As a way to encourage students to push themselves out of their normal four sentences in Dialogues, I have created character cards. The trick is to incorporate the character into whatever dialogue we are working on. It forces them to be a little more creative, and think about how they are putting the vocabulary together. These are the characters I have so far:
- A strict teacher
- A Vampire
- An obsessive comic book collector/artist
- An angry waitress
- A parent of 4 young children, who you are looking after during the dialogue
- A university student
- A Pirate
- A Superhero (state your name and superpowers during the dialogue)
- A caffeine addict, you need to drink at least four cups of coffee a day
- Someone vain
- You have a disease where you fall asleep every 5 minutes, but only for 10 seconds at a time
- A presidential candidate (think about campaign promises)
If you have any suggestions for more that would be great! I am currently compiling a list of situation cards as well. I used these in my more advanced classes, but even then had to explain some of the vocabulary/concepts.
3 comments:
A disgruntled ABD hoping for employment?
advanced? really?
More advanced, but yes. I use it in combination with other topics. Example: Going out to eat dialouge: Use at least 10 of the vocabulary words, a character card, and a menu.
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