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Stimulating creativity and motivation in the secondary classroom, this book can be used in any secondary lesson to enhance the creativity of key stage 3 and 4 pupils. Focusing on creativity, confidence, motivation and other core, workplace skills, Mark Labrow provides a wealth of ideas to help teachers bring creativity to their classroom. The activities in this handy, versatile resource will help students excel at teamwork, be competent in the art of negotiation, have an awareness of themselves and others, be flexible in their thinking, spontaneous in generating unique ideas and imaginative and creative when it comes to dreaming up solutions to everyday problems. All the ideas contained within this book are drawn from the worlds of theatre, drama, improvisation and business leadership. All can be used to breathe life into any lessons, enhancing concentration and supporting the delivery of key subjects in the secondary classroom. topContents
Foreword Introduction Chapter 1 Developing a Sense of Team Introduction Name Me Thrice Name Tag Amazing Adjective Action Names Know Your Place Cat and Mouse Air Ball Bucket Ball 5 4 3 2 1 Triangle Tag Shuffle Monster Fill My Chair Cross-fire Negotiate Rules of Engagement Machines Own Goal Agree–Disagree Continuum The Flock Balancing the Stage Verbal Artist Mirrors Mirrors – Guess Who? Mirrors – Whisper on the Wind Mirrors – House of Fun Appliances Advertise Me Contract and Expand Invisible Tug of War Spell TEAM The Game Trust Walk Trust Circle Trust Fall Trust Lift &sp; Object Minefield The Hand of Hypnosis Chapter Two Developing Focus and Concentration Introduction 1, 2, 3 1 to 20 Stop – Go Big Booty Yes Torpedo Rag Tail Catch it – Drop it Person to Person Fuzzy Duck Zip, Zap, Boing One Step Back Prisoner Bang! p; Sticks Brain Flop Focus Line Up Ha! The Impulse to Go Chapter Three Developing Spontaneity Introduction What’s in the Box? Alliteration Word Association Rhyme Time Shift What are you Doing? What the Audience Want Sound Ball Arms Through Last Letter I am a Sandwich Word Up Slide Show p; Translator Foreign Film Dubbing Fictionary Die Chapter Four Developing Scenes and Stories Introduction One Word Story/Conversations Alphabet Hot Seating Role on the Wall Still Images The Ripple Sculpting Thought Tracking Conscience Alley Diary Entry Words of Wisdom Cross Fade CharacterBridge N.S.E.W. Group Monologue Photo Fit Soundscape Dreamscape Ten–word Cascade Hidden Thoughts Park Bench A Scene with no ‘S’ What’s a Question? Every Other Question Last Letter Scenes The Creative Touch Freeze Tag Typewriter Sixty-second Trailer Rooms nbsp; Emotional Grid Sit, Stand, Lie First Line, Last Line Fish Bowl Puppets Who? What? Where? The Walls Have Ears New Choice Prompts Silent Scenes All of Me Writer's Raffle What’s so Funny? Emotional Baggage Appendices First and Last Lines Introduction Lines List of Locations Introduction Locations topFeatures
Key features: - Over 100 activities aimed at developing core skills in the secondary classroom
- Individual, group and whole class activities
- Ideas can be used to tie in with any lesson or curriculum area, inspiring creativity across secondary education
- Activities can be easily adapted to suit different lessons and age groups
- Reduces the time spent planning, and fit easily into a busy timetable
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