Stage Terms Naughts & Crosses

I've used this activity to teach stage terms to years 7 & 8, and they love the activity.

We explain the stage terms (upstage, downstage etc) and I draw a stage on the board and they fill in their own copy for their folios. I also explain the terms 'house' and house left & right. These go at the bottom.

I then use lay the initials of the terms (US/DS etc) out on the floor, and the students are divided into four teams with a captain. The captain must direct members of their teams to positions on the floor, using the full stage terms - "Kate to upstage left". This is a giant naughts and crosses game, and the winners play the winners, and the losers play the losers in a mini tournament. Captains must use full stage terms.

Differentiate each team by asking the naughts to sit on the floor and the crosses to stand up. This means you can easily see which team has won.

This activity takes around 30 minutes, but this obviously depends on the size of your class.