Waiting for Godot
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Rafael Hernand o Carmen Plaza
description
Transcript of Waiting for Godot
RafaelHernando
Carmen Plaza
General Information-Fifth grade: ≈10 years old
-6 sessions (a fortnight)-Contents
-Present (simple/continuous) + Imperative- Colours, fruits and vegetables
-Main objective.Learn English language and some literary English
ideas while participating and having fun.
Theater of the Absurd• Play: “WAITING FOR GODOT: a tragicomedy in
two acts”.• Author: Samuel Beckett (1906-†1989)• Considered to be“the most significant English
language play of the 20th century”• Written originally in French “En attendant
Godot”• Published in the fifties (1953, 1956)
Peculiar summary of the play:
First week activitiesFirst session:
Present. Simple & ContinuousQuestion: “What do you think they are waiting for?”
Vocabulary (colours): Cartoons
Third session: Ideas about the play watching adaptations
Create a comic (PDI)
Second session: Imperative + action verbs: Orders to your partner
Vocabulary (fruits & vegetables): Bingo.
Second week activitiesFourth session:
Adapted dialogue (tomatoe);Fill the gap ____ (fruits, vegetables, colours, etc)
Fifth session: Introduce a Project
Instructions: draw/create a background & Write a dialogue ( possibility of free vocabulary)
Sixth session: Show your project/dialogue
Conclusion: videos about the play (manga style, hello kitty style)
A> Do you want an apple? (A shows a tomato)B> Yes, ¡but that is an orange!
A>¡It isn't! It is red. It is a strawberry.B> But it is round... ¡It is an apple!
A> ¡No, it isn't! Do you want the onion?B> Give it to me... Yuck, it is a fruit... (B catches the tomato)
A> ¡No, it isn't! It is a vegetable.B> But it is not green, so it is not a vegetable.
A> ¡Yes, it is! It is a fantastic fruit.B>Give me the apple... (B bites the tomato) It tastes good
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Absurd dialogue
Created comics
THE END
Resources• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiRhIozmfzE (cartoons created with Becket’s collaboration)•
http://youtu.be/Oosp8MMv_v8 (Italian videogame version of the play)•
http://youtu.be/ArX7M24u394 (Human videogame version (really interesting))•
http://youtu.be/gPTohbwPpgM (Japanese manga style version)•
http://youtu.be/V-bPl2_CEqg (“Hello Kitty” style version)•
http://youtu.be/C3DQDFULCYA (Trailer of a formal performance)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WzYgFA1mkg (Guinea Pig version)
• http://youtu.be/ksL_7WrhWOc (Sesame Street version)
• http://www.toondoo.com/ (Website for creating comics)
