Only the Best Intentions

Looking for a new way to engage students? Need an adaptable module to fit into your term?  Only the Best Intentions gets students practicing reading, writing, speaking, and listening through the analysis, rehearsal, and performance of an original one-act play.    The Curry family is a typical busy modern family, juggling jobs, business trips, school, and sports. Thank goodness for smartphones, Skype, and Uber to keep everyone on track and connected. Now, their 20-year-old daughter is marrying her boyfriend Oscar and they plan to open a restaurant. A parent?s dream? Not when Gigi discovers Oscar wants to be a professional video game player. Should she break it off or support him as he follows his dream. Everyone wants to help the couple find happiness, but in a modern romance, the rules of the game are always changing. As students prepare to perform the play, they will also practice: Pronunciation: Sentence Stress for Clarification or Contrast & Linking Word Sounds Pragmatics: Managing Interpersonal Conflict Performing Arts: Learning a part, staging plays, body language, improv Attentive Listening:  Why is technology addicting? Readings on family life in the age of screens, the rising world of esports, and the dangers of tech addiction. Debate and Discussion: Is playing video games a sport? Creative Writing: Add a scene, write a new play, change the ending.   Her Own Worst Enemy will make your students look forward to class.