Creative Drama Flashcards

Islands

• Place sheets of newspaper on the ground with 1 less sheet than players

• Explain students will “go for a swim” walking around the papers

• Explain yelling “shark” means students need to find a nearby sheet to stand on and avoid being 'eaten'.

• Goal: Keep the group “safe” for as long as possible

Zip, Zap, Zop

• Invite students into a standing circle

• Ask the group to repeat zip, zap, zop 3-4 times

• Explain you will send the energy to the next person by saying zip, the next will say zap, and the final will say zop before restarting the cyle

• Goal: Go quickly and stay consistent in rhythm

One Word Storytelling

• Invite students to circle

• Explain the group is going to create a story together using one word or phrase.

• Start the story with the first word or phrase

• Continue around the circle until the story seems complete.

Story of my Name

• Invite students into a standing circle

• Explain students can choose to tell a story about their name (real or fake)

• Divide the group into pairs where they will share their stories

• Depending on comfort level & time, each pair shares a brief summary of the story they heard or head straight into reflection

Defender

• Ask students to walk silently around the room at their normal pace

• Invite students to secretly pick one person in the group and stay as far away from them as possible, without giving an indication they were picked.

• Invite students to secretly pick one person in the group to stay as close to as possible.

• Goal: Keep the person chosen to stay as close to as possible between you and the person chosen to stay as far away as possible.