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dramaineducation: Drama Warm-ups:Crystal's Dracula

Warm Up

Warm-up Write-up Template

Activity Title: Dracula

Age/Grade: any age could play this

game.

Grouping: Whole group

Props or Required Equipment:

Not requiredTo set the mood you could use

music Bartoks Miraculous

mandarian Suite

Space or shape required:

Open space would be desirable but can be done in a

classroom

Objective:

This activity focus es on observation, and group awareness and co operation.

Directions for Activity

Review with students who Dracula and Van Helsing are, Dracula, a vampire and Van Helsing, the vampire catcher. One of the

students will be chosen by the teacher to play the role of Van Helsing. This student will be asked to leave the area and wait

until he/she has been called to help save the village which has been experiencing a number a vampire attacks.

Before you begin, its a good idea to do some humming to warm up the students voices before you ask them to scream.

Once van Helsing has left the room the teacher will then choose who will be Dracula. Dracula kills people by baring his/her

teeth at the rest of the players. If Dracula bares his teeth at someone, that person must clutch his/her neck and die a

dramatic death while making a blood-curding scream.

Dracula must be as cunning as possible, baring his/her teeth when van Helsing is not watching.

Teacher must also make it clear that everyone other than Dracula must have their mouth remain closed s o nobody gets

confused.

Draculas aim is to kill as many people as possible before he is unmasked.

Van Helsings aim is to uncover Dracula before he has killed everyone else.

To kill Dracula Van Hels ign mus t either plunge an imaginary stake through Draculas heart or hold up crucifix up to him.

If van Helsing kills the wrong person, that person just keeps moving.

All players are then asked to start moving around the room and are reminded to keep their mouths closed so not to confuse

Van helping.

Once everyone understands the rules the teacher will then call in Van Hels ing to help locate Dracula.

Variations: The teacher can change the way the townspeople walked. (walk like zombies)

Instead of Dracula you could play the game by the same rules only it could be a wink murder instead of Dracula. They could

also use a handshake and press on the wrist to make the person fall.

Observation Look fors:

Students are following the rules and not showing teeth and

remaining s ilent.

Students are walking like zombies

Students are dying dramatically and using a blood curdling

scream.

Eye contact

Side Coaching:

Remember to keep your mouths closed.

I like how everyone is moving around like zombies.

I like how Van Helsingr is concentrating and observing the action

of others .

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Concentration

Reflective Questions (for discussion or journal):

1. What are rules that apply to this game?

2. Choose an object to represent Dracula and explain why you choose that object?

3. How did you feel when Dracula walked by you and did not bare his /her teeth at you?

Drama Skills Employed:

Observation

Group awareness

Concentration

Focus

Participation

Integration Ideas:

Good game to play if it is

Halloween time and you are

doing activities based around

that theme.

Multiple Intelligences:

Kinesthetic learners

Visual/Spatial

Accommodations:

For someone who is worried about the scream they could di

a dramatic silent death.