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Continue the Scene

Overview

Students build a scene step by step using ideas from others.

Learning Objective
Students develop improvisation skills by continuing a scene.

Resources needed

  • None

Lesson stages

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  1. 1 Explain that students will create a scene without planning everything.
  2. 2 Start a short scene with one or two students.
  3. 3 Pause and invite another student to continue the scene.
  4. 4 Encourage students to listen carefully before adding ideas.
  5. 5 Continue adding students to develop the scene.
  6. 6 Support students with prompts if needed.
  7. 7 End the scene at a natural point.
  8. 8 Ask the class what happened in the scene.
  9. 9 Finish by discussing how students built the story together.

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Variations

  • Group scenes.
  • Different topics.
  • Short scenes.
More information

Teach: then, next, what happened, continue.

Allow short sentences.

Do students connect ideas logically?

No materials needed.

Students ignore previous ideas.

Improvisation builds listening and creativity.