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When the Situation Calls for...

Aim of the Game: To act or react depending on situations.

Learning Objectives:
• To demonstrate spontaneous interpersonal skills in a given situation.
• To discuss ways to improve interpersonal skills.

Structure: In small groups discussion and plenary presentation.

Time: 15-30 minutes

Materials: Situation cards

Method:
• Ask each group (Patrol) to find a corner in the venue or room. Let each Patrol stand in a cluster facing the others.
• Tell them that each group takes turns in picking a situation card and has around a minute to prepare and demonstrate or present the situation in the centre of the room and not to stop unless told to do so - not even when another person comes into the scene.
• Meanwhile, tell the groups to observe what is going on in the skit/scene and that you will go to any of the groups at any given time - and tap the shoulder of anyone in the group. The person selected gets into the skit/scene and engages with the other actors.
• Move to the next group who will pick another situation card and repeat the same process..

Situation Cards

        Friends having fun in the park.

        A group of teenagers making fun of another person.

        An argument over a basketball game.

        In the middle of a school exam where one person is cheating.

        Friends boasting about their accomplishments.

Evaluation:
• What can you say about the activity?
• Which situations did you get into?
• How did you manage to join in the scene and engage yourself in the situation?
• What personal facilities, characteristics or attributes did you use to relate to the other characters in the scene?

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