Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Help for Drama

For Yule, here are few family sitcom videos.

One example from The Cosby Show.
One example from Roseanne.

One example from All In the Family

One example from That 70's Show




For FC Light, here is a podcast about checking into a hotel. It's about 15 minutes long, and it has a short script to read.

For AC, find a good example of job interview questions at this link.

For Dark Chocolate, here is a funny video about looking for an apartment in New York City.

Part 1


Part 2

The Hospital & Doctors

Last week, the class learned a lot of vocabulary concerning ailments, symptoms, injuries, and parts of the body. Because the week was cut short, complete role-plays could not be performed. The week ended with each group giving a short one or two minute performance on what they had learned.

Sunday, October 5, 2008

Supermarkets


A couple of weeks ago, students performed role-plays about shopping at the supermarket. Each group had a different section of the supermarket to act out. One group, Smile, had the meat and seafood section.

In this picture you can see Ran acting as the butcher and Yi acting as a customer shopping for a party. Next to Yi (but not visible) is Aseel who is acting as Yi's friend. Not in the picture is Lixiang, who is another customer.

In this role-play, Yi brought Aseel to the supermarket to help her select what kind of seafood to buy for a big party. Aseel's character was an expert on seafood. The problem was that Yi bought more seafood than she could afford, and Aseel was one of those friends who believes that you should never lend money to friends.

Ran played a butcher who was working for the first time. She was pushing a sale on shrimp (buy 5 pounds and get the 6th pound free). Lixiang was a customer who needed advice on choosing and cooking a steak for a romantic meal. Ran didn't know enough about steaks to help him.

This posting was delayed because the instructor had a baby a few days after this role-play. The blog will now resume on schedule.