Around the World in 80 Days

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The primary purpose of the teacher’s pack is to help both teachers and students alike to get as much as possible out of their participation in the interactive performance of “Around the world in eighty days.”

It is important for the students to understand that, although the activity they are going to take part in is interactive, it is still a theatre performance and all the usual rules for behaviour at such an event do apply. Teachers should remind students that they are not to leave the theatre during the performance. Eating and drinking in the theatre are also not allowed and mobile phones should be switched off and remain off throughout the performance. Above all, respect should be shown towards other members of the audience and to the actors.

The pack has been designed as a tool to help students understand the play, learn the new vocabulary and improve their listening and speaking skills. Once they have done the activities, students will better understand both how the story develops and the lines the actors deliver and so they will get more enjoyment out of the performance.

The pack, aside from the introductory material, is divided in two parts: pre-play activities, to be done before the play, and post-play activities, to be worked on after the play. The pre-play activities are designed to help the students to get to know the characters and scenarios in the play, as well as the key vocabulary. Extracts from dialogues and a song taken from the play are included, so the students can carry out activities related to these in class. The post-play activities are comprehension-based, designed to check that the students have understood the play correctly and were able to follow the plot. For both types of activities, some of them will have worksheets that are to be handed out to the students during the activity. In some cases, the activity can be facilitated by the teacher without the needing a worksheet.

A CD with all the audio material needed fro the listening activities is also included in the teacher’s pack.

In order to facilitate ease of handling in class and preparation of photocopies, Forum has presented all the necessary material on individual sheets. This year we have made a few changes to the layout of the teacher’s pack with the aim of making your job a little easier. First, there is the plot synopsis and a list of the characters which appear in the play; the come the listening activities from the audio CD; and fi nally, instructions for the pre-play and post-play activities with their corresponding student worksheets at the end of each section. The presentation and description of the activity includes suggestions for follow-up activities, as well as explanations of how to adapt the activities according to the ability of each group. At Forum we are aware that every classroom is different and we would never try to tell the teacher what he or she should do in class; rather we try to help by providing a selection of appropriate materials for use in class.

We sincerely hope that both teachers and students fully enjoy the play itself and the activities which make up this teacher’s pack, and that these prove to be a useful aid in enhancing enjoyment of the interactive theatre experience that is “Around the world in eighty days”.

INTRODUCTION

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One day in the Reform Club, Mr. Phileas Fogg, an Englishman who usually never travels, makes a bet that he can go around the world in 80 days. The same day Passepartout has just started work as Phileas Fogg’s new servant. He is in search of a quiet life. Everything changes with the bet, and, after packing a few essential things, the two men embark on a big adventure to try to win it.

The fi rst part of the journey is by train through the English country down to the sea, where they must cross the English Channel. However, when they get there, they meet John Roberts, a pipe-smoking sailor, who tells them that they have missed the boat. Fortunately, John Roberts offers them the use of his own boat, free of charge! They set sail, and eventually make it to India.

While they are in Bombay, in the heart of India, they meet at beautiful princess named Aouda. Aouda is kind to them and she shows them a new way to travel through the jungle by elephant in order to continue their journey and reach Hong Kong .

The two travellers make their way to Hong Kong by elephant with and Aouda also shows Phileas Fogg a beautiful traditional Indian dance from Bombay, before they say goodbye. In Hong Kong, Phileas Fogg and Passepartout

get separated. While looking for Phileas Fogg, Passepartout meets a Chinese magician called Chao Lin-Chin. He is a funny man who is short sighted and often misunderstands things, but he is able to do magic tricks.

Passepartout and Phileas Fogg eventually fi nd each other and set sail for London. They think they have arrived a day too late for Phileas Fogg to win his bet, but they are not sure. Passepartout goes to buy the newspaper in order to fi nd out what the date is, in order to see if they have managed to travel all the way around the world in eighty days!

PLOT SYNOPSIS

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Phileas Fogg

“My name is Phileas Fogg. I am a well mannered English gentleman and I come from the wonderful city of London. I am very precise, orderly, and I am always very punctual. My life is completely ordered and monotonous, and I don’t like travelling. I enjoy going down to the Reform Club everyday. Something unusual happens to me one day in the Reform Club, for some reason, I make I a bet with my friends that I can go all the way around the world in 80 days! Everything in my life changes because of this bet!”

Passepartout. “Passepartout, at your service! I am the faithful new servant of Mr. Fogg. I am a kind man and I really like talking. I’m originally from France, and I have had a crazy life so far, as I have been working for many years in the circus and in other interesting jobs. I am looking forward to starting a quiet life in the service of Mr. Fogg in London. I want to stop travelling and stay in settle down in one place for now. I will be very surprised when Mr. Fogg tells me on my fi rst day of work that I have to accompany him around the world!”

