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Drama Warm Ups and Circle Games ActivityDrama Warm Ups and Circle Games Activity
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Drama Warm Ups and Circle Games

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Circle games, energetic games, calming games, exit games. Whether used as ice breakers, warm ups, or exit strategies, or used in drama classes or content areas, the 28 games detailed in this packet deserve a spot in your curriculum library.

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Concepts

acting

Additional Tags

visual and performing arts

Instructional Ideas

  • The games may be used with language learners as warm-up exercises and to encourage fluency
  • Use at the beginning of the year as ice breakers

Pros

  • Directions are provided for each activity
  • The games are clustered by type

Cons

  • None

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