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“How would you act out the characters?”
Idea:
Target group and Time
These games are most suitable for children who are familiar with the story of Robin Hood. One round with instructions takes about 5-10 minutes
Learning objectives
The idea of the games is to help the students to understand the storyline of Robin Hood.
In addition, the students have to get creative by acting out the story or the different characters. It’s also a good way to get more aware of themselves.
Instructions to set up the activity
Before placing the games, the teacher can help by showing them what to do. So for example the teacher says Robin Hood and acts it out with a bow and arrow, whereas Lady Marian would be acted out with a dress or a love symbol.Games:
- The teacher can simply start with getting the students to walk around the room and act out some characters. So, if the teacher says Robin Hood, everybody is going to act it out, eventually in a different way. After a short freeze the students start walking again until the next character is told to be acted out.
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- If you, as a teacher, wants to work more specific on the play Robin Hood you can ask the students to briefly act out the storyline of the play. So, who is going to be which character? What are they doing in the story? What is the beginning and what is the end of the story? Start act it out.
- If you want to focus on specific scenes of the play, you could also determine the students into groups and ask them to work on these specific scenes of Robin Hood.
Introduction for "Who am I?" – Nadine
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Sometimes the kids who have to answer the questions with „yes“ or „no“ will disagree if either the question is not clear asked or maybe there is no clear answer to the question itself. That’s when the questioner can adjust his question to get a clear answer.Game:
Instructions to set up the activity
The teacher chooses a topic (here it is Robin Hood).
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My vocabulary game was designed to help students look at new words in a fun way. Young people are always very jealous and ambitious, I tried to make use of this character and turn it into a learning activity.Game:
Instructions to set up the activity
We played the game “I pack my suitcase”, in which everyone in the round adds something to their holiday list and the next has to remember it and add a new word. The peer pressure and fear of failure forced them to try their best. I introduced them to new vocabulary at the start and encouraged them to use some common words from robin hood like a cape, gown, sword, and gloves. We added a little twist to the traditional game, by imitating the words as well. My groupmate Nadine acted out every word to help the children remember it and also to develop an audiovisual learning experience.
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The unit is food-related, therefore there will be small talk as transitory measure about lunch, eating habits etc.; another impulse will be about sustainability and possible relevance. A concluding discussion will be about sustainability and food waste.
Game:
Instructions to set up the activity
- The unit starts with laying out memory cards depicting food of the medieval period (accessible vocabulary pairs: cherry, cheese, chicken, cake, apple); there are total 8 cards (real food as presentation is not recommended due to hygiene and possibly starving students)
- The kids take turns and are supposed to name the pairs they find
- In the end, each kid will have a pair of cards and one pair will be left over
- Ultimately it will be discussed what happens to the leftover pair, will the food be discarded/wasted?
- A final act is the drama block: kids will decide what happens to the leftovers (and if there’s a King/Queen: what will happen to their surplus when considering that they are capable to only eat as much as the other)
- There open-ended outcomes but a typical example would be that the kids are not likely to waste the food and distribute it evenly as Robin Hood and the King gives up (the teacher should observe that there is no actual fighting)
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