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Drama worksheet · Drama games and improv
Who, What, Where Improv Cards
Cut out the cards. Pick a who, a what and a where, then act out a scene with no script.
- Grade level
- Grades 2–5
- Time
- About 20 minutes
- Answer key
- Not needed: answers vary
- Kids practice
- Focus and listening, Thinking on your feet, Building on a partner’s ideas, Theater vocabulary
What kids do
Printed on the sheet:
- Improv means acting without a script. Cut out the cards and put them in three piles. Pick one
- Who, one What and one Where, then act out a short scene with a partner.
Words on this sheet
whowhatwherea pirateshoea chefspelling beea junglechickena city busa castle
Teacher tip
Put the Who, What and Where cards in three cups. Each pair pulls one from each cup and gets one minute to plan.
How to use it
- Keep games short and stop while kids still want more.
- Use the cards again and again all year.
- Read the box at the top of the sheet together, then try the first item out loud as a class.
Watch for
The same few kids taking every turn. Give each child a card.
Talk about it
- Which game would you like to play again?
- How did the audience know how your character felt?
Take it further
Have kids make new cards for the improv games.
US Letter, prints well in black and white. Free for home and classroom use: print as many copies as you need.
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