These scripts will give students the opportunity to confidently practise language in a safe and structured setting where they can enjoy playing roles and bringing the story to life.
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. they’ll be having so much fun that they won’t even realise that they are learning!
—David Farmer, NILE training consultant, theatre director, and author
Just Desserts
is a short, original play about what happens when a teenager has to stand up to their boss, an overbearing celebrity chef. The engaging, suspenseful play hits on an important theme for students, how to stand up for yourself in a difficult situation. However, this play was written for English students to improve their communication and speaking skills.
As students read, practice, and perform these plays, they will learn:
cultural contexts
conversational moves
intonation and body language
high frequency lexical phrases and grammar patterns
Short enough for a project in a speaking class, but expandable to fill a whole elective class, drama unit, or theater club production,
makes drama in the classroom a good thing!
About the Play
6 characters, 8 scenes, about 15 minutes to perform.
Language of the play is graded to A2+/B1 (intermediate) level, although the demands of performance may be higher
In addition to the script, this book contains:
Preview activities
Pragmatics lesson on answering a false accustation
Advice on producing a play
Pronuncation tips
Glossary of theater vocabulary