Drama: it's all talk

   Stan Barrett

This resource book uses drama to help develop speaking and listening skills and at the same time make students comfortable with drama and performance, including role play, scripted and unscripted plays.

It contains lots of lesson ideas, each with warm-up activities, development and extension, and photocopiable worksheets.

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Drama: it's all talk Contents

 Introduction

            Introductory games and warm-ups

1          Listening to and Following Instructions.

2          When I Speak

3          The Name Game Main activities

4          Every Picture Tells a Story

            Worksheet

5          It's not what you say

            Worksheet

6          Conversation Pieces

7          The Pilot Game

8          Talk with Twisted Tongue

9          The Ace Game

10        32 Lines

            Worksheet

11        Better Endings

12        Noughts and Crosses

13        The Alphabet Game

14        Every Picture Tells a Story

            Worksheet

15        Mime and Movement

16        Giving a Scene Shape

17        Words and Actions

            Worksheet

18        Characters at Random

            Worksheet

19        NewsWeek

            Worksheet

20        Helplines:  timing, starting and finishing a scene, applause, presentation, audience involvement, voice and speech, social problems, simulated violence, endings.