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28. Consider the parts of the monologue’s structure (beginning, development,
closure) and divide them among the members of the team to contribute
their ideas.
Strategies for learning how to improvise a monologue
• Propose what you are going to say in each part, building on your ideas from
Activities 25 and 26. Don’t worry if your monologue doesn’t sound
funny at this point. Look at the example.

Example:
Proposals
Beginning » One of my biggest desires was to leave
» The difficulties of living in the my house.

family home » My mom used to ask me to clean my room, go
buy tortillas.
» Reasons to leave the family home » My father always asked about my grades,

asked me to go to bed early.
» My younger brother was always bothering me...

29. Use rhetorical resources. Add words and sentences to clarify
and enhance the beginning, development and closure of
your monologue. If you need to, go back to Activity 21. Look
at the example. Remember

Example: Consider that the
duration of your
monologue should
» When I was in high school, one of my biggest desires was to
be between one
session 9 » I had nothing against my family, I just wanted to live alone, learn and adjusting the
and three minutes.
leave my house.
In these activities,
it is important to
take a short time
how to be an adult...
for preparing
» Yes, my mom used to ask me to clean my room, go buy tortillas...
» My father always asked about my grades, asked me to go to
monologue so it is
bed early, wouldn’t let me drive his car... realistic.
» My younger brother was quite silly and he was always bothering me.

» But no, I had nothing against my family.

30. Explain how to use voice, gestures and body language to make the different
parts of your monologue more interesting. If needed, check Activities 22 and 23.

31. Exchange opinions about the results of your work in each part of the
monologue. If you consider it necessary, do the following:

• Widen the repertoire of words and expressions. Review the work you did in
Activities: 9, 10 and 11.

• Propose other ways to use the voice and emotions to have more impact
on the audience.
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