Vocabulary Activity

Juniors in high school should be able to learn most of the English vocabulary words on their own. So on Tuesday, I invited my students to teach their class the new words in Lesson 11. The class was divided into 10 groups. Each group was responsible for two words. They were challenged to use the two words in a skit they would create. After the skit, a member of the group had to point out some important phrases, word usage, or grammar point in the example sentences offered by the textbook, followed by me providing additional information about the words.

Today, Class 201 finished teaching all the 20 words and Class 217 the first 4 words. At the beginning of class in 201, a student came up to me and said the task was difficult. I encouraged him to let his imagination fly. After 7 minutes' rehearsal in groups, the show began. And guess what? No group failed to complete their mission! The following is a skit presented by a group in Class 201 assigned to teach the words "graceful" and "classic":

A: You can play the piano!

B [Playing the piano]: Yeah.

A: You look graceful and the piece you're playing is a classic.

B: Thanks.

Could you imagine what a skit for the words "local" and "audio" is like? Try to create one.