Winner, 2019 Writing Award, Lone Star College
Rising Water is an English language textbook that teaches spoken communication skills through the performance of an engaging and compelling one-act play. This action-packed original play is about a rebellious teenager who finds himself in the middle of a flooded city!
Whether it’s reader’s theater, an in-class performance, or a full production, putting on a play is the ultimate group project.
And drama is a powerful tool for learning spoken communication skills! Students take on acting skills like using body language, gesture, intonation, and other non-verbal cues to communicate better. They are exposed to natural language in a realistic setting. And they are motivated and engaged!
A range of activities prepare students to perform as they practice language skills:
- Background readings on topics raised by the play: how cities are fighting climate change and responding to natural threats, the unsung heroes of Hurricane Harvey, and why teenagers love risk!
- An original one-act play written for ELLs about a typical teenager who just can’t seem to get it together. When his city is hit by a flood though, his conservative parents and overachieving friends are helpless! Ajax’s recklessness may the only thing that can save the day
- Pragmatics lesson on asking for help and recognizing sincere vs. insincere offers
- Drama games about speaking with emotion and using emphasis to make meaning.
- Scaffolding to prepare students to produce a play including
- Lessons on attentive listening
- Guided questions to analyze the play
- Ideas for auditioning, learning a part, and marking scripts for emotional content to improve line readings.
- Tips for staging a play
- Post-Performance Activities, including a talkback, a mini-debate, writing a new scene or even a sequel or mining the play for useful language
- An optional assignment to host a panel discussion about how to best prepare teenagers for the future.
- Assessment rubrics and an answer key
Your students will look forward to class with this innovative resource that utilizes drama in language teaching! The play’s the thing!
Spis treści
Introduction 1
How To Use This Book 5
Preview 9
- Think about the topic 9
- Discuss the title 9
- Conversation skills 10
- Write about the topic 11
- Read for background 12
- Vocabulary 12
- Angry Oceans 13
- Heroes Of The Storm 18
- Should We Fear The Teenage Brain? 23
- Attentive listening 27
Rising water 29
- Read the script 29
- Discuss the play 51
Production 53
- Analyze the play 53
- Assign roles 54
- Learn your part 54
- Rehearse 58
- Improvise a scene 59
- Focus on pronunciation 59
- Block the play 63
Post-performance 65
- Lead a talkback 65
- Write an alternative ending 65
- Gather language 66
- Have a mini-debate 66
- Create a sequel 67
- Practice pragmatics 67
- Additional practice 71
Assessment 73
- Teacher evaluation rubric 74
- Peer feedback guide 75
- Self-reflection 76
Beyond the classroom 77
Host a panel discussion 77
Sample performance day schedule 79
Answer key 81
About the author 91
O autorze
Alice Savage is a graduate of the School for International Training in Brattleboro, Vermont and is currently on the faculty at Lone Star College, North Harris in Houston, Texas. Alice has lived in New York, Los Angeles, and Seattle as well as Houston, and enjoys city life and the performing arts. When not teaching or writing, she also enjoys traveling for conferences and climbing mountains with her family.
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