Term Three Summative Role Play: X-Factor Vocabulary Recap

Aim to include some of the following vocabulary in your role play:

1. An audience
2. A viewer
3. A stage
4. A judge
5. A contestant / participant
6. An audition
7. A presenter
8. To rehearse / A rehearsal 
9. To clap / applaud / A round of applause

Summative Role Play: 67% Criteria C & D

In groups of four or five, you are going to perform a role play in front of the class.

• Think about the short story unit we studied and the techniques used to create a narrative structure.
• Use Roald Dahl’s short stories for inspiration.
• It can be funny/ scary/ weird/ exciting…the idea is that it entertains your audience.

You must cover the main grammar points we've covered this year:

1. Reported speech

2. To keep (phrasal verb)

3. Conditionals (if and unless)

4. Adjective order

5. Past tenses (past simple, past continuous, past perfect, present perfect)

6. Adverbs (frequency and manner)

7. Connectives

8. To get (phrasal verb)

9. Passive voice

You must also include some of the vocabulary we've acquired this year (maybe 3-5 words from each topic):

1. Debating verbs

2. Educating Essex

3. The X-Factor

4. The poems (Out of the Blue, etc)

5. Of Mice and Men

6. Storytelling

7. Roald Dahl’s short stories (The Man from the South, The Landlady)

Lamb to the Slaughter

Lamb to the Slaughter

Key Word Transformation: Direct vs Indirect Speech

Direct vs Reported Speech 1

Direct vs Reported Speech 2

Direct vs Reported Speech 3

Key Word Transformation: Active vs Passive

Active to Passive 1

Active to Passive 2

Active to Passive 3

Active to Passive 4

Log on to Quizlet and work through the set entitled, 'FCE Key Word Transformation: Passive'.

Cambridge Exams: Practice Exercises

Given that your Cambridge exams are coming up next month, there will be one lesson each week in which you can practise relevant exercises. Follow the link below that is appropriate to you and work through the exercises in any order you see fit.

Cambridge Advanced Practice Exercises

Cambridge First Practice Exercises

Roald Dahl’s ‘The Landlady’: Full Movie

Roald Dahl’s ‘The Landlady’: Full Movie

Task One
Watch the movie version of Roald Dahl's 'The Landlord' via the link above. Then complete the following table:

Difference between movie and written version of the story	Positive/Negative effects of this difference
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Task Two

Finally, do you prefer the movie version of the story, or the written version? Justify your decision, providing clear reasons for your opinion (6-8 sentences).