Directed by Nahuel Adhami INCIDENTAL Music Marcelo Andino WORKPACK Ana Laura Zanfranceschi Eugenia Dell’Osa Silvia Montimurro

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Note to teachers

Our dear fellow teacher,

In this workpack you will find a series of activities to be used with your students both before and after watching the BAP play of your choice. You will find that the activities have been graded for intermediate to upper-intermediate and advanced students and labelled from lower to higher level with 1, 2 and 3. In the Index section, you will find a Teacher’s Corner for some of the activities, with suggested procedures, answer keys where appropriate and follow-ups. All these are simply suggestions. You are the one who knows your students, so please feel free to play around with this workpack as much as you want and let yourself flow with your imagination and inspiration. Have a magical BAP experience, and do let us know what worked best for you and your students!

All our love,

The Teachers Team

2 SYNOPSIS The idea of getting a part-time job once high school is over may make a lot of sense for many, but not for Eric. He’s just had a super creative business idea to make lots of money easily before starting university. The endeavour seems totally worth the while when he sees he has the right charisma for the job: he’s planning to become a fortune teller and medium. The only thing is, every clairvoyant needs an assistant. His best friend, Daniel, is willing to partner up with him. The site is promptly sorted out as well.Eric’s mum has an apartment which is vacant right now. Even if Rose is not willing to make things easy for her son, she understands he’ll need a place to study to prepare for university, or at least this is what they want her to believe. Eric’s dad, Albert, helps persuade her and she finally agrees. Now,Eric and Daniel will have to keep the real use of the apartment secret from Eric’s parents and from everyone else. Once the place is decorated, their outfits picked and the ads placed, the first clients start rolling in. How long can they keep pretending without anyone uncovering the truth? Will their clients find out they’re being conned?

moral Sooner or later the truth will come out. Cheaters never prosper.

3 Vocabulary This list of vocabulary will help you enjoy the play more fully.

NOUNS accomplishments • tribulations • newly-weds • handyman • endeavors • fortune teller • diapers • income • jerk • scam • medium • charges • tax evasion • hiccups

VERBS shiver • flee• cringe • suck • sip • mop • bluff• con • dust • blindfold • wander

PHRASAL VERBS ask somebody out • back somebody up • bring somebody down • squeeze somebody in piss somebody off• cut it out • live on (a budget)

ADJECTIVES spectral - comfy - impeccable - tearful - tormented - morbid

EXPRESSIONS AND IDIOMS Big money • Sixth sense • Turning point • Milky Way • Lead by example • Bring it on Attempted murder • Play hard • Be in for • Have a crush on somebody • Be over somebody There are plenty more fish in the sea• There are none so blind as those who will not see When you got it, flaunt it!• You’re the man!

COLLOCATIONS pay a compliment • switch roles • commit • make a living • severe punishment make adjustments • pay the bail • get goosebumps

4 CHARACTERS

ROSE ALBERT Eric’s mum. An executive Eric’s dad. who believes hard work is A caring and the key to success spiritual person

ERIC a high school graduate who is not certain about going to college right now

DANIEL EVE Eric’s friend and a client who wants help to business partner find a boyfriend

5 BEFORE WATCHING ACTIVITIES

Levels

1 2 3

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BACKGROUND

“THE PRETENDER” by Foo Fighters According to the Longman Online Dictionary of Contemporary English, to pretend means:

“to behave as if something is true when in fact you know it is not, in order to deceive people or for fun”.

Highlight the song lines below which you feel are connected with the idea of truth and deceit.

Keep you in the dark plays? You know they all pretend You’re the pretender Keep you in the dark What if I say that I’ll never surrender? And so it all began Send in your skeletons In time our soul untold Sing as their bones go marching in, again I’m just another soul for sale, oh well They need you buried deep The page is out of print The secrets that you keep are ever ready We are not permanent Are you ready? We’re temporary, temporary I’m finished making sense Done pleading ignorance Chorus That whole defense Spinning infinity, boy I’m the voice inside your head The wheel is spinning me You refuse to hear It’s never-ending, never-ending I’m the face that you have to face Mirrored in your stare Same old story I’m what’s left, I’m what’s right What if I say I’m not like the others? I’m the enemy What if I say I’m not just another one of your I’m the hand that will take you down plays? Bring you to your knees You’re the pretender So who are you? What if I say I will never surrender? Yeah, who are you? (3 times) What if I say I’m not like the others? Keep you in the dark What if I say I’m not just another one of your You know they all pretend

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WORDS, WORDS, WORDS!

