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• One person takes the stage, and begins miming an action in some identifiable scene, e.g., picking apples. 

• One at a time, as the other students recognize what is going on in the scene, they can join the action to build a single, complete scene. They may join as a person or a thing.  

• For example, in a scene of apple picking, someone could be the tree, another could lie on their back and be grass growing, another could use their fists to be the apples, still another could be the picker's dog, or the basket that collects the apples etc. The actors can make sounds, but no dialogue.

• Continue the action to any logical stopping point.  Stress that the students must know what it is they’re going to become before joining the scene–to avoid getting duplicates of set pieces or people.  With a larger or younger class, require the students to raise their hands when they want to enter the scene. 

• Once you’ve demonstrated how the game works, ask if there is a volunteer who wants to start a new scene from everyday life. Remind the students they are to become a constructive part of the scene and not someone who disrupts the scene.