TEACHERS’ MATERIALS.
In The Dream Factory we explore the following themes:
Kindness versus selfishness
Loving and caring versus the love for material things and riches.
Taking part and not caring about winning versus competitiveness and the NEED to always win.
Appreciating the simple things in life.
Material wealth does NOT make you a better person.
The Use of Bilingualism The relationship between Jackie and her grandfather is a Spanish-speaking one because Jackie’s grandfather is Spanish. The television show ‘The Noël Peels Show’ is broadcast via satellite to Spain and so Noël Peels uses both English and Spanish. The rest of the characters are English-speaking, though Game Boyd occasionally uses the very basic Spanish he has learnt in the United States. Spanish is used to reinforce what has been said in English and to highlight the most important elements of the play. However most of the play is in English: about 70%.
IMPORTANT LANGUAGE LEARNING POINTS:
NUMBERS AND COLOURS - A red number six; A blue number four.
ASKING PEOPLE ABOUT THEMSELVES - Simple questions and answers: ‘How are you?’ - ‘I’m fine, thanks’; ‘Have you got…?’ - ‘Yes, I have / No, I haven’t’
WHERE? - Prepositions of place (on, under, in, next to) and the phrases ‘there is/there are’
LIKES AND DISLIKES - I like pizza. I don’t like watching television.
ADJECTIVES - happy/sad, rich/poor, etc.
TELLING THE TIME (o’clock) - It’s ten o’clock, It’s seven o’clock
ANIMALS - lion, dog, etc., and some things animals do: lions roar, dogs bark, etc.
PRESENT SIMPLE + PRESENT CONTINUOUS tenses
THE MATERIAL FOR THE CLASSROOM includes THIRTEEN FULL PAGES with which you can work on…
COMPREHENSION - through synopses, extracts, etc.)
VOCABULARY - learning and reinforcement with visual aids, games, multiple choice, drawing pictures, simple crosswords, word soups, etc
QUESTION & ANSWER practice with games, interviews, comprehension exercises, etc.
GRAMMAR practice with verbs… “Fish swim” VERSUS “The boy is swimming”
The MATERIAL is mainly intended to familiarize the students with the basic points of the story as well as the important vocabulary and grammatical constructions. If they are prepared beforehand, they will enjoy the play much more. Some exercises are easier than others - we realize that six year-olds have different needs and levels from nine year olds. We have therefore graded each exercise as either Level 1 (easy) or Level 2 (not so easy), so you can choose which ones you think will be most appropriate for the level of your class.
FOR A SAMPLE OF THE CLASSROOM MATERIAL, PLEASE CLICK HERE
Please look out the extensive teachers materials for use in the
classroom. They are a great tool to help prepare your students before
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Estamos en el estudio con Noël Peels, el famoso presentador de televisión. Noël esta a punto de anunciar el concurso para encontrar el número 7 verde. Jackie quiere concursar y se acerca a Noël. Es entonces cuando otra niña que se llama Vila Vinegar entra en escena...
NOËL: Hello again and welcome back.... Hello, little girl. Do you want to play?
JACKIE: Yes, please.
NOËL: Well come here. Come on, don’t be shy. What's your name dear?
JACKIE: My name is Jackie.
NOËL: Jackie... a round of applause for Jackie. Now when I count up to three, you have to …
VILA: (desde el público) Hey, you! Yes, you! Noël Peels! I want to play too!
NOEL: I’m sorry, but…
VILA: I said: "I want to play too". Are you deaf or something?
NOËL: I am very sorry little girl, but Jackie was here first.
VILA: No, no, no, no! Me, me, me! I want to go now because my daddy is very rich and very important and I always go first!
NOEL: Yes, but...
VILA: Yes, yes, yes.
JACKIE: It's OK, Mr Peels. She can go first.
VILA: See! I can go first. I am always first!
NOËL: Thank you, Jackie, but I think I have the solution. What’s your name… dear?
VILA: My name is Vila, Vila Vinegar.
NOËL: What a lovely name! … Now, when I count up to three, you have to go together... at the same time. And you have to find a green seven. Ready? One, two, three… GO!
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