DECEIT AND CRIME The play you are going to watch deals with deceit and crime. Unscramble the words at the bottom of the page and match to the definitions below:

The crime of The crime of stealing stealing personal things of small value. property. A b

Someone who uses cards An act of The crime of getting or looks at people’s hands money from people in order to tell them what trying to kill. by tricking them. is supposed to happen to them in the future. C D e

The crime of Someone who claims A synonym of to have the power to stealing very receive messages from psychic. valuable things. dead people. f g h

To state officially To deceive someone that someone may be in order to get guilty of a crime. money from them. i j

1. MACS 2. TFTEH 3. PTYTE LYANRCE 4. EGRAHC 5. FARUD 6. FOTURNE LLETER 7. CLAIRYANTVO 8. GDRAN LARNYCE 9. MUIDEM 10. ATTEDMEPT MERUDR

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BACKGROUND

IN THE NEWS The boys in the play you’re going to see pretend to be . Here is an article about a real case. Six sentences have been removed from it. Choose from 1-6 the one that best fits each gap.

She didn’t see it coming: psychic arrested for $800,000 fraud Despite her self-proclaimed clairvoyance, a New York City psychic was arrested by the NYPD, in the latest example of fortune-teller fraud. Psychic Zoe has not had a very good week. On 9 May, sensing a broken heart and a naive nature, quickly the fortune-teller, whose real name is Ann Thompson, took advantage of the woman’s distress and drained was arrested by the New York Department on her life savings. D) suspicion of defrauding clients out of over $800,000. She also convinced the victim to spend large sums of You’d think she might have had a premonition that money on spells that would vanquish demons, as well the police would be knocking at her door but, alas, as on building a “golden pyramid” that would protect the future isn’t always crystal clear. her and her loved ones from dying. Needless to say, The police were notified of Thompson after two of her the golden pyramid was entirely fictitious. victims contacted private investigator Bob Nygaard, While Thompson is currently awaiting sentencing, who specializes in psychic scams. A) Nygaard has already helped put a number of fraudulent However, one is a mother in her late 40s from Canada fortune-tellers behind bars. E) who was defrauded of at least $740,000. The second Despite his track record, Nygaard still finds it victim is a professional man in his 30s from the difficult to get law enforcement to take clairvoyant midwest who met Thompson while on business in chicanery seriously. F) However, last year, and who was scammed out of Nygaard stresses, psychics conning desperate people $72,000. out of large amounts of money is a serious problem. But what exactly is a “psychic scam”, you might ask? “The prevalence with which these psychic scams are Surely any trip to a psychic involves a large leap of occurring, and the exorbitant amounts of money faith and no guarantees? B) You can, of which vulnerable people are being defrauded, however, charge a psychic for grand or larceny not only in NYC but all over the USA, is absolutely when they’ve taken a large fortune from someone via astonishing,” Nygaard told the Guardian. “Police and deception or false promises. prosecutors need to wake up [and] realize that these Thompson’s Canadian victim, for example, initially self-proclaimed psychics are often part of organized went to the psychic because she was having criminal enterprises.” relationship problems. C) Thompson,

1) While he says he “received excellent cooperation from a NYPD detective, in regard to this particular case”, all too often the police tend to treat psychic fraud like a joke. 2)By his count, he has helped successfully prosecute 30 psychics and recovered more than $3.5m for his clients to date. 3) Why not pay $5 for Psychic Zoe to read her fortune, she thought? 4) That’s certainly true; it is difficult to take a fortune-teller to court because the tall, dark, handsome stranger you were told was definitely in your future never materialized. 5) She convinced the Canadian that she’d never find love again unless she bought the psychic a 9.2 carat diamond ring. 6) Both victims would like their names to remain anonymous. Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/12/new-york-psychic- arrested-zoe-fortune-teller retrieved on December 28th, 2019

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BACKGROUND

MODEST IS HOTTEST? In the play you’re going to see, a girl is advised on what to wear to look hot. Read the quote that follows and discuss:

Discussions about modesty and dress codes often objectify and sexualise girls by keeping the focus on them as parts - not people.

