As teachers we need to explore opportunities and help teenagers find their own interests, passions, and talents.
Teens must have the chance to explore a wide range of learning opportunities, both in and out of the classroom. Activities such as songs, drama, drawing, painting, outdoor recreation are very rich and will help them express themselves without being on the spot.
One of our favorite activities to encourage teens to develop their skills is role-playing.
Role-plays promote opportunities for hands-on experiences, and because they are not "being themselves" it makes it easier for teens to share their feelings with you and other students. Make sure to create scenarios to help them practice dealing with real life situations.
Drama activities are also a great way to begin a new term. It can help you access your students' likes and dislikes, needs, and it provides team bonding experiences.
Drama Resources (dramaresource.com) is a great website where you can get lots of activities and great ideas such as this one below:
Ten Second Objects
 This is a very popular drama game and a useful technique which can be developed easily towards improvisation or physical theatre. It's also highly accessible and great fun!
Divide everyone into small groups (4-6). Call out the name of an object and all the groups have to make the shape of that object out of their own bodies, joining together in different ways while you count down slowly from ten to zero. Usually every group will find a different way of forming the object. Examples could be: a car, a fried breakfast, a clock, a washing machine, a fire.
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