
Only the Best Intentions
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2018 Runner-up for English-Language Award from the English-Speaking Union
Only the Best Intentions is an English language textbook that teaches spoken communication skills through the performance of an engaging and compelling one-act play.
Whether it's reader's theater, an in-class performance, or a full production, putting on a play is the ultimate group project.
And drama is a powerful tool for learning spoken communication skills! Students take on acting skills like using body language, gesture, intonation, and other non-verbal cues to communicate better. They are exposed to natural language in a realistic setting. And they are motivated and engaged!
A range of activities prepare students to perform as they practice language skills:
- Background readings on topics raised by the play: the history of competitive video games, the life of professional video game players, and managing modern life with screens.
- An original one-act play written for ELLs about a young woman who breaks off her engagement when she finds out her fiancé wants to be a professional video game player. But what's more important? Family, stability, keeping promises, or helping someone follow their dreams?
- Pragmatics lesson on raising problems and resolving conflicts
- Pronunciation activities, including sentence stress to show contrast and practice linking sounds.
- Scaffolding to prepare students to produce a play including
- Lessons on attentive listening
- Guided questions to analyze the play
- Ideas for auditioning, learning a part, and marking scripts for emotional content to improve line readings.
- Tips for staging a play
- Post-Performance Activities, including a talkback, a mini-debate, writing a new scene or even a sequel or mining the play for useful language
- An optional assignment to interview families about screen time
- Assessment rubrics and an answer key
Your students will look forward to class with this innovative resource that utilizes drama in language teaching! The play's the thing!
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Content
Introduction 1
- How to Use This Book 3
Preview 7
- Think about the Topic 7
- Discuss the Title 7
- Read for Background
- Life in the Age of Screens 10
- A Gamer in the Family 14
- The Rise of Esports 19
- Practice Attentive listening 23
Only the Best intentions 25
- Read the Script 25
- Discussion 47
Production 49
- Analyze the Play 49
- Assign Roles 50
- Learn Your Part 50
- Rehearse 53
- Practice Pronunciation 54
- Sentence Stress to Clarify and Show Contrast 55
- Pronunciation and Linking 55
- Stage Your Play 56
Post-Performance 59
- Lead a Talkback 59
- Write an Alternative ending 59
- Gather language 60
- Have a Mini-Debate 60
- Create a Sequel 60
- Practice Pragmatics: Managing interpersonal conflict 61
Assessment 65
- Teacher Evaluation Rubric 66
- Peer Feedback Questions 67
- Self-Reflection Questions 68
Beyond the classroom 69
- Publish an interview About Screen Time 69
Sample Performance Daily Schedule 71 About the Author 73
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