What do you think?

Read the following statements. Discuss in groups.

1) Girls learn to display their bodies as something to be looked at. 2) Girls learn to survey their bodies at all times. 3) Self-objectification gets in the way of everything you do. 4) Girls should dress modestly to receive approval. 5) Girls should cover their bodies from the sexual gaze of others. 6) Covering up has no bearing on men’s ability to control themselves. 7) Being sexy yields rewards.

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THE STORY

Multiple Choice For each gap in the synopsis, choose the correct answer from the options below.

The idea of getting a part-time job once high school is over may(1) a lot of sense for many, but not for Eric. He’s just had a super creative business idea to make lots of money easily before starting university. The endeavour seems totally (2) his while when he sees he has the right charisma for the job: he’s planning to become a fortune teller and medium. The only thing is, every clairvoyant needs an assistant. His best friend, Daniel, is (3) partner up with him. The site is promptly sorted out as well. Eric’s mum has an apartment (4) is vacant right now. Even if Rose is not willing to make things easy for her son, she understands he’ll need a place to study to prepare for university, or at least this is what they want her to believe. Eric’s dad, Albert, helps persuade her and she finally agrees. Now, Eric and Daniel will have to(5) the real use of the apartment secret from Eric’s parents and from everyone else. Once the place is decorated, their outfits picked and the ads (6) , the first clients start rolling in. How long can they keep pretending without anyone uncovering the truth? Will their clients find out they’re being conned?

(1) A. make B. be C. have D. take (2) A. good B. value C. right D. worth (3) A. wanting to B. ready for C. willing to D. likely (4) A. and B. which C. where D. whose (5) A. keep B. have C. hide D. put (6) A. post B. took out C. placed D. puts

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THE STORY

FIND THE EXTRA WORDS In the synopsis you are about to read there are 10 words or punctuation marks which do not belong to the text. Please, read carefully and write the “odd” word or punctuation mark in the box next to the sentences. Watch out! Some sentences have not suffered any change.

The idea of getting a part-time job once high school is over may make a lot of sense for many,

but not for Eric. He’s just had a super creative business idea to make a lots of money easily

before starting university. The endeavour, seems totally worth the while when he sees he has

the right charisma for the job: he’s planning to become into a fortune teller and medium. The

only one thing is, every clairvoyant needs an assistant. His best friend, Daniel, is willing to

partner up with him. The site is promptly sorted out as well. Eric’s mum has an apartment

which it is vacant right now. Even if Rose is not willing to make things easy for her son, she

understands he’ll need a place to study for to prepare for university, or at least this is what

they want her to believe. Eric’s dad, Albert, helps persuade her and she finally agrees in. Now,

Eric and Daniel will have to keep up the real use of the apartment secret from Eric’s parents

and from everyone else. Once the place is decorated, their outfits picked and the ads been

placed, the first clients start rolling in. How long can they keep pretending without anyone

uncovering of the truth? Will their clients find out they’re being conned?

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WORDS, WORDS, WORDS!

CHARADES

big money sixth sense turning point Milky Way lead by example bring it on play hard have a crush on somebody be over somebody There are plenty more fish in the sea There are none so blind as those who will not see

you’re the man! Pay a compliment switch roles make a living pay the bail

get goosebumps

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WORDS, WORDS, WORDS!

PARTS OF SPEECH Complete the chart with the corresponding words.

NOUN ADJECTIVE VERB

accomplish

endeavour -

psychic -

evade

spectral -

COMPLETE. Use words in the chart in the correct form.

