Part II
Focus: Past Simple Tense and Apologizing Fluency
Activity: Fluency Role Play
Focus: Multi Skills - Speaking and Listening
The students conduct a role play focusing on empathy and dialogical reasoning where Peter meets those he interacted with the night before and those who would be concerned about his behavior: Sonny, Sonny's mother, Sonny's father, Peter's mother, Peter's father, Karen, Paul, and the taxi driver. He has to apologize, attempt to explain his behavior, and ask them for forgiveness. Each member of the group tells them how they feel and has to decide whether to forgive him.
Step 1:
The inner circle is composed of, half of the students who receive a Peter role card. The outer circle is composed of the other half who receives role cards for the other members of the story: Sonny, Sonny's mother, Sonny's father, Peter's mother, Peter's father, the taxi driver, Karen and Paul. The students get form two circles, a large outer one and a small inner one. Those playing Peter approach, try to justify their behavior, and ask for an apology. This continues for 1-2 minutes until the teacher plays music from the audio player. Then they begin walking in a circular pattern. When the teacher stops the music stops, they move to a new partner and continue. This is repeated until each Peter has had a chance to interact with those representing the other people, Sonny, Sonny's mother, Sonny's father, Peter's mother, Peter's father, the taxi driver, Karen, and Paul.
Step 2:
Afterwards, the groups switch roles, the inner circle becomes the outer and the outer becomes the inner, and the activity is repeated.
Closing Discussion:
The instructor leads a closing discussion about alcohol abuse, Peter's behavior, the people it effected, and their feelings
Step 1:
The students are assessed on how well they participated collaboratively in each step. The final product is reviewed for grammatical accuracy of the past simple tense, but it is not formally assessed. Instead, it is used to evaluate the class' needs for future work.
Step 2:
The students are only assessed on how well they participated in the role play activity. This is a fluency exercise which utilizes empathy and dialogical reasoning; so, while some errors are noted for future work, no assessment is done.