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Building stage

13. Go to your Reader’s page 23 and cut out the excerpt from session 4
The Giant’s Wife. Ask your teacher about the importance of the Reader's
Book page 23
dialogues´order.

• Put the characters’ names, the stage directions and the dialogues in order.

• Pay attention to question marks and exclamation points, as they provide
clues that relate the dialogues to the stage directions. Look at the
example below.
• Check your answers with your teacher's help.
• Paste the cut-outs into your notebook.

GIRL: Yes! I picture FIN :
(indignantly)
BOY: I believe goes before quite offended by Oona’s suggestion.

What?! Me put on the
clothes of a woman?! Are
(indignantly) FIN
you trying to make a fool
of me? What?! Me put on the
because there is a question mark and an
exclamation point in both sentences. clothes of a woman?! Are
you trying to make a fool
of me?
BOY: You’re right. It’s FIN: who’s talking
and he’s not happy about the plan.
Remember

The main character
comes into conflict Textual arrangement. Main, secondary and incidental characters. Questions and answers. Acoustic features
For our dramatic reading force. Supporting
with an opposing
major character or
14. Assign your teammates their roles, write them in your are your main
characters
notebook. Include whether the character is a main character’s friends,
character, secondary or incidental. Look at the example. her teacher, et
enemies, parents,

cetera. Incidental
EXAMPLE: characters appear
very few times in
Title: The Giant’s Wife the play.
Author: Aaron Shepard

Role Remember
Characters
Oona - Fabiola Main character Highlighting in
different colors
Fin - Andrés Supporting character will help you
Cuhullin - Mauricio Secondary character differentiate your
lines and the stage
Narrator: 1 - Sandra, 2 - Valeria, 3 Narrators directions.
- Alejandro, 4 - Lucía

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