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Homework checking
In groups the pupils compare their homework. Ask them to choose the 
best in everybody’s work. These things can be used in their play.
Activity 1 Work in groups. 
● Choose a play to perform
● Decide who will be what character
● Rehearse your play
Objectives: to give pupils an opportunity to work collaboratively;
to teach pupils to reach consensus
The pupils work in the same groups. Tell the groups that they should 
decide whose play is the best and get ready to stage it. They can certainly 
add things, like clever remarks and interesting stage directions, from 
different plays into their joint version. The next step is to decide who will 
play which role. For example, we suggest the following roles for “An Eastern 
Legend about Tobacco”: the wise old man, two or three merchants, three 
or four people of the village. Then comes the most difficult part of the 
activity: the pupils must have some space to rehearse their play. They will 
also need quite a lot of time. If it is not possible to do this during the lesson, 
you could ask them to stay after classes for a rehearsal. In this case it will 
be easier to find empty classrooms and time will not be pressing. Then 
activity 2a will take place some other time, maybe next lesson.
Activity 2a Perform your play.
Objective: to teach pupils to be a good audience
Groups take turns in showing their plays. Make sure everybody in the 
audience is listening and watching and doing this with respect.
LESSON 6 Project
Aims
Learning 
outcomes
Vocabu-
lary and 
structure
Required 
equip-
ment
Educational:
- to revise the topic-related 
words
Developing:
- to enable pupils to write a 
simple play script;
- to enable pupils to discuss 
the moral of a play;
- to enable pupils to take part 
in writing and staging a play
Socio-cultural:
- to raise awareness about
plays, performances and the 
message of plays
Critical thinking:
- analysing
By the end of 
the les son, 
pupils will
be able to 
write and 
stage a 
play.
Revising the 
topic-related 
words
Textbook; 
the DVD 
of the 
book

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