https://padlet.com/jorgitopc31/bobt1x9hi3ju Drama activities by David Farmer en-us 2018-07-23 20:55:58 UTC 2018-07-26 14:23:06 UTC hello@padlet.com jorgitopc31 https://padlet.com/jorgitopc31/bobt1x9hi3ju/wish/270898405 This game is played to start concentrating and to be able to follow when a classmate shouts out a number. It is done in pairs.
First, we will say only the numbers 1, 2, 3 taking turns so that each student says a different one. We practice for a few seconds. 
Secondly, instead of number one we will clap without saying the number.  In number two we will say the number out loud, it doesn’t change. Then, in number three we will bend our knees without saying the number. So, there is a level of difficulty in order to pay more attention.
Click on the link to watch the example.]]> 2018-07-23 21:23:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jorgitopc31/bobt1x9hi3ju/wish/270898405 jorgitopc31 https://padlet.com/jorgitopc31/bobt1x9hi3ju/wish/270899841 The aim of this game is to increase and review vocabulary. It will be played in a circle with chais in a wide space. This activity is for kids from 6 to 12.
In groups of three or four, each student will be named with the name of a fruit. The name of these fruits will be repeated along the groups.
One person will stay in the middle of the circle. When the name of the fruit is said all the students with that fruit will stand up and look for a different chair. If someone says ‘fruit salad’ everyone changes their place.

]]> 2018-07-23 21:44:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jorgitopc31/bobt1x9hi3ju/wish/270899841 jorgitopc31 https://padlet.com/jorgitopc31/bobt1x9hi3ju/wish/270901015 The aim of this game is to develop speech and improvisation. We will divide the class in 4 groups and each group will be given a well known fairy story to perform such as, Red Riding Hood, Cinderella...
The students will have to show three important different scenes from the story as if they were in a photograph. The class will have to guess the title of the fairy tale. If the class has difficulties to guess the story, each character could say a sentence to express what is happenning to him or her in that frame.]]> 2018-07-23 22:02:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jorgitopc31/bobt1x9hi3ju/wish/270901015 jorgitopc31 https://padlet.com/jorgitopc31/bobt1x9hi3ju/wish/271201866 This game is done in a big circle. One person stands in the middle asking a question such as: Do you like milk..?, Have you ever been to Paris?, etc. 
If the answer is yes, these students stand up and look for another place. The person left out asks a new question and so on.

]]> 2018-07-26 14:05:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jorgitopc31/bobt1x9hi3ju/wish/271201866 jorgitopc31 https://padlet.com/jorgitopc31/bobt1x9hi3ju/wish/271203560 Drama is a great tool to use in your ESL clasroom, due to the fact that it encourages active learning. This practice gives the students responsabilities to use language skills in order to act as if they were in real life. Let us name a few of them:
- Active use of target language.
- Simulation of real life conversations.
- Increase confidence and also reduces stress.
- Awareness of meaningful content.
- Use of speaking skills.
- Use of non verbal language.]]> 2018-07-26 14:23:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jorgitopc31/bobt1x9hi3ju/wish/271203560