions. Ask for feedback from the students to make sure they understand what is involved and what each participant must do.

      Be enthusiastic. The children will be drawn to your energy and will get excited about the prospect of participating in the activity.

      Give a demonstration wherever possible.

      Involve yourself in the game. Don’t give the group instructions and then go and sit in a corner of the room, just watching or correcting.

      Each Drama Game is listed with details of the minimum number of children required for the game to work. Detailed instructions are also provided with suggested variations for some of the games. The resources needed are included and the difficulty of each game is described using the star rating system below:

      Very Easy

      ** Easy

      *** Medium

      **** Difficult

      ***** Very Difficult

      Warm-ups Games

      Warm-ups games are very important and beneficial for any drama class – no matter what age:

      •They are fun and enjoyable.

      •They help the children get to know one another.

      •They help children focus on the drama class that follows the warm-up.

      •They help the children limber-up.

      •They help shy children to get involved in the group.

      •They help children to use their imagination and creativity.

      •They promote trust among the children.

      Game: Orders

      Difficulty rating: **

      Minimum number of participants: 6

      Resources needed: Clear space

      Instructions: This warm-up game helps children to learn how to work as a team. The leader tells everyone to get into a straight line and not to make a sound or move their mouths throughout the game; they can only communicate using non-verbal body language.

      When the instructions have been given, the leader asks the group to get in a straight line in some order, e.g. the leader can ask them to line-up from the oldest to the youngest. If too many children were born in the same month, they can progress to finding out what day they were born and line-up in that order; or they can get in order according to height, alphabetically by first names, or if any have the same first names, they can get in line alphabetically by their surnames.

      They must complete

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