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John Roberts. “If you want to talk to me, you’ll have to talk VERY LOUD, as I’m a little bit deaf! John Roberts is my name, I’m not very friendly and if you don’t have anything worth saying, then don’t bother! I like smoking my pipe. I am the man who helps Phileas Fogg by lending him a boat so he can cross the English Channel.”

Chao-Li-Chin.Hello! I am Chao-Lin-Chin. If you speak to me I probably won’t understand you as I am a bit scatterbrained and have a bad memory. I also can’t see very well! However, I do know about magic, and am able to do magic tricks! I help Passepartout when he is looking for Mr. Phileas Fogg.”

Aouda.“I am Aouda, a beautiful and kind Indian princess. I like dancing and adventures, and I will help Phileas Fogg on his the part of his journey between Hong Kong and Bombay when he seems to be a bit stuck. In fact, I teach Mr. Fogg a new way to travel through the jungle by elephant.

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Hello boys and girls! How are you ? My name is Phileas Fogg and together with my faithful servant Passepartout I’m going to embark on a journey around the world.

When you hear this bell (...) repeat the word or phrase that I say. Are you ready? Let’s go!

I am a demanding and punctual English gentleman. Can you repeat “demanding and punctual”? (...) DEMANDING AND PUNCTUAL.

I go on a journey around the world. Can you repeat “around the world”? (...) AROUND THE WORLD.

Together with my faithful servant, Passepartout, I have many different dangerous and exciting adventures. Can you repeat “dangerous and exciting adventures”? (...) DANGEROUS AND EXCITING ADVENTURES.

We travel by train, boat, and elephant. Can you repeat “train, boat, and elephant”? (...) TRAIN, BOAT, AND ELEPHANT.

In India we meet Princess Aouda, a beautiful young lady who is intelligent and very kind. Can you repeat “intelligent and very kind”? (...) INTELLIGENT AND VERY KIND.

We manage to get all the way around the world in eighty days. We therefore win the 20,000 pound bet that I made in London at the Reform Club. Can you repeat “20,000 pound bet”? (...) 20,000 POUND BET.

Well done, boys and girls. Now all that remains is for us to go on an exciting adventure and travel around the world. See you later!

LISTENING

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(Background: In this scene, Mr. Fogg is coming back from the Reform Club to tell Passepartout about the journey around the world.)

Phileas Fogg: Passepartout! Passepartout!

Passepartout: Mr. Fogg?

Phileas Fogg: Passepartout, I called you twice.

Passepartout: Forgive me, I didn’t expect you back so soon. You said that you’d return at half past ten from the Reform Club, and it is only...

Phileas Fogg: I know! We leave in ten minutes.

Passepartout: Is the good sir going away?

Phileas Fogg: Yes. We are going to travel around the world.

Passepartout: So that means that the good sir won’t be here for breakfast. One moment... around the world?

Phileas Fogg: Yes, in eighty days. Don’t ask how I have ended up in this mess. I will explain later. But the fact is that I have decided to go around the world in eighty days.

Passepartout: But... the suitcases?

Phileas Fogg: No suitcases. A travel pack with just a few things: a pair of shirts and four socks for each of us.

Passepartout: Very well, Mr. Fogg. But, did you say around the world?

Phileas Fogg: Yes, all the way around.

Passepartout: Yeah. In... in... eighty days.

Phileas Fogg: Get everything ready!

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(Background: In this scene, Passepartout is looking for Mr. Phileas Fogg in Hong Kong.)

Passepartout: I will ask this good sir if he knows anything of my master. Excuse me, excuse me, have you seen an English gentleman?

Chao-Lio-Chin: Have I seen who?

Passepartout: An English gentleman.

Chao-Lio-Chin: Possibly, possibly not, it depends who the English gentleman is. Do you understand?

Passeportout: I believe I.. no, no I don’t understand.

Chao-Lio-Chin: As Confucius said: “When you think you have seen someone, be sure that it is the person you are looking for.”

Passepartout: The gentleman I am looking for is English, and his name is Phileas Fogg.

Chao-Lio-Chin: A beautiful name, I’m pleased to meet you Mr. Phileas Fogg. I am called Chao-Li-Chin.

Passepartout: No, no, Phileas Fogg is my master, my name is Passepartout.

Chao-Lio-Chin: What a mix-up! But, I’m pleased to meet you, Mr. Passepartout. I am called Chao-Li-Chin.

Passepartout: And the gentleman I am looking for is...

Chao-Lio-Chin: Passepartout.

Passepartout: No, no, I am looking for Phileas Fogg.

Chao-Lio-Chin: What confusion I am creating!

Passepartout: No, the thing is that...

Chao-Lio-Chin: I can help you to fi nd him, seeing as I am a magician.

Passepartout: Oh really?

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Passepartout. All around the world?

Phileas Fogg. Yes.

Passepartout. In only eighty days?

Phileas Fogg. Yes.

