Welcome to our drama class!,M6 Unit1 Project Putting on a play,1. To have a good understanding of the two short plays; 2. To use what we learnt in this unit to analyze the play; 3. To form groups to discuss and prepare our own performances.,Have you ever acted in a play? If not, do you want to act in one?,If we want to put on a short play, what should we prepare?,Lead-in,actors/ actresses,director,script,theme,lines,stage directions,setting,costumes,props,Basic elements of a play:,plot,vivid performances,exaggerated expressions,The invisible bench,characters (actors/actresses)setting theme,five students in a park the invisible bench,Skimming,1. Is there a real bench in the play? 2. What does the word “invisible” mean? 3. Is this a comedy? Why or why not?,Scanning Read Play1 and answer the following questions:,1.Is there a bench in the courtyard?2.What does the word invisible mean? 3.Is this a comedy? Why or why not?,No.,It means cant be seen.,Yes, it is a comedy because it is very funny.,Answers :,The important papers,characters (actors/actresses)setting theme,The King, the Queen, Servant,in Kings castle,the important papers,Skimming Page15,1. Who do you think is the main character in the play? 2. What does the king actually want? 3. Why are the others unable to understand him? 4. How does the playwright make the play funny?,Scanning Read Play2 and answer the following questions:,1.Who do you think is the main character in the play?2.What does the King actually want?,The king.,Answers :,Toilet paper.,3.What style of comedy is this play? Why?4.Why were the others unable to understand him?,Because the king expressd his opinion in a roundabout way and he said that he wanted important papers,the others would mistake them for some official documents.,It is prop. Actors use the prop toilet paper and some other papers to perform the play.,Summary(1):,One day, when Tony met Mike in the park, Mike said he was sitting on an i_ bench,then, Tony joined in him.They both sat for a w_, reading a book. Then, Cathy and Paula joined in them,too.Later, Ann came to them and asked if they were s_ on an invisible bench.,nvisible,hile,itting,They said yes. But Mike said they didnt, because he f_ to tell them that the bench was too c_,so he had moved the bench. In the end, Tony, Paula and Cathy all f_ down.,orgot,rowded,ell,Once u_ a time, there w_a very funny story among three people, the King, the Queen and a s_. One day, as soon as the King entered the p_, he called in a servant and told him he had to have some i_ papers immediately. Soon came back the servant with a p_ of o_-looking papers, but s_ this, the King threw them a_the servant and shouted: “No, no, no, bring my important papers!”,Summary(2):,pon,as,ervant,alace,mportant,ile,fficial,eeing,t,The servant d_ out and in a minute re-entered with a newspaper in his hand. This time, to his s_, the King t_ it in two and cried: “No,y_ fool! I must have my important papers RIGHT NOW!” However, like the first and second time, the servant f_ to bring the King what he wanted several times. Even the Queen didnt know what her husband wanted and just tore a page from her book and o_ it to the King.,ashed,urprise,ore,ou,ailed,ffered,At last, the servant h_ out a roll of toilet paper. He was puzzled whether the King needed it or not. On the contrary, upon getting it, the King ran o_ as fast as possible. So can you guess what happened to the King?,eld,ff,Fill in the blanks with proper forms:,We are sitting on an _ bench. _ if I sit down? Mike stands up and _ to the middle of the stage. I _(forget) to tell you. The _group fell down to the ground.,invisible wander over entire must have done mind,invisible,entire,wanders over,must have forgotten,Mind,6. The King _ the servant. 7. Servant enters with _ official-looking papers. 8. The servant bows and _. 9. _ to bring them to the King. 10. Queen tears a page from her book and _ it _ the King.,give a serious look at dash out a pile of offer sth. to it is ones duty to do sth.,gave a serious look at,offers,Its your duty,dashes out,a pile of,to,Planning,Presenting,Producing,Preparing,Learn how to make a play!,Planning Get into 9 groups (6 Ss per group) Decide which play to act out Clear task to each student,Who will be the actors/ actresses? Who will be the director? Who will find props? Who will make costumes? ,Preparing Actors and actresses should recite all their lines. All props needed should be found. All costumes needed should be made. Director should be in charge of all things related to the play.,Try to act out the true feelings and expressions of the characters!,Producing,Practice your play before performing to your classmates.,Presenting Each group should present your play to the others. You decide which groups performance is the best. You decide who is the best actor and actress. You decide who is the best director. You decide which groups props and costumes are the best.,