Get Them Talking
Table of Contents

Introduction: Get Them Talking!

I. Chanting Activities

1. The Basic Chant
2. The High/Medium/Low Chant
3. The Emotional Chant
4. The Character Chant
5. The Conductor's Chant
6. The Radio Game
7. "Round" Chanting
8. Gesture Chanting
9. Gesture-guessing Chanting
10. The Stompin' Grammar Chant
11. Synonym/Antonym Chanting
12. Erase Chanting
13. Drones and Descents
14. Nonsense Chanting
15. Frog Chorus
16. Verb Highway
    

II. Singing Activities

1. Lyric Strips
2. Turn a Song into a Teaching Tool
3. The White-out Disaster
4. Extra Words
5. Crossover
6. Change the Structure
7. Old Song, New Words
8. Stick-Figure Song Segments
9. Runner Dictation
10. Singing vs. Chanting
11. Choreography
12. Mumbo Jumbo

III. Instrumental Music

1. The "Find Someone" Game
2. Beloved Melodies, Dumb Lyrics
3. Hula Hoop Categories
4. Scale Compositions
5. Ragtime Chant
6. Classical Screenplays
7. Music Survey
8. Musical Impressions
9. Classical Listening Selection Suggestions

IV. Storytelling I (with an established story)

1. My Ears Deceive Me!
2. Stick-Figure Storytelling
3. Body Symbols
4. Shared Storytelling
5. Sequencing a Story with Illustrations
6. Stand Up for the Plot
7. Sound Effects!
8. Story Drama (Action Only)
9. Story Drama (Direct Quotes)
10. Story Drama (Dialogue Ad-libbing)
11. Switch!
12. Greek Chorus

V. Storytelling II (Creating an original story)

1. Change the Flavor
2. Embellish a Simple Plot
3. Ball Story
4. Accordion\on Paper Story
5. Random Word Story
6. Photo Story
7. Exaggerations
8. Tabloids!
9. Reporters and Celebrities
10. Dream Scene
11. Old Movie/New Dialogue
12. Movie Clip Outline

VI. Theater Games

1. Our Daily Routines
2. Partner Greetings
3. I'm Impatient!
4. POOF!
5. "Still Life"
6. Interpreters
7. I'm Proud of My ?????
8. Mystery Person
9. Jungle Safari
10. Dialogue Drama
11. "The Rest of the Story"
12. Flipping Channels
13. Three Prop Improv
14. Who's your Leader?
15. Oh, What a Nice... Thing!
16. Alphabet with Attitudes
17. Guided Exploration
18. I Can't Take This Anymore!
19. Timed Gestures
20. The Telephone Game
21. Who, What, When and Where?

VII. Bibliography

VIII. Alphabetical Listing of Activities