1) The medium was able to sense a presence. 2) We hope your life is filled with and only the necessary tribulations. 3) In spite of our best , it has proven impossible to contact her deceased grandma. 4) Because their business activity was not declared, they were also accused of tax . 5) Some people claim to be able to recreate all the abilities shown by self-professed , without having to resort to any supernatural or paranormal explanations.

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Words, Words, Words!

PHRASAL VERBS Use a word from BOX 1 in the correct form & a word from BOX 2 to complete each of the sentences below.

BOX 1 BOX 2

LIVE DOWN ASK OUT (X2) CUT ON BACK PISS UP BRING IN SQUEEZE OFF

1) The boy I have a crush on has me I’m supposed to meet him in an hour.

2) When the boys were in trouble, Eve didn’t hesitate to them and explain how they felt.

3) Eric Daniel when he talked about how hard getting a degree and being able to make a living would be.

4) Even if all the evening appointments were booked, she tried to Tom as he said it was urgent.

5) Eric was when Daniel scared Eve.

6) Eric was annoyed by his mother’s insistence and told her to it .

7) As he didn’t have a job and his parents gave him a very small allowance, he knew he’d have to a budget until he got a job.

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GRAMMAR & STRUCTURES

PARAPHRASE Once you’ve completed the gaps, can you guess who will say each line in the play?

1) I hope you will always lead by example by example. (MAY)

2)The world will start to depend on us! The world depend on us! (COME)

3) The boy is certainly not a baby. The boy (HARDLY)

4) If you don’t pay her, she won’t give you the apartment. She (UNLESS)

5) A good fright is the best cure. There’s (THAN)

6) My parents don’t know we are doing this. My parents (CLUE)

7) I liked him for almost two years. I for almost two years. (CRUSH)

8) I don’t like him any more now. I’m finally (OVER)

9) I acted like a complete jerk because I was very jealous. I was (SO)

10) I really wanted to meet you. I was very much (LOOKING)

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DRAMA GAMES & ACTIVITIES

ROLE-CARDS Life Coach

You have no work experience and I get nervous when I have a date no special skills, but you want to and I don’t know what to say. get a job.

I told my parents I want to study Your sister is always borrowing architecture but now I’m not sure your clothes without asking. I want to go to university.

You have had a snapchat Your parents have planned a relationship for some time now. weekend at the beach. You do not You think it’s time to meet in want to go. person but the other person seems evasive.

Your parents complaint that you You’ve been trying to do not help at home. concentrate in class but your mind just wanders.

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EXTENSION

JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER. In the play, Eve is carrying some books with her. Can you tell something about a person from what they read? Who would you give the following books to?

“A must read. Written as a conversation between girlfriends, “My name is Harriet Manners, and I am a geek.” mothers, and daughters, young (and not so young) women She knows that dolphins shed the top layer of their skin every and a guy friend or some experts, the book demolishes all the two hours. And she knows just how badly auditions can go, advice in most self-help books for singles, while illustrating especially when you’re a model. But she has no idea how to all the negative social pressure on single women. It’s fun and get herself out of the extreme embarrassment of the school informative.” play or what to do when arch-nemesis Alexa decides it’s the perfect opportunity to humiliate her…Can GEEK GIRL Dr. E. K. Trimberger, sociologist and author of The New Single survive the bright lights of the stage? Woman A hilarious World Book Day GEEK GIRL novella by award- winning, bestselling author Holly Smale.

The Bell twins are stars on the basketball court and comrades in life. When life intervenes in the form of a hot new girl, the balance shifts and growing apart proves painful. An accomplished author and poet, Alexander eloquently mashes At the dawn of the next world war, a plane crashes on an up concrete poetry, hip-hop, a love of jazz, and a thriving uncharted island, stranding a group of schoolboys. At first, family bond. The effect is poetry in motion. It is a rare verse with no adult supervision, their freedom is something to novel that is fundamentally poetic rather than using this celebrate. This far from civilization they can do anything they writing trend as a device. There is also a quirky vocabulary want. Anything. But as order collapses, as strange howls element that adds a fun intellectual note to the narrative. This echo in the night, as terror begins its reign, the may be just the right book for those hard-to-match youth hope of adventure seems as far removed from reality who live for sports or music or both. as the hope of being rescued. Gail Bush reviews adapted from Amazon.com

18 after WATCHING ACTIVITIES

Levels

1 2 3

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CHARACTERS

DID I…?

