Spotlighting is a useful teaching technique for sharing work when you have divided the class into smaller groups. When it is time to show their work, ask all the groups to sit on the floor. Explain that you will walk around the room and as you get closer to each group, that group will stand up and show their work.

As you move away, they will sit down again so that they can watch other groups. This is an effective way of controlling the time each group takes to show their work and overcomes the problem groups often have of not knowing how to end an improvisation. Just like a real spotlight, it focuses the attention on one part of the room at a time and makes it clear as to which group is taking its turn.