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.

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.

Department Stores

Last week, our class performed four different role-plays about problems shopping at the department store. Here is a photo of the Crazy Turkish Panda. The main problem with their department store was that the sales assistant (Kevin) was very busy with his customers (Coco and Candy). He didn't have enough time to take care of the business man (Nihat) who was in a rush.

Homework for Tuesday

Using the department store website given to you in class, do the following:

1. Imagine you have $120 to spend at the department store.
2. Without going over the amount, what would you buy?
3. Make a receipt of your purchases including sales tax.

• In Wisconsin, sales tax is 5%.
• La Crosse County requires an additional 0.5% sales tax.
• When you buy items from a department store in La Crosse County (both La Crosse and Onalaska), the total sales tax is 5.5%.

Jeremy's sample receipt

• Baby carriage..................................$89.99
• Book about being a good father...$19.95
• TOTAL $109.94
• 5.5% tax $6.05
• GRAND TOTAL...............................$115.99

An Interview with Angelina Jolie

This week students performed their first role-play. They were split into four groups of four and had to perform a role-play about celebrity interviews. They could choose any celebrity they wished.

One group, named Soda, performed an interview with Angelina Jolie. Una acted as Ms. Jolie while Di, Lin, and Shine acted as the interviewers. They were praised by their classmates for such a fluent and natural role-play. The interviewers took turns equally asking enough questions to make the interview last ten minutes. Una's role as Angelina Jolie was far from modest. She loved talking about how rich she is and how great her life is.

Homework for Wednesday

Be prepared for your role-plays about celebrity interviews.
Look over the handout to see how I will evaluate your performance.