Acknowledgements

Homework checking 5 min 
The pupils work in pairs to check homework.
Activity 1a Work in pairs. Answer the questions. 5 min
Objectives: to develop speaking; to activate prior knowledge;
to prepare for the next activity
Ask the pupils to work in pairs. They ask and answer the questions. 
Activity 1b Read and check your answers. 5 min
Objective: to develop reading for specific information
Ask the pupils to check their answers in Activity 1a.

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Activity 2a Work in pairs. Match the pictures and the plays. 3 min
Objective: to activate prior knowledge
Ask the pupils to work in pairs. They look at the pictures and match them 
with the names of the plays. 
Answer key: 1c, 2b, 3a
Activity 2b Work in pairs. Listen and match the texts with the plays. 
Objective: to develop listening for specific information 7 min
Ask the pupils to work in pairs. They listen and guess the plays.
Answer key: 1) Romeo and Juliet; 2) King Lear; 3) The Comedy of Errors
DVD script:
This is ‘Drama on the Radio’ and I’m Sarah Silverstream bringing you 
up to date with all the latest theatre news. I’m happy to tell you that next 
week we’re going to broadcast scenes from three theatre productions.
1) On Monday at 5.00pm you can hear an extract from a story about 
two young people from the Italian city of Verona. They love each other 
but cannot be happy because their families hate each other. Sad, isn’t it?
2) The second one is even sadder, in my opinion. The two elder 
daughters tell lies to their father, the king, but he believes them. Finally, 
when they treat him very unkindly, he understands that it’s only his 
youngest daughter who really loves him, but this understanding comes 
too late. You are invited to listen to this tragic story on Wednesday at 
4.30pm.
3) The last play will be broadcast on Thursday again at half past four. 
It’s a comedy about two twins who look exactly the same. They started 
living in different places when they were little boys. Well, they live in 
different countries, and one day when they are grown up, one of the 
brothers arrives in the town where the other brother lives. Of course, 
they are taken for each other by mistake, and because of this there are 
a lot of funny scenes in the play, and we’ll hear one of them. Well, now 
the usual competition question: what are the plays called? Our young 
listeners should send their answers to 74 Blackfriars Road…(voice fades)