Role plays with set out characters.
Theses are a series of role-plays which include you the teacher to interact with the students. They're intended to be used as a warm up in the first period of the class time so you can know which students are good or not.
How to do this: each student has a set out character and so do you. For instance if a student has a character who is always crying then he/she has act that way.
Each role-play has ten scenarios and four characters; three students and you in each one. So about 30 students are the maximum and if you have a few extra students then you make some characters twins.
What is this project's purpose?
To test their ability in listening, thinking and responding with improvisation. The students can prepare a little bit but don't know what you are going to do or say. Class discussions some students may remain silent so using this projects allow you to get them speaking.
Description: first of a series where I wanted to test students' abilities without any preparation.
Aim: to be spontanious in a real world simulation
Description: dealing with bad news and how it effects us emotionally.
Aim: to be spontanious in a real world simulation
Description: a play on historical events, and the struggles of power throughout history.
Aim: to be spontanious in a real world simulation
Description: how different beliefs effect our lives, and how people feel about them.
Aim: to be spontanious in a real world simulation
Description: dealing with events that change our lives for better or for worse.
Aim: to be spontanious in a real world simulation
Description: how does one deal with a strange person and remain polite.
Aim: to be spontanious in a real world simulation
Description: how some people believe they are better than others due to money and material possesions.
Aim: to be spontanious in a real world simulation
Description: this project is the opposite, the students create the situation where they have to cheat the teacher.
Aim: to be spontanious in a real world simulation
Other projects
Description: This project can be used as an introduction. You write the task on the board and randomly pick a student.
Aim: to start and to finish a conversation with follow up questions.
Description: This is a project to make students work quickly. No time to prepare as in real life there are surprises.
Aim: to think on their feet
Description: This project is where you are the obnoxious complaining customer. Students have to learn to deal with you.
Aim: to deal with rudeness by being firm but yet polite.
The octagon role-play project. Here are three topics with eight different scenarios. The idea is for students to choose a number but have no time to prepare. Then they can choose which number they want and flip over the tab.
They can choose from:
On holiday
Family
On a date