Passepartout. But, but, that’s impossible...that idea is mad!

Phileas Fogg. Oh. That’s what they all said.

Passepartout. Who?

Phileas Fogg. The entire Reform Club.

Passepartout. Oh?

Phileas Fogg. But I said of course it was...so don’t you believe in me?

Passepartout. Yes.

Phileas Fogg. Now go and pack our belongings

A couple of umbrellas too

No time to iron the shirts, shorts or socks, or underwear.

Phileas Fogg. Be sure to remember the money

I’ll pay for just everything

No matter what we spend, name the price, we’ll win it back.

Passepartout. Oh my most wonderful master

Of course I believe in you

But to travel oh so far, oh so far,

Have you thought it through?

Phileas Fogg. My friend there’s no need to worry,

With me there’s nothing to fear,

I am as wise as an owl, sharp as a knife, so take my word.

Passepartout. I think you should know Mr Fogg, I get very dizzy and I’m rather scared of heights.

Phileas Fogg. I thought you said you worked in the circus

Passepartout. Yes I did as an acrobat, but now...I have a bad knee.

Phileas Fogg. Oh I wasn’t aware of that, but no need to worry, there’s no need to fret, for we’re going by train.

Passepartout. I’ve got sore feet.

Phileas Fogg. We won’t be walking.

Passepartout. No hot air balloons then?

Phileas Fogg. No, I don’t think so, it’s not been foreseen.

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Passepartout. I don’t like fl ying.

Phileas Fogg. Oh, we’ll probably make a trip by boat.

Passepartout. But all that water!

Phileas Fogg. Yes it’s a lot of water, but you know how to swim, so there won’t be any sinking.... the question is my dear friend...ARE YOU READY?

Passepartout. Yes!

Phileas Fogg. So then we must get going,

No time to lose, not at all,

We’ve got to catch a train, tickets to buy, so off we go.

Phileas Fogg. We’ll have so many adventures

One thousand places to see

Who knows what this may bring, our big chance, to make history.

Passepartout. Oh my most wonderful master,

Of course I’m coming with you,

I will always be your servant

And do what you want me to.

Although I’m afraid of water,

I know I’ll still row your canoe

I’ll do whatever it takes, that’s why

my name, is PASSEPARTOUT.

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Here we are, in Bombay, India.

I’m here to teach you, the things we do, us Indians.

Chorus. One, Two, Tree, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eigth, Nine, Ten, Eleven, Twelve.

We tame the tigers and we chase the cheetahs,

Here in India, here in India

We swim in the rivers and we play sitars

Here in India, here in India.




We swim in the rivers and we play sitars


SONG 2. THE DANCE OF PRINCESS AOUDA. cdTrack 16.

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Teachers make sure this exercise is done BEFORE reading the Plot synopsis.

1. Hand out a photocopy of section entitled “Main characters”.

2. The students should underline the adjectives and descriptive nouns.

Solutions

- Phileas Fogg: “My name is Phileas Fogg. I am a well mannered English gentleman and I come from the wonderful city of London. I am very precise, orderly, and I’m always very punctual. My life is completely ordered and monotonous, and I don’t like travelling. I enjoy going down to the Reform Club everyday. Something unusual happens to me one day in the Reform Club, for some reason, I make I a bet with my friends that I can go all the way around the world in 80 days! Everything in my life changes because of this bet!”

- Passepartout. “Passepartout, at your service! I am the faithful new servant of Mr. Fogg. I am a kind man and I really like talking. I’m originally from France, and I have had a crazy life so far, as I have been working for many years in the circus and in other interesting jobs. I am looking forward to starting a quiet life in the service of Mr. Fogg in London. I want to stop travelling and stay in settle down in one place for now. I will be very surprised when Mr. Fogg tells me on my fi rst day of work that I have to accompany him around the world!”

- John Roberts. “If you want to talk to me, you’ll have to talk VERY LOUD, as I’m a little bit deaf! John Roberts is my name, I’m not very friendly and if you don’t have anything worth saying, then don’t bother! I like smoking my pipe. I am the man who helps Phileas Fogg by lending him a boat so he can cross the English Channel.”

- Aouda. “I am Aouda, a beautiful and kind Indian princess. I like dancing and adventures, and I will help Phileas Fogg on his the part of his journey between Hong Kong and Bombay when he seems to be a bit stuck. In fact, I teach Mr. Fogg a new way to travel through the jungle by elephant.

- Chao-Li-Chin. Hello! I am Chao-Lin-Chin. If you speak to me I probably won’t understand you as I am a bit scatterbrained and have a bad memory. I also can’t see very well! However, I do know about magic, and am able to do magic tricks! I help Passepartout when he is looking for Mr. Phileas Fogg.”

3. Dictionary work: Make sure the students understand each word, get them to look up the words they don’t understand.

4. Class discussion questions (discussion in PAIRS, