1. Download the files suggested in the MED section and make copies for students.

2. Students are going to work with some good tips about reading aloud. When working with dramatized reading, projecting emotions in your voice is vital to get the expected effect.

3. Discuss the importance of the voice for a narrator, of actors, actresses, etc.

4. Distribute the worksheet and read with students the paragraph.

5. Ask students to work on this personal activity and complete the sentences with expressions about how they express themselves under those situations.

6. Monitor and offer help as needed.

7. Ask students to get in groups of three and read their answers, talk about them, and get to know each other in a different way.

8. Ask students to choose a fragment of the plays in their textbooks and read them aloud in their groups to practice and get feedback from their classmates.

9. Ask students to imagine how they could communicate without using their voice.

10. Try some examples with volunteers, like for example, ‘I ‘m hungry’, ‘I don’t like you.’

11. Distribute the worksheet and ask students to answer question 1.

12. Have volunteers share their answers with the class and compare how similar their answers were.

13. Students now answer questions 2 and 3 and offer help if needed.

14. Ask students to share their answers in pairs and then find out other pairs that have different answers from theirs.

1. Download the files suggested in the MED section and make copies for students.

2. Ask students if they are good readers if they can read fluently in Spanish, and in English?

3. Write a couple of sentences for students to read aloud, make sure your sentences have ellipsis, commas, question marks, exclamation points.

4. Distribute the worksheet and ask students to read the paragraph about ‘fluency’.

5. This exercise has 100 words and students are going to read it several times to gain practice in fluency.

6. Ask students to read the paragraph aloud and not to worry about reading quickly or not, just have contact with the text.

7. Ask some students to volunteer and do the activity in front of the class to model.

8. Set the timer for one minute and have the volunteers start reading. When the timer goes off, ask students to mark the last word they read.

9. The time is recorded in the chart.

10. Ask students to time their classmates and then swap roles.

11.  Have students read three times and then discuss their times and how different they were.

12. Elicit from students punctuation marks and their importance in writing.

13. Distribute the worksheet and ask students to identify what it is (a play script).

14. Ask students to read the script and identify the elements needed in one, then, students put the punctuation needed in the dialogue.

15. Monitor and offer help if needed.

16. Have students read the dialog in front of the class to practice dramatized reading and the appropriate use of punctuation marks.

1. Download the files suggested in the MED and make copies for students.

2. In this session, students are going to practice dramatized reading putting into practice the previous exercises done to help in the reading, punctuation marks, pauses, voice, body language...

3. Ask students if they remember the story of “The Three Little Pigs”, then, ask them to summarize it.

4. Distribute the script and ask students to read the poster, what does it say? “The true story of The Three Little Pigs…wait for reactions.

5. Ask students to form groups to participate in the dramatized reading of the play.

6. Ask students how many characters there are, who could play them, if there’s a narrator, etc.

7. Monitor and make sure students are organizing the activity.

8. Once students have decided on the roles ask them to do the first reading and rehearse.

9. Encourage students to participate and have fun. This is a great opportunity to use everything they have learned about drama.

10. Invite groups to do their dramatized reading and ask the class to listen and give feedback on their performance.

11. Ask students if they remember the story of “Sleeping Beauty then, ask them to summarize it.

12. Distribute the script and ask students to form groups to participate in the dramatized reading of the play.

13. Ask students how many characters there are, who could play them, if there’s a narrator, etc.

14. Monitor and make sure students are organizing the activity.

15. Once students have decided on the roles ask them to do the first reading and rehearse.

16. Encourage students to participate and have fun. This is a great opportunity to use everything they have learned about drama.

17. Invite groups to do their dramatized reading and ask the class to listen and give feedback on their performance.