Introduction
The teacher asks “Are you aware of the story of Robin Hood and its characters?” and “How would you act out the characters?”
Target group and Time
These games are most suitable for children who are familiar with the story of Robin Hood. With instructions one round takes about 5-10 minutes.
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In addition, the students can be creative by acting out the story or its various characters. It is also a good way for the students to become more self aware.
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Before playing the games, the teacher can help by demonstrating. For example, the teacher says "Robin Hood" and acts out this character with a bow and arrow; Lady Marian would could be shown with a dress or a symbol of love symbol.
The teacher can start by getting the students to walk around the room and
eachact out
a characterthe characters. If the teacher says "Robin Hood", everyone is to act it out, naturally in
aslightly different
wayways. After a short
topstop or "freeze" the students
startbegin walking again until the next character to be acted out is named.
If you, as a teacher, want to work more on the
storyplot of Robin Hood, you can ask the students to briefly act out the storyline of the play. Clarify who is going to be which character. What are they doing in the story? What is the beginning and
what isthe end of the story?
Start actingThen, act it out!
If you want to focus on specific scenes of the play, you can divide the students into groups and ask them to portray these scenes of Robin Hood.