Movie Auditions

Scene 1 Scene 2

Gangster Movie (Alonzo & Rocko)
A: We gotta get that no-good Mugsy.
R: Ya want me and the boys to see ‘em tonight?
A: Yeah, and that dog face Tonio, too.
R: OK boss. Should we ice ‘em both?
A: Yeah, fill ‘em full of lead.
R: You got it, boss.
A: Get ‘em at Mugsy’s bar, at midnight.
R: Sure, boss.
A: Keep an eye out for the coppers.
R: Right, boss.
A: And ditch the guns in the river.
Horror Movie (Igor and Nancy)
I: Goooood Evening.
N: Excuse me, my car broke down.
I: Very gooood, I mean that’s terrrrible.
N: Can I use your phone?
I: Ve have no phone.
N: What should I do?
I: Vood you like to stay za night?
N: No, thank you. But…I am thirsty.
I: Vell then, vhy don’t you drink dis.
N: (Gulp, gulp) I feel a little dizzy.
I: Of course you do, my dear. (Evil laugh)

Scene 3 Scene 4

Science Fiction Movie (Greg and Jennifer) Cowboy Movie (Tex & Slim)
G: What’s that? T: Howdy, Slim.
J: What? S: Howdy, Tex.
G: Over there. That green blob? T: Ain’t seen ya for a while.
J: I don’t know, but it’s coming here. S: Yup. Brandin’ longhorns up north.
G: Jenny, look out! It’s climbing up your leg. T: Where ‘bouts?
J: Help me, Greg! I can’t move! S: Round about Cheyenne. You?
G: I’m trying, hold on Jen. T: Me and the filly got hitched.
J: Greg, it’s got my arm. S: Don’t say.
G: I know, it’s on my shoes. T: Yup. Farmin’ now.
J: Do something, it’s on my neck. S: Well, gotta mosey on.
G: Oh no, Jenny, Jenny, say something! T: Yup. Me too.
J: Grrrrruuuugh!

Scene 5 Scene 6

Romance Movie (Fabian and Veronica) Animal Movie (Rover and Felix)
V: Fabian? R: Bow wow.
F: Yes, my sweet. darling Veronica. F: Meooow.
V: Hold me close, my love. R: Bow wow wow wow?
F: I fear my strength may crush you. F: Meow!
V: It’s the crush of my heart, I fear when we’re apart. R: Bark, bark, bow wooooow?
F: Then I’ll hold you as close as the strings on a harp. F: Hissssss. Meow.
V: Fabian, my Fabian. I feel the dance of your heart. R: (Whimper) Arf, arf?
F: ‘Tis the song of my soul in the rhythm of love. F: Meow, meow?
V: Love, held tight, in this selfish embrace. . . R: Bow wow, bow wow.
F: Is but the stroke of kind fate F: Meow, purrrrrrrr.
V: On the instruments of love. Oh Fabian! R: ARF.
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 Movie Auditions
(E-Prism Book #10 - Lesson 1)

1. Student ability: HB-A

2. Approximate length of lesson: 25+
3. Number of students necessary: 2+
4. Recommended age/maturity of students: JHS, HS, Uni., Adult
5. Type of lesson: Pair / Whole Class

1. Student ability is listed according to: LB-Low Beginner, B-Beginner, HB-high Beginner, LI-Low
Intermediate, I-Intermediate, HI-High Intermediate, LA-Low advanced, A-Advanced, HA-High Advanced
2. Approximate length of this lesson in minutes (not including set up explanation
3. Number of students. For example, 3+ means three students or more will work well with this lesson, two
students or less will not work as well.
4. Recommended age indicates the preferred maturity level of the students. Grouped by Child = pre-school or
younger, Elem. = Elementary, JHS =Junior High School, HS = High School, Uni. = University, Adult =
beyond university age. JHS+ means any age Junior High School and over.
5. Type of lesson means this lesson is designed to work best with Individuals, Pairs, Groups or Whole class.

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Language Target: Bringing a class alive with adjectives and adverbs of emotion. Adding
feelings to a reading or dialogue to completely alter the mood.

Setting Up: This lesson dramatically shows that feeling or mood of a conversation is incredibly
important. The effect of one student reading his/her lines happily while the other is reading
his/her lines hysterically is interesting and educational.

Prepare sets of Feelings & Moods Cards from Prism 10 (or use the Mini Feeling &
Mood cards). Be sure to have at least a dozen or more cards for each pair or group.

Note: The first half of the cards are easier, the second half are more difficult.

Write two or three easily understood feeling adjectives on the board. For example:
Busy
Happy
Tired

Show students how to change the adjectives into adverbs, for example:
Busy - Busily
Happy - Happily
Tired - Tiredly
 Demonstrate a few others, for example: Excited to Excitedly, Thoughtful to Thoughtfully,
etc,. Next, to demonstrate the use of the adjective vs. adverb forms, write two sentences on
the board such as: She talked in an excited voice and She talked excitedly.

Getting Started: In class, review the meaning of all (or edited set) of the Feeling & Mood
Cards. Then randomly hand out a couple of the cards students. Ask them a simple question
such as: “How are you today?” “What did you do last night?” “Who’s your favorite
actor?” Students respond according to the mood printed on their card. One student may say,
“I’m fine,” angrily, another may say “I’m fine,” excitedly and a third may say, “I’m
fine,” romantically.

Pair students and place a stack of Feelings & Moods Cards face down on in front of
them. Hand out one Movie Auditions Worksheet to every student. Explain that everyone is
auditioning for a leading role in a major movie and their ability to act is critical. Students draw
one Feelings & Moods Card, then begin reading the lines from Scene #1 according to the
feeling/mood printed on the card, one student auditions for the part of Alonzo, the other for
Rocko.

Continue on to the other scenes, each time drawing a new Feelings & Moods Card.

Variation 1: Pairs could audition in front of the rest of the class (after practicing for a while).
The other students could rate the actors/actresses on a scale from one to ten according to how
well they auditioned.

Variation 2: Have pairs of students complete against other pairs – but all actors using one
emotion and the actresses using another.

Variation 3: The teacher selects two appropriate cards for each scene, and all pairs compete
against each other for the best acting performance.

Variation 4: Pairs perform in front of the class, but the Feeling and Mood Card isn’t shown.
The others in class try to guess which feeling or mood is being acted. For example:
Are you acting childishly? / Are you a childish actor?
Are you acting mysteriously? / Are you a mysterious actor?

Do you have a new variation? If so, send it to me and I’ll share it with other EFL ESL
teachers: mailto:Kurt@efl4u.com?Subject=New_Variation_Auditions

Similar Lesson: See Mini Movie Clips – e-Prism Book #10 – Lesson 22.

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