1. GENERAL HEADING: Improvisation

2. TITLE OF EXERCISE: "The Family Feud"

3. GOALS: To build concentration and alertness; prompt imagination; group dynamic; observation.

4. NUMBER OF STUDENTS: 5 students at a time while the rest of the class observes and guesses.

5. EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES: None

6. CLASS TIME NEEDED: 10 ­ 15 minutes.

7. STEP-BY-STEP DESCRIPTION: Pick out five students at a time. Take them into a corner and tell them what kind of family they are. They then stand in front of rest of class and strike poses a la that terrible television show: "The Family Feud." Types of families are:

• The Accountant Family
• The Fish Family
• The Snake Family
• The Big Butted Family
• The Weight Lifter Family
• The Elvis Family

The rest of the class calls out guesses until they figure out what family is on stage.

8. POINTS FOR OBSERVATION, DISCUSSION: Not really any-this is a good ice breaker early in the semester that allows everyone to have fun, relax, and become less self-conscious.

9. SOURCE/REFERENCE: Adapted from Greg Atkin's Improv!, Portsmouth, N.H.: Heinemann, 1994.

10. ADDITIONAL READING: N.A.

11. VARIATIONS: Endless....