ImprovisationLearning Objectives• To understand key ideas for improvisation such as accepting others’ suggestions and building on them.• To develop confidence.• To have a supportive and cooperative attitude towards the group.

Understanding the Aims

What is improvisation?

What do you need in order to be successful at improvisation? Acceptance Participation Creativity Focus

Jump on Jackanory

As a group we will tell a story around the drama circle, one sentence per person.

Aims: To accept and build on each persons

idea. Really try to build previous ideas into

your contribution to make the story flow.

I love you honey but I just can’t smile!

One volunteer sits in the centre of the circle.

The goal is to make the person laugh by saying “I love you honey but I just can’t smile!”

The person in the middle must reply with “I love you too”.

Think about imaginative use of voice and gesture.

If you laugh when trying to make the central person laugh you must sit in the centre.

No touching!

Chopping channels

In groups of 4/5; You will each be given a television genre (EG. hospital

drama, soap opera, cop drama, adverts, cookery show, DIY homes show).

Very quickly thought shower ideas for each genre.

You have 3 minutes to plan what you might do.

The teacher will then flick between different TV channels.

You must stop and start depending on which channel is being watched.

Remember...

What do you need in order to be successful at improvisation? Acceptance Participation Creativity Focus

Opening lines, ending lines

In pairs; OPENING LINE: “You’re wearing my

socks.” One minute to create a short dialogue.

You now have one minute to add on the ending line: ENDING LINE: “But the sandwich

belonged to me.”

Think back...

On whiteboards: Write the numbers 1 to 3. Think back to today's lesson and write

down who you think the top 3 improvisers in the class are.

What was it that they did successfully?