ACTIVITY 3

Activity 3: Pass the Prop

Supplies: a prop (a paper cup, a scarf, a piece of rope, a book)

Define “prop” as any movable item used on the set of a play or handled by an actor.

Steps

1. Have students stand in a circle.

2. Instruct students that the object of this game is to change the prop you are holding into something it is not.

3. They must use it as if it is that object. There is no sound in this game.

4. Hold the prop in your hands and demonstrate.

For example: pretend it is a telephone, hold it to your ear and mouth words as if you are talking into it; pretend it is a shoe and you are slipping it on your foot; pretend it is a fork and use it to eat.

5. Students are to call out what they think you have turned the object into. When they call out the correct answer, pass the prop to the student to the right. That student is to do the same.

6. Tell students there are no “repeaters” allowed. If someone chooses the same object as you, you must come up with a different object to change the prop into.

7. Continue the game until everyone has had one turn.

Assessment: Ask students, “How was the game?” “What did they need to do in order

to play successfully?” Discus.