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Scmebae ae Swift); George Weidenfeld and cods (fot her poem “Widowhood'y* ° Mat8#¥et Drabble); Mrs Catherine ‘The publisher would also like to 2 4 : se - 7 thank the following for ther Permission to ‘The London T; the fon ys Port Museum (fora poster from the, Series ‘Poems on the ‘The Publisher has been, lowing, an b unable to ‘race the copyright holders of the following, and The poem ‘Wasp’ lers only for min Vetity Bargate, and the US copyright hold Seedy ‘0 Berlin by Christopher Isherwood and Learning 1 Swi ‘by G os _ im by Gri ‘The publishers would like ro reproduc ld like i beeps ‘0 thank the following for their Permission to ie Contents The author and series editor Foreword 3 Introduction 5 How to use this book ul Activity Level Time Focus 1 Starting-points 15 1.1 Opening lines Elementary to 7-10 Whatisormightbe 17 intermediate © minutes _ poetry? 1.2 Sources Intermediate 10-15 Guessingcontext from 18 minutes _ language fragments 1.3 Poetry or prose? Lower 10-15 Turning prose into 20 intermediate minutes poetry toadvanced 1.4 Splitexchanges Alllevels 10-15 -Matchinghalvesof 23 minutes _ dialogue exchanges 1.5 Split poem Intermediate to 20 ‘Matching half-lines of 27 advanced minutes a poem 1.6 Word portraits Intermediate to 15 Character sketches for 29 advanced minutes discussion 1.7 Speculation 1 Alllevels 15-20 Suggesting possible 32 minutes contexts for dialogue extracts 1.8 Personal choice Lower 20 Selecting poems for 36 intermediate minutes _specific reasons to advanced 1.9 Odd manout Intermediate 15-20 Deciding whichtext. 39 minutes does not belong ina set of three 1.10 Authors’comments Intermediate 15-20 Speculatingonhow 41 minutes dialogue is spoken2 General approaches 2.1 Quote unquote 2.2 Speculation 2 2.3. Storylines 1 2.4 Storylines 2: suspense 2.5 Matching texts 2.6 Character sketches 2.7 Suggesting the words 2.8 Completing the picture Intermediate Intermediate Intermediate to advanced Intermediate Intermediate Intermediate Lower intermediate to advanced Advanced 15-20 minutes 1S minutes 20-25 minutes 45-60 minutes 20-25 minutes 40-60 minutes 15-20 minutes 3045 minutes Quotations asa stimulus for improvisation Deducing situations from contextual clues Working with longer texts: reconstructing from fragments ‘Working with longer Texts: suggesting missing words Contrasting Poems Usin, for gusiee?* Wuestions on charac elation Predicting what haracters wi say 45 46 48 52 55 63 65 3 Developing ide a 3.1 Picture stories 3.2 Creating situations from dialogue 3.3. Screen adaptation 3.4 Discussion topics 1: difficult jobs Lower intermediate toadvanced Intermediate Intermediate toadvanced Advanced jemes, topics, and projects 40 minutes (2x20) 30 minutes 30-45, minutes 30-45 minutes fictional texyy 2d semen TeParing g Bet Passages for ae Se Using i aa Xen, oy 98 3.5 Discussion Lower 20-30 Discussion, with a 106 topics 2: intermediate minutes focus on personal observation perception 3.6 Discussion Alllevels 45-60 Discussion, concen- 110 topics 3: minutes trating on childhood memories memories (literary and personal) 3.7 Discussion Intermediate 30-45 Discussion, withan 119 topics 4: to advanced minutes emphasis on reactions sound and to sound silence 3.8 Discussion Intermediate 25. Discussion, basedon 122 topics 5: toadvanced © minutes the theme of public the Underground transport 4 Over to you: further ideas, with a focus on language 131 4.1 Focus on language: Lower 15-20 Selecting the most 132 vocabulary intermediate minutes appropriate word ina to advanced given context 4.2 Focus on language: Lower 10-15 Using literary texts 135 tenses intermediate minutes _for practising tenses to advanced. 4.3 Focus on language: Intermediate Flexible Practising conditional 137 conditional forms to advanced forms through dialogue and if-clauses 4.4 Translation 1: Intermediate 25-30 Exploring possibilities 139 dialogue minutes in translating literary dialogue 4.5 Translation 2: Intermediate 20-30 Exploring the range of 142 everyday words upwards minutes meaning of everyday words (put, go, get) in Li 4.6 Listening: Lower 15-20 Using drama to 146 stress and pause intermediate minutes illustrate speech upwards patterns, rhythm, and intonation 4.7 Listening: Lower 15-20 Recalling selected parts 147 selective recall intermediate minutes of a text which is heard, upwards not read