Student handout 1.1: (Group 3) Role play

Agree on a representative of your group who will read aloud the short entry from the diary and the task for your group.

Appoint another member of your group who will take notes of your results and present them to the class.

Entry from Max’s diary:

“It is my first day in my new class. My family has moved here from another region and I still feel I am a stranger. Dear diary, a lot has happened to me in the last few days. I will tell you about some of it.

An old man lives alone in the apartment above ours. When I came home yesterday I met him at the front door with his shopping. He was carrying a bag with food and he was breathing heavily. I felt sorry for him. I asked if I could help him, and carried his bag up to his door.”

Tasks:

1. Collect a list of adjectives that you think Max’s fellow students in class would use to describe him (brainstorming in your group).
2. What do you think a student in Max’s class will tell the other students about him? Rehearse a short scene that you can act in class.