Practical lesson 12
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The document discusses various activities to promote laughter and positive emotions. It includes discussions on comedy movies, recalling funny personal anecdotes or events, telling stories in groups about characters experiencing different emotions, and having conversations by asking each other questions about how they would feel in hypothetical situations. The goal is to practice speaking skills while bringing more laughter and lightheartedness through discussion humorful topics and remembering comedic experiences.
Practical lesson 12
- 1. PRACTICAL SPOKEN BOOK Page 49 of 79 LODESTAR LESSON-12 LAUGHTER George Clooney Information Website: http://www.twitter.com/fansoflaughing http://www.FansOfLaughing.com http://www.CollegeHumor.com Miqdad Attamimi wrote at 10:38 am when I being sad, I stop getting sad, why?? Because laughing make me feel better... So, lets started to laugh..... :D Deborah Barnett (Fort Lauderdale, FL) wrote at 8:15pm yesterday There is nothing like the feeling you get from endless laughing, sparked from almost nothing...the kind of laughing that makes your jaw hurt....that make you start snorting....and for those woman in my age category...makes you "pee in your pants"! Laughter is so good for the soul. Activity 1: Write on George Clooney’s wall. Do you enjoy comedy movie? What is the comedy movie you saw last and laughed a lot? Write the name and its main casts on George Clooney’s wall.
- 2. PRACTICAL SPOKEN BOOK Page 50 of 79 LODESTAR Activity 2: Individual work Scratch work for speaking: Think of any event that makes you laugh?.................................................................... Where did it happen?...................................................................................................... When did it happen?...................................................................................................... Who were the people associated with that event?......................................................... Can u recall the event thoroughly? ……………………………………………………… Was there anything embarrassing? ………………………………………………………. What caption or Heading would you give to this story if you have to name the event? … Activity 3: Individual work The Day I laughed my heart out! : Speaking drill Now speak for 2/3 minutes on the above event or story that you find very funny. Try to give your best shot while narrating the story highlighting the comical substance to the class. Activity 4: Pair work How do you feel? Ask and answer the following questions: Positive emotions: When do you feel…. enthusiastic? excited? confident? content? delighted? satisfied?
- 3. PRACTICAL SPOKEN BOOK Page 51 of 79 LODESTAR Negative emotions: What makes you feel…………..: stressed? annoyed? depressed? worried? upset? Disgusted? Activity 5: Group work Storytelling and extending events Work in groups with following topic and start a story which will be initiated by one student and then carried forward by the rest of the members of the group. The last member would need to end the story in a conclusive manner. Every group would be given 3 minute to discuss the plot of the story and the sequence of story-telling among it’s members and 5 minutes to carry forward the story with a conclusive style and manner. In the event of the story-telling the groups must use the above mentioned emotional attributes to narrate the feelings and emotions of the characters. The winner will be adjudged on the basis of maximum number of usages of the emotional attributes and expressions. The leads of the stories are: Story 1. Tommy: The Trouble Maker. There was a little girl named Linda who used to live in small village of Yorkshire county. She was shy and gentle. Everyone in the family used to love her. She was good at studies and always finished her homework in time. The teachers liked her a lot too. Linda had a poodle who she named as Tommy. Tommy was her best friend. But he was always curious to try and find new things and places. This invited troubles for Linda at times and she had to solve the problem all by herself so that her parents would not know about it. One day, as Linda got up from bed she found Tommy was not in the house. She looked for him in the backyard he was not there as well. She opened the gate and set out to………………………….. (Carry on).
- 4. PRACTICAL SPOKEN BOOK Page 52 of 79 LODESTAR Story 2. The Friends Turned Foes Rajib and Rana were good friends. They went to the same school from their childhood and shared everything imaginable. They were the best of the friends. Bithi came to the neighborhood recently. She did not know many people. Rana’s father Mr. Habib and Bithi’s Dad Mr. Islam had worked in the same company before. That was how they knew each other. Mr. Islam had been transferred by his employer to join the company’s Dhaka office. Mr. Islam was confused where to take a house so that he can move his family to Dhaka. So, he called his old colleague Mr. Habib and he was delighted to know that there was a house on To-let in the same neighborhood where Mr. Habib lived. Mr. Habib arranged everything and Mr. Islam moved in with his family to live in the same neighborhood. Rana and Rajib both found Bithi very friendly. She was pretty and could make fast friends. She got her admission in Lake Tower School where Rana and Rajib were studying as well. They all used to go together to School. One day Rana was sick and skipped school. Rajib went with Bithi alone. Rajib wantedto say something to Bithi and was looking for a scope to express what he had in his mind. Thatday……………….. (Carry on) Activity 6:Group work Conversation question: In our day to day life many things happen and each of the event may cause different kind of feelings in our mind that we would like to express through words. These words are indicative of the nature and depth of our feelings and emotions. Below are few situations that could happen to anyone and if so happened how did you feel or if so happen someday in your life how would you feel? Express using the appropriate word. • Have you ever been on TV? If you ever get a chance how would you feel? • Have you ever called your boyfriend or girlfriend by the wrong name? How did you feel when you found out about your mistake? • Have you ever cheated on an exam and found out by the examiner? • Have you ever eaten in a restaurant and realized you have no money with you? • Have you ever fallen in love at first sight? Can you explain how did you feel? • Have you ever dreamt of a ghost being in your bedroom? How did you react?
- 5. PRACTICAL SPOKEN BOOK Page 53 of 79 LODESTAR • Have you ever gone to greet a friend or family member then noticed it was someone else? What was your reaction? • Have you ever met a celebrity? How did you feel when he/she shook hand with you? • Have you ever received a love letter from someone you never expected? How did you react? • Have you ever sung in public and forgot lines of the song? What happened then? Maximum students should take part in the conversation. The question should be indiscriminately asked to anyone. And as one student speaks the conversation will follow with another student answering on the next question. The teacher should work as moderator to allow equitable time to all the participating students.