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CHARACTERS

WHOSE LINE IS IT? Act out the scene.

1) I want to know why there’s a girl wearing my dress!

2) It feels like it was yesterday when I was changing your diapers.

3) People are willing to pay good money for things they can’t get in a store.

4) And does she know you are not going to college?

5) You would know all about this if it weren’t for Mrs. Campbell.

6) What if I meet the girl of my dreams wearing this...

7) I am just one of the guys.

8) I agree, and it doesn’t resemble a study room at all.

9) There are none so blind as those who will not see!

10) When you got it, flaunt it!

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CHARACTERS

WHAT I’D LIKE TO KNOW

What do you What do you What would you know? think you know? like to know?

Albert

rose

eric

daniel

eve

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The Story

PLAY ANALYSIS Complete with the corresponding information.

Title

Playwright

Plot

Genre Characters Main

Secondary

Setting Time place

Introduction

Conflict

Rising action

Climax

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WORDS, WORDS, WORDS!

JEOPARDY

GUESS THE PHRASAL COLLOCATIONS DEFINE WORD VERBS

100 100 100 100

200 200 200 200

300 300 300 300

400 400 400 400

GUESS THE PHRASAL DEFINE WORD VERBS COLLOCATIONS

He doesn’t have a to clean the floor with a I want to ask her ……. SIXTH SENSE job and needs to stick with cloth strings on a date. …………….. a living.

ATTEMPTED to cover someone’s eyes Cut it ….! I can’t stand it When you are tired, we MURDER with a piece of cloth anymore. can ……….. roles.

He was accused of perfect, with no Bring it …..! SCAM ……………………. problems or bad parts I’m ready. fraud.

too interested in Don’t bring me ………. He only meant to …….. TRIBULATIONS unpleasant subjects, especially death. I was happy until now. her a compliment.

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WORDS, WORDS, WORDS!

WORDSEARCH

T A Q N D T E S N A R D S G G C R I G E S H T A D M M H O C H O I A B C D R E F G H I O H I I M B J K L M O N O P V S A W V C P U U T S R N Q O E E R X Y Z C L L D I A P E R R B G Q E R W U I A P T S R G O U E T Y U I O P M T L K Q H U M S W A N D E R S E I C P O T P F J S C A M K L M N I O N F S E C H A R I S M A H T N N I C D G F E D C B A B A I L S T B A

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GRAMMAR & STRUCTURES

WRITING AN ESSAY In The Pretenders, Daniel suggests Eve should wear a dress in order to look hot. Do you think clothes matter? Write a 5 paragraph essay answering the question below. Use between 140 and 190 words.

Does the way you dress matter?

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DRAMA GAMES & ACTIVITIES

ACT OUT A SCENE

SCENE 1: Graduation Ceremony at school. Eric, Daniel, Rose, Albert.

SCENE 2: The Plan. Eric and Daniel.

SCENE 3: Eric’s House. Apartment Conversation. Rose and Albert.

SCENE 4: Apartment. Getting Ready. Eric and Daniel.

SCENE 5: Apartment. First Client. Eric, Daniel and Tom.

SCENE 6: Apartment. Another Client. Eric, Daniel and Eve.

SCENE 7: Apartment. Eric’s parents arrive. Eric, Daniel, Eve, Albert and Rose.

SCENE 8: Apartment. Returning the dress. Eric, Eve

SCENE 9: Apartment. Madame Polonik. Eric, Daniel, Tom, Rose.

