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Soap Operas
This was the second of two sessions I did with a MENCAP group for adults with learning difficulties in Cromer. This was about trying to put the characters they created into a story. Again, it took place a while ago, so I hope I am remembering things correctly.
Aim: Develop story-telling skills - what happens next. Inspire people and interest them in story-telling.
Target Age: Adults with learning difficulties.
Key Skills: Actions and reactions, consequences.
Resources: Large piece of sugar paper with map drawn on it and houses numbered, numbered pictures of houses (from estate agents), 6-sided dice (two per pair), their character sheets from last week, note-paper, large pens.
Steps:
1. Revise their characters from last session - what are they like? What do they like? What do they look like?
2. Assign characters to houses - show the pictures, who wants this house?
3. Write character names onto houses (people can share).
4. Are the people rich, average or poor?
5. Draw relationship-lines - RED = enemies, PINK = friends, PURPLE = relatives.
6. Ask people why they think their characters do or do not like each other?
7. Set the scene - everyone from the street is going on a camping trip.
8. What type of things do think people might happen on a camping trip?
9. Talk about what it looks like at the campsite. What might things look like?
10. Put people into pairs. Hand out 'random event' maps.
11. People roll random events to find out what happens. And then their volunteers/I ask them what they think might happen next.
12. They can then roll again if they want.
13. Share events and reactions with the group.
14. Talk about the trip as a whole, all the things that have happened.
(NB depending on the length of time, people can always make a page - using Argos catalogues - of things that will be in their houses.)
Aim: Develop story-telling skills - what happens next. Inspire people and interest them in story-telling.
Target Age: Adults with learning difficulties.
Key Skills: Actions and reactions, consequences.
Resources: Large piece of sugar paper with map drawn on it and houses numbered, numbered pictures of houses (from estate agents), 6-sided dice (two per pair), their character sheets from last week, note-paper, large pens.
Steps:
1. Revise their characters from last session - what are they like? What do they like? What do they look like?
2. Assign characters to houses - show the pictures, who wants this house?
3. Write character names onto houses (people can share).
4. Are the people rich, average or poor?
5. Draw relationship-lines - RED = enemies, PINK = friends, PURPLE = relatives.
6. Ask people why they think their characters do or do not like each other?
7. Set the scene - everyone from the street is going on a camping trip.
8. What type of things do think people might happen on a camping trip?
9. Talk about what it looks like at the campsite. What might things look like?
10. Put people into pairs. Hand out 'random event' maps.
11. People roll random events to find out what happens. And then their volunteers/I ask them what they think might happen next.
12. They can then roll again if they want.
13. Share events and reactions with the group.
14. Talk about the trip as a whole, all the things that have happened.
(NB depending on the length of time, people can always make a page - using Argos catalogues - of things that will be in their houses.)
