Drama Tools
Three Panels for Inclusivity
Drama Exercise: 3 Panels Adaptation to Curriculum: Sensitivity towards the differently-abled (Inclusivity) Teacher: Priti Shinde Grade: 2 School: Nahar International School, Mumbai The Exercise Each participant is given a […]
Name and Action Exemplar
Tool for Early and Primary Years Teachers Name and Action Skills Cultivated: Building Personal Identities for the group Thinking and responding quickly. Using the body to expression Encouraging Verbal […]
Dog and the Bone – Phonics Pond
Skills Cultivated: Focus Thinking and responding quickly Exercise Description Dog and the Bone is a well known children’s game. You place an object between two groups. Each person in […]
Salt and Pepper
A great tool that primary teachers can use for
- Body warm-up
- Pair Work
- Introduction to thinking with your body
- Making physical contact in a positive way (good touch)
Historical Figures through Character Study
Co-Planned with History, this tool can be used to teach drama concepts:
- Character study research exercise.
- World of the character.
- Visualisation and Physicalization.
- Monologues.
Chorus Performance: Exploring Poetic Expression
An Exemplar Unit to learn Drama Concepts
- Synchronized moving and speaking
- Spatial awareness
- Group Listening and Collective Imagination
- Ranges – Volume, Vocal Tone, etc
This is a Ball
A great tune in activity for teachers working with primary students. It helps cultivate skills such as
- giving and receiving
- thinking of possibilities
- rhythm in speech
- memorization
Adaptations of Drama Tools
Our Using Drama for Learning specialists share unique adaptations of the drama tools teachers have come up with over the course of the program.
Bippity Bippity Bop for English
Drama Exercise: Bippity Bippity Bop
Adaptation to Curriculum: To teach synonyms and antonyms
Teacher: Suheena Bandopadhyay
Grade: 1
School: Oakridge International School, Bangalore
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Hot Seating for Geometry
Drama Exercise: Hot Seating
Adaptation to Curriculum: To revise theorems
Teacher: Sanjukta Chatterjee
Grade: 11
School: The Heritage School, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi