Playbuilding can be the perfect opportunity for students to share their stories. Mark Twain wrote, "Write what you know" ... but let's be honest, Mark Twain clearly did not teach teenagers! How do students write 'what they know' without presenting mere teenage angst? This was the challenge I was faced with last year. I wanted students to create beautiful pieces of theatre that shared their stories without the angst.
As a result I created these prompts for playbuilding. I set up various stations in the drama space, chose some reflective music and invited my students to respond either privately (in their logbooks) or publicly on post-it notes, butcher's paper or the iPad. The result was a beautiful collage of thoughts to stimulate the playbuilding process.
As a result I created these prompts for playbuilding. I set up various stations in the drama space, chose some reflective music and invited my students to respond either privately (in their logbooks) or publicly on post-it notes, butcher's paper or the iPad. The result was a beautiful collage of thoughts to stimulate the playbuilding process.
The Prompts -
What is one thing you wonder about yourself? Write a paragraph in your logbooks. Give descriptive details. Why do you wonder this? Summerise this idea in 5 words or less and write it on a post it note.
Cut out words/sentences that speak to you and paste them on the group page. Document these words in your logbook explaining why they speak to your heart. They must be in black and white but can be about anything!
Use the camera to take a self portrait of yourself. Be creative. It must be an expression of you.
Think of three beautiful dreams. What do you long for? Write each of them in your logbooks or on the card provided. Pin them up on the string when you are done.
Complete the sentence, I am... in your logbooks. You can cut and paste words and pictures. You can find quotes or write. I am... Take a photo of your work when you are done.
What gives you goosebumps?? Real true goosebumps. Write about this thing/experience in your logbooks. Summarise this idea in 5 words or less and write it on a post it note.
Choose a quality or word you wish to embody. Maybe love, courage, compassion. Maybe hope, believe, spirit, joy. Maybe another. Write this word on your arm with a sharpie. Also write this word in your book.
What is one thing you would change about the world if you could? Why? Write a paragraph about this in your logbooks and write it on the picture of the globe.
What have you learnt the hard way? Write about this thing/experience in your logbooks. Summarise this idea in 5 words or less and write it on a post it note.
What inspires you? Write about this thing/experience in your logbooks. Summarise this idea in 5 words or less and write it on a post it note.
Choose two of the incomplete sentences and finish them on the paper provided. (Used sentence starters for this prompt).
What do you fear? Write about this thing/experience in your logbooks. Summarise this idea in 5 words or less and write it on a post it note.
How do you feel in this moment, in this day, in this week, in this year? Using the materials provided make a collage of words and pictures expressing this.
What is one thing you wonder about yourself? Write a paragraph in your logbooks. Give descriptive details. Why do you wonder this? Summerise this idea in 5 words or less and write it on a post it note.
Cut out words/sentences that speak to you and paste them on the group page. Document these words in your logbook explaining why they speak to your heart. They must be in black and white but can be about anything!
Use the camera to take a self portrait of yourself. Be creative. It must be an expression of you.
Think of three beautiful dreams. What do you long for? Write each of them in your logbooks or on the card provided. Pin them up on the string when you are done.
Complete the sentence, I am... in your logbooks. You can cut and paste words and pictures. You can find quotes or write. I am... Take a photo of your work when you are done.
What gives you goosebumps?? Real true goosebumps. Write about this thing/experience in your logbooks. Summarise this idea in 5 words or less and write it on a post it note.
Choose a quality or word you wish to embody. Maybe love, courage, compassion. Maybe hope, believe, spirit, joy. Maybe another. Write this word on your arm with a sharpie. Also write this word in your book.
What is one thing you would change about the world if you could? Why? Write a paragraph about this in your logbooks and write it on the picture of the globe.
What have you learnt the hard way? Write about this thing/experience in your logbooks. Summarise this idea in 5 words or less and write it on a post it note.
What inspires you? Write about this thing/experience in your logbooks. Summarise this idea in 5 words or less and write it on a post it note.
Choose two of the incomplete sentences and finish them on the paper provided. (Used sentence starters for this prompt).
What do you fear? Write about this thing/experience in your logbooks. Summarise this idea in 5 words or less and write it on a post it note.
How do you feel in this moment, in this day, in this week, in this year? Using the materials provided make a collage of words and pictures expressing this.
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