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Activity 3
• Remember the chart and the
steps are one way among
many to help your students
develop their own improvised
monologue. The book is
intended to accommodate your
needs and not the other way
around. There is a sequence
of sub-products that leads to
the final product, but you may
add more or move them to
better suit your class and your
students’ needs.
• Take time to check the chart
with your students in order to be
aware of the possible difficulties
that may occur while carrying
out the activities involved in
developing a monologue.
• It is important to distinguish
between composing a
monologue and improvising
a monologue. In this practice,
the focus is on improvisation.
Improvisation and creativity
can be fostered by providing
students with enough resources
to feel at ease and confident
when preparing a text against
the clock.

Activity 4
• Help your students prepare to listen to the monologue. Be sure your students learn to listen carefully even
rack 28 • Go through the Remember information box with your students, since this will give them a little information
when there are minor background noises, since that is required when participating in real-life settings.
about Charles Chaplin.
T Activity 5

• In The Great Dictator, Chaplin plays two parts, that of an unnamed Jewish barber and that of a dictator
(with a physical resemblance to Adolf Hitler, who in the movie is called Adenoid Hynkel). In the movie, the
unnamed barber gives a speech in favor of peace while impersonating the Great Dictator, making it seem
as if he’d had a change of heart.
• The CD icon will appear throughout the practice to indicate the activity the track is linked to. However,
remember the way we order activities is a suggestion and you may change them to suit the purposes you
established with your students.
• RB Box can either extend the current practice or provide material for developing it. If you have enough
material, take time during the practice to go through the Reader’s Book to foster curiosity and improve
reading skills.

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