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3.1 Name That Communication Blooper! Part 2

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Set the Stage:

Have students perform the Communication Blooper play.

Recruit six volunteers to act out the play for the class. Characters are Narrator, teacher (Mrs. Cooper), and four students (Molly, Ashley, Joey, Zach).

Distribute Communication Blooper Scripts – Student Copy to the actors and assign a role to each.

Give actors a chance to silently read over the script, and let them know they will perform it exactly as written.

Divide the remainder of the class into four teams and have each select a captain.

Have students arrange their chairs so they are near their team members and facing the front of the classroom.

Instruct the actors to read the script out loud as the rest of the students observe. Make sure the audience knows which character each actor is portraying.

After the script has been read through once, provide each team with a Communication Blooper Game Board.

 

Activity:

Play the Name That Communication Blooper game.

Have the actors perform the play a second time.

Using the Communication Blooper Script – Teacher Copy, stop the action by ringing a bell and saying “Name that Blooper!” when each Blooper occurs.

Allow team members to confer for 20 seconds to choose the correct Blooper.

  • Don’t yell out the answer or you’ll be helping the other teams!

Have team captains share their team’s answer, and award one point to each group that answers correctly.

At the end, congratulate the winning team!