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Activity 3
3. Look at the chart below and read the activities you will do in this practice in
order to write your dialogues. Remember to tick each activity as soon as you
finish it. • Make sure your students
identify the steps of the plan
Week 1 WARM UP STAGE
and that they understand
• Identify topic, purpose and addressee.
Explore silent • Differentiate characters and nonverbal language. each activity to be done. Ask
short films.
a student to read the task out
• Distinguish character´s actions.
Week 2 BUILDING STAGE loud so they can understand
the activities they will follow
Understand • Predict general meaning and main ideas.
general meaning • Clarify name of objects, actions or concepts. in order to create the product
and main ideas. • Establish genre.
(dubbing a silent short film).
Week 3 BUILDING STAGE • Prepare additional material
• Suggest sentences to produce dialogues besides those that students
and interventions.
• Organize sentences into sequences to will take to class. Get
Produce dialogues form dialogues.
and interventions. • Describe motivations, expectations, wishes playback devices: VCR
and/or ambitions.
• Adapt volume and speed. players, DVD players, video
• Reproduce dialogues.
projectors, et cetera. It is
Week 4 CLOSURE STAGE
important to make sure
• Choose the best dialogue sequence to adapt for the that the devices work. If not
short film.
Adapt your script • Name the short film in accordance with the theme of
for the short film. available, it will be necessary
your dialogue.
• Perform your dialogue in front of the class. to take photos of short films
or make drawings.
Evaluate the
process and the • Assess the process and the product. • It is a good idea to find out
product.
what kinds of movies your
students like before the class.
For next session bring to class:
• Silent short films that you would like to work with in this practice, if available. • Make sure the music they
• Music you think is appropriate for the short film you brought
from home. Keep in mind that choosing music for a film is essential for its bring is in English or
development. without lyrics.
• You can use the short film from the Reader's Book, pages 25 to 36, • Use the link recommended in
IT to make your own dialogues.
case you do not have enough
READER'S BOOK
Visit the following link to look for short films. material for this activity.
To find silent short films, look at: http://goo.gl/xousjB
• IT box appear frequently
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along the units with
suggested websites. We recommend you to visit the websites anticipatedly to check whether the contents
proposed are useful for your class planning and to anticipate doubts from your students. You may also want
to let them explore the websites freely. These suggestions are not compulsory for developing the social
practice of language, since we know Internet connection may not be available at all locations.
• RB box can either extend the current practice or provide materials for developing the practice. If you have
enough materials, take your time along the unit to go through the Reader’s Book to foster curiosity and
improve reading skills.

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