Characters

Characters is a musical, large group activity commonly used as a warm-up.

Directions
Turn on some music and tell the kids to move around the classroom. They can do funny walks, silly dances, etc. Whenever the music stops, they have to freeze. Inevitably, they'll be freezing in some crazy positions. Now you, The Interviewer, can go around the classroom with your pencil-microphone and pick someone to interview. You'll ask your subject what his/her name is, what he/she is doing, where he/she lives, etc. Now the former subject becomes the next Interviewer -- controlling the music, coming up with different questions, etc. -- and so on. Continue until the entire class has had a chance to generate their own character. The kids can then use these characters in another activity or story.