Drama activity: The Movie Star

Another drama activity with my Friday Year 10 class that worked really well. Again, from our little role plays for TEFL book.

Slides give the general idea but I added a few things…

Little warmer. Learners work in pairs. One learner smiles at the other. Their partner gives them feedback on how they could make the smile better: ‘raise that side of the mouth a bit! Eyes open wide! You look a bit fake, just…’ Etc. Weird but funny – they were chuckling away and this set the tone I think…Lead-in chat from slides, then explain the context and different roles.Explain that we need some scenes or actions to act out. Learners write down ideas. I provided some prompts, like: