Theme: Independence Day

Main Part

Activity 2a Find the stage directions in the following sentences.

Obiective: to make PP aware of what stage directions are like; reading for specific information Stage directions are in sentences 1, 3, 4 and 6. The

words in brackets say who the speaker addresses (1,4,

6) and how the words are said (3).

Activity 2b Say the sentences in 2a as if you were the character.

Objectives: to help PP improve their

intonation; to have fun Ask as many PP are there are volunteers to say these sentences. Special attention should be paid to emotions, thus Higgins is very often impatient and speaks in a commanding tone of voice, Pickering is very polite, Liza is almost ciying.

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