GRAMMAR REVIEW

Present Perfect and Past Simple - Practice


Present Perfect and Simple Past Review

DRAMA - ORAL PRESENTATION

Shakespeare’s play

• Cast list

•   Setting

•  Theme/s

• Plot

• Trivia

Your play 

•   Cast list

•  Setting 

• Theme 

• Plot 

• Dialogue (Acts, scenes and stage directions included)
  
     
• Trivia

Focus your research on the play and not on the author.
Performance of your own creation can be implemented with anything you may find appropriate such as costumes
Revision of the script will take place before the performance
Digital presentation is not compulsory
Teamwork is essential to succeed in presenting your work
Remember that you are putting into practice the knowledge you have of drama. Take the classroom reading as an example.

INFORMAL LETTERS

The words and expressions below are often used by native speakers when writing to friends and relatives. Using them will help you write in an informal style and will also help you organise your letter into clear paragraphs.

Starting your letter (Paragraph 1)

Thanks for your letter. 
Lovely to hear from you. 
How are you? 
How are things? 
Hope you're well.

Commenting on something (Paragraph 1)

I'm sorry to hear/learn ... 
I'm so pleased to hear ... 
It's great to hear ... 
What wonderful news about ...

Moving the topic on (Paragraph 2)

Anyway, the reason I'm writing ... 
I thought I'd write to tell/ask you 
Anyway, I was wondering ...

Ending your letter (Paragraph 3)

Well, that's all for now 
Write back soon 
Looking forward to hearing from you again 
All the best 
Best wishes 
See you soon 
Take care 
Yours 
Love 
Lots of love 

GLOSSARY

• PLAYWRIGHT– the person who invents/writes the play
• Plot – the plan or essential facts of the story
• Theme – the main idea transmitted by the play, for example, Othello’s jealousy
• SCRIPT - words that are written for the actors to say. It may also have:

• STAGE DIRECTIONS: Instructions for the actors about how to speak and move onstage
• EFFECTS details about things such as music, lighting, sound effects, etc.
• Descriptions of the SETTING or staging (the background scenery, the time of the day…)
• A CAST or list of characters

•  CHARACTER – a made-up person who appears in a play.  Protagonist – the main character.  The antagonist is his/her  rival in the conflict

In a story, the narrator  tells us about the characters and the plot. However, in a dramatic work, we must learn about the characters from:

Ø  Their words: what they say in the DIALOGUE

Ø  Their actions: what they do and how they do it

Ø  Their reactions: what characters act towards each other

• ACT – a major division of any dramatic work. It can include a number of SCENES that are shorter units of action in which the setting is fixed. A change in scenery implies a new scene.

Unit 5: Money and shopping vocabulary

Take the risk and play the game 

http://www.imf.org/external/np/exr/center/students/money/index.htm

Expressing emotions through Drama

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=syWma3Yk-yQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5cVFHaQ2How

Reading Comprehension Exercise about William Shakespeare

Do you know any of  William Shakespeare's plays?

http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/english-skills-practice/life-uk/shakespeare

Who's the most famous playwright from your country?