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Where I am from:
Drama Project
Camp Kindle
July 13-21
Focus Questions:
! Where do you come from? Place? Things? Experiences?
! How does where you come from influence who you are?
! How do our differences bring us together?
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Materials Needed:
! Speakers for music
Spatial Organization:
n: Enough room to make a circle
Warm-Up: Bippity Bippity Bop, All my neighbors, Zip Zap Zop, Invasion of the brain
Focus Questions:
! Who are you?
! How can we play around with who we are?
Materials Needed: Journals, Pens, Speakers for Music,White board or something to write
on
Spatial Organization:
n: Clear Room
Warm-Up: Name and Movement (10mins)
1. Invite studen
ents to form a circ
ircle.
2. Model
name
and move
ovement
3. Everyone repea
epeats each persons name and movem
ovement. ent.
4. Once aroun
round the whole circle, can anyo
nyone ne remembe
mber them all?
Activity 1: 9 word scene (10-15mins)
1. Invite studen
dents to form a circle
and sit down.
2. In your journal write three words: Your name, and 2 words that describe you.
3. Break up into smal
mall l groups (3s)
4. Create a scene and movement. These 9 words are the script. You must have at least 2
different formations, and use of these 5: repetition, unison, echo, volume, melody – 5
minutes to create
5. Shar
are scenes
es
Activity 2: Writing: I am From (15-20mins)
1. In your journal write out the answer
swers s for each of the prompt
ompts.
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2. Write into Works
orksheet, and copy into journa
urnal if there is time.
3. Pair and Share
if the
here is time
Focus Questions:
! How does who we are now effect who we will become? Who do you want to be?
! How do we give advice to those who do not exist yet?
Materials Needed: Journals, Pens, Speakers for Music,White board or something to write
on
Spatial Organization:
n: Clear Room
Warm-Up: Whoosh Whoa (8-10mins)
1. Invite studen
ent to make a circ
ircle.
2. Send Whoo
hoosh around the room. - aiming to make it seamle
amless
3. Add in Whoa – which stops the whoosh and makes the whoosher send it the other
direction
4. Add in Zap – send
ends whoosh
osh across the circle
cle
5. Add in Freak Out – everyone
scream and move toward center and switch circle spots
6. MAYBE add super freak out – freak out with a theme
7. MAYBE
add bridge – skips
one person
Activity 1: Human Barometer (8-10mins)
1. Invite students to stand in a line facing two objects
2. Explain one end is agree
and one end is disag
sagree
3. Instruct students to respond to the following statements by moving towards the end with
which they identify with the most for the statement. Let them know they can be as
specific as they want being in the middle or being slightly closer to one or the other:
(these questions will be adjusted based on the writing in Session #2)
a. I am havi
aving a good od time
at camp.
b. I mis
iss s my fam
amily.
c. I thi
hink
I am cre
reative.
d. I thi
hink
I am sma
mart.
e. My family
is int
nteresting.
f. My family is weir
ird.
g. I have big dreams for the futu
uture.
4. DEBRIEF each statement asking students at different point to respond with why they are
standing where they are and to elaborate.
Activity 2: Theatrical Devices Worksheet
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1. On a worksheet,
using their journal as note paper,
complete Theatrical Devices.
Focus Questions:
! How do we turn our words into a script?
! Why is what we have to say important?
Materials Needed: Journals, Pens, Speakers for Music,White board or something to write
on
Spatial Organization:
n: Clear Room
Warm-Up: Game of choice (10min)
Activity 1: Remix writing (50min)
1. Student
ents use Theatri
atrical Devices workshe
ksheet et to remix their own words.
2. Pair
and Sha
hare
3. Put larger
groups togeth
gether, expand piece
ieces
Focus Questions:
! How sharpen, tighten and clarify our performance?
! How does it feel to perform your own work?
Materials Needed: Journals, Pens, Speakers for Music,White board or something to write
on
Spatial Organization:
n: Clear Room
Warm-Up: Game of Choice (10mins)
Activity 1: Rehearsal and Share (50mins)
Focus Questions:
! How amazing can we be?
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MISC
• All worksheets should be printed a head of time
• music should be playing at all possible times
• Counselor/Helper should assume “floating responsibility”, that is to oversee and
help with all writing and facilitate directing of pieces.
• participation is mandatory of the Counselor/Helper in all warm up activities,
writing is optional.
• All ages can participate, ipate, writing can be tailored for younger or older campers, as
well as older campers may undertake additional writing assignments.
• Performance groups will be mixed ages
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