On Your Feet

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On Your Feet!

• How to Use Drama in your ESL ClassroomPresented
  by
• Grainne Shannon and Jessica Basmadjian

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What is Drama?

• How many people here already use drama techniques
  in the classroom?
• How many would like to, but arent sure how?
• How many do not know what it really means to use
  drama in the classroom

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Free Association

• SOCIAL STUDIES
• ART
• MATH
• DRAMA
• LITERACY

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Here are some of the things that we did.

• gave time for free individual thinking (in a
  non-threatening, low pressure environment)
• made it clear that there was no one right answer
• let the students share their ideas to find the
  most complete answer
• created a physical environment
• created a vocal environment

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Warm-up Games
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ON YOUR FEETThe Game That Never Works

• Grainne Hello, my name is Grainne.
• Jessica Hello, Grainne, my name is Jessica.
• Grainne Nice to meet you Jessica.
• Jessica Nice to meet you Grainne.

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The Game Continues

• Now take on the identity of the person that you
  just met.
• Grainne Hello, my name is Jessica
• Mohammed Hello Jessica, my name is Mohammed.
• Grainne Nice to meet you Mohammed.
• Mohammed Nice to meet you Jessica

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And Continues.

• Grainne Hello, my name is Mohammed
• Sherine Hello Mohammed, my name is Sherine
• Grainne Nice to meet you Sherine
• Sherine Nice to meet you Mohammed.

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Who Has Ever(to get to know each other)

• Who has ever traveled to England
• Who has ever eaten at a Lebanese Restaurant
• Who has ever gotten angry with a student
• Who has ever been so happy that they cried

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Who Has Ever. (instead of a general assessment)

• Who knows who William Shakespeare is?
• Who has ever read a play by Shakespeare?
• Who has ever read a poem
• Who has ever written a poem
• Who knows what the words, on, under, beside,
  around and beneath have in common.

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CURRICULUM BASED GAMES
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The Adverb Game

• Beginning Level Grammar Tool. Used to help
  them understand adverbs
• Advanced Level Writing warm up. Used to focus
  their mind on descriptive words.

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Getting Across

• Vocabulary reinforcement
• Novel Comprehension

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INTRODUCTION TO ACTING
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Physical Warm-ups

• 8 COUNT SHAKE OUT
• REACH FOR THE SUN

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Vocal Warm-ups

• Builds vocabulary and usage
• Can help identify speech problems or accent
  points
• Builds confidence to speak loudly
• Allows students to articulate without being self
  conscious

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UNIQUE NEW YORK

• You know New York
• You need New York
• You know - You need - Unique - New York

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SHE STOOD UPON THE BALCONY

• She stood upon the balcony
• Inexplicably mimicking him hiccupping
• And amicably welcoming him in.

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WHAT A TO-DO

• What a to-do
• To die today
• At a minute or two til two.
• A thing distinctly hard to say,
• Yet harder still, to do.
• For theyll beat a ta-too
• And a quarter til two
• With a rat tat tat
• rat tat tat
• rat tat tat too
• And the dragon will come when he hears the drum
• At a minute or two, til two today,
• At a minute or two, til two.

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ACTING GAMES

• Open/Close Tableauxs
• Fortunately/Unfortunately
• Scene Work

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THE COOL DOWN

• Pass the Clap
• Group Count
• Mirrors
• Visualization

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Thank You Very Much!

• On Your Feet!How to Use Drama in your ESL
  classroomPresented by
• Grainne Shannon and Jessica Basmadjian