Creative drama ideas for the classroom
Watch our Teacher Trainer and author Rachel Jeffries demonstrate ideas for bringing stories to life in the classroom.
Come Alive! is a unique book of creative drama activities for the classroom to accompany Storyfun, our popular and engaging story-based course for Pre A1 Starters, A1 Movers and A2 Flyers.
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Wake up
How to quickly energise a group of children, making them more active and motivated
Focus
A fun way of getting the class to slow down and pay attention to you
Before we start
Introduce children to the theme and vocabulary of a story through actions and movement
During the story
Use drama to keep students interested in reading or listening to a story in class
Minding your emotions
Use characters from a story to explore emotions and feelings
After we finish the story
Get children to demonstrate their creativity by acting out parts of the story
Ending activities
A variety of ideas for ending drama-activity sequences in the classroom
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