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LEVEL /TYPE ACTIVITY TEACHER’S CORNER KEY PAGE BEFORE WATCHING ACTIVITIES BACKGROUND - LEVEL 2, 3 Answers may vary as it depends on what they interpret “The Pretender” by Foo Fighters from the lyrics. Elicit the meaning of the word “pretender”, and brainstorm any references they may think of (rock band, TV series, films, etc). Get a student to read aloud the definition of the word pretend on the worksheet and encourage them to scan the lyrics of the song for 7 1 any references to truth, lies and deceit. You may want to teach the expression: “a skeleton in the closet/cupboard”. Listen to the song and give them some time to discuss in groups what the song is about. Then share as a class.

WORDS, WORDS, WORDS! - LEVEL 2 1. Theft / 2. Petty larceny / 3. Attempted murder / 4. Fraud / Deceit and Crime 5. Fortune teller / 6. Clairvoyant / 7. Grand larceny / 2 You may choose to make the activity simpler by giving them the words 8. Medium / 9. Charge / 10. scam 8 unscrambled.

BACKGROUND - LEVEL 3 A.6 / B. 4 / C. 3 / D. 5 / E. 2 / F. 1 In the News 3 9 Full article available at: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/ may/12/new-york-psychic-arrested-zoe-fortune-teller

BACKGROUND - LEVEL 3 Modest is Hottest Invite students to read the quote and jot down a couple of ideas that are triggered by the quote. Share. Make an enlarged copy of the article in the link below: https://beautyredefined.org/modest-is-hottest-the-revealing-truth/ 4 Cut out the different paragraphs and stick around your walls. Get 10 your students into 7 groups and assign a statement to each. Tell them to walk around the class and read to find information related to the statement. Ask them to write down what the article says and what they think about that. Get each group to share their findings with the rest of the class.

THE STORY - LEVEL 1 (1) A. make / (2) D. worth / (3) C. willing to / 5 Multiple Choice (4) B. which / (5) A. keep / (6) C. placed 11 Choose the correct option to fill in the synopsis.

THE STORY - LEVEL 2 Answer Key: line 1: - / line 2: a (before lots) / line 3: the comma / line Find the extra words 4: into / line 5: one / line 6: - / line 7: it / 12 6 line 8: for / line 9: in / line 10: up / line 11: been / line 12: - / line 13: of

WORDS, WORDS, WORDS - LEVEL 1, 2, 3 Charades Cut out the cards. Get students into groups. A member of a group 13 7 comes to the front, picks a phrase and tries to get his team to guess it through miming.

WORDS, WORDS, WORDS! - LEVEL 2 NOUN ADJECTIVE VERB Parts of Speech accomplishment --- accomplish evasion evasive evade endeavour --- endeavour 14 8 psychic psychic --- spectre spectral ---

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LEVEL /TYPE ACTIVITY TEACHER’S CORNER KEY PAGE WORDS, WORDS, WORDS! - LEVEL 2 ANSWER KEY: 1. spectral / 2. accomplishments / 3. 9 Complete endeavours / 4. evasion / 5. psychics 15

WORDS, WORDS, WORDS! - LEVEL 2, 3 1.asked/out / 2. back/up / 3. brought/down / 4. squeeze / 16 10 Phrasal Verbs in / 5. pissed off / 6. cut/out / 7. live on

GRAMMAR & STRUCTURES - LEVEL 3 1)May you always lead by example. / 2)The world will Paraphrase come to depend on us! / 3)The boy is hardly a baby. / Once they’ve paraphrased the sentences, you may ask students to 4) She won’t give you the apartment unless you pay her. / guess which character could say these phrases and perhaps to whom. 5) There’s no better cure than a good fright. / 6) My 11 They may take this activity to the theatre for them to tick the phrases parents have no clue we’re doing this. / 7) I had a crush 17 they hear and confirm their guesses. on him for almost two years. / 8) I’m finally over him. / 9) I was so jealous (that) I acted like a complete jerk. / 10) I was very much looking forward to meeting you!

DRAMA ACTIVITIES & GAMES - LEVEL 1, 2, 3 Life Coach Talk to students about life coaches and what they do. Get students in pairs. One of them should be a pretend life coach. The other student 18 12 should pick an advice card and improvise a conversation with the life coach. Set a time limit of 1 minute, and then give a sign for advice seekers to stand up and go and talk to another coach. Once finished, you may want to get students to report on the best advice obtained. BEFORE WATCHING ACTIVITIES EXTENSION - LEVEL 2, 3 Ask students to read the book critics and pick a book for a friend/ 13 relative. Ask them to write down in their folders who they’d give the 20 book to and why.

CHARACTERS - LEVEL 1, 2 Did I? Stick a character picture on a student’s forehead using masking tape or 21 14 similar. Get the student to ask “Did I….?” questions in order to guess the name of the character.

CHARACTERS - LEVEL 1, 2, 3 ANSWER KEY: 1. Rose / 2. Albert / 3. Eric / 4. Daniel / Whose line is it? 5. Albert / 6. Eric / 7. Eve / 8. Rose / 9. Tom (and Eric’s 15 Ask students to identify who said each line. Then you can ask more grandma) / 10. Daniel 22 advanced students to recreate the part of the story where that line is used by improvising dialogue.

CHARACTERS - LEVEL 1, 2, 3 What I’d like to know. Get students to think about things they learned about the characters 16 by watching the play, things they inferred, and things they would like - to know. Then do activity 22.

THE STORY - LEVEL 2, 3 Play analysis 17 Analyse the play with your students and get them to fill in the 23 categories in the worksheet.

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LEVEL /TYPE ACTIVITY TEACHER’S CORNER KEY PAGE THE STORY - LEVEL 2, 3 Play analysis Students place their chairs in a circle. Give one of the students a plastic or paper crown. Set a timer to go off after one minute. The student with 18 the crown has to start talking about the play non stop until the minute - has elapsed. Then he/she says “NEW KING/NEW QUEEN” and passes the crown to the student on his right, who’ll have to continue talking. You may give points to the students that speak for the whole minute or a forfeit/penalty for those who don’t.

WORDS, WORDS, WORDS - LEVEL 2, 3 SIXTH SENSE: intuition / ATTEMPTED MURDER: to have Jeopardy tried to kill someone / SCAM: to trick people in order to get Play in groups. Groups in turn pick a category and a point value. money / TRIBULATIONS: problems / GUESS THE WORD: Students must give the correct answer to get the points. The teacher mop, blindfold, impeccable, morbid / PHRASAL VERBS: ask her may want to set a time limit for answering the question. Continue until out, cut it out! bring it on, bring me down / COLLOCATIONS: 19 all questions have been answered. The team with the most points wins. make a living, switch roles, committing fraud, pay 24 You may want to cut out the value cells on the first chart and stick them onto the questions in the second chart, using glue or tape just on the left side, so that it can turn into a lift-the-flap game. Students can play in groups, one student should be appointed judge and be responsible for keeping score and checking answers.

WORDS, WORDS, WORDS - LEVEL 1, 2, 3 hiccups / goosebumps / scam / tribulations / compliment / con / Word Search shiver / throne / wander / bail / charisma / outfit / charges There are 13 words hidden in the wordsearch. You may do the activity with the whole group and score 1 point per word and 2 points if they can use it in a sentence about the play.

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GRAMMAR & STRUCTURE - LEVEL 1, 2, 3 Answers may vary. 21 Writing an essay 26

DRAMA GAMES & ACTIVITIES - LEVEL 1, 2, 3 Hot Seating Hot Seating is a strategy in which a character, played by a student, is 22 interviewed by the rest of the group. This activity invites students to invent - anything they do not know, trying to make sense with the character’s personality and traits. Use the questions generated in activity 16.

DRAMA GAMES & ACTIVITIES - LEVEL 1, 2, 3 Performing the scenes Encourage students to use the vocabulary seen in the 23 Get students in groups of five. Put numbers 1-9 inside a bag and get Words, Words, Words section. 27 them to pick one. They’ll have to recall the action in the scene they get, choose the actors and prepare to perform their own version.

DRAMA GAMES & ACTIVITIES - LEVEL 1, 2, 3 Bodies in Action! 24 Encourage your students to recreate a scene from the play with body - language in groups. They might need time to discuss and prepare this first. Once acted out, you may ask the rest of the class to retell what they saw.

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