The last person to sit down ends up in the middle of the circle and says, 'The sun shines on everyone who watched ‘EastEnders’ last night’ and so on.Ī teacher or adult in a role e.g. Everyone who this applies to has to get up and sit down in a different chair.

' The sun shines on everyone who has a sister’. Arrange the class in a circle with one chair for each person and one person standing in the middle. ‘ Do you like chocolate?’ ‘Do you like school?’ Ask the class questions about how much they like different things and they can choose to stand in the middle, near the YES end, at the NO end, etc. One end of the room represents YES and the other end NO.Stand or sit in a circle and go around the group with everyone saying their name and something they like beginning with the same letter: ' My name is Parminder and I like parachuting.' Reassure the group that drama is pretending so it does not have to be true.make a bar chart by getting the class to lie down on the floor of the hall and drawing round them in chalkĭrama and role play can be used with any age group, in any subject and with EAL learners at any stage of English language proficiency. Using people to represent something, e.g.Setting a scene involving the whole class making the whole room into e.g.Working in groups to devise a scene in a familiar genre, e.g.The teacher, or another adult, in a role.Some of the simplest and most flexible are:

There are many ways of using drama and role play. Drama and role play can be fun and used successfully in any area of the curriculum.

Role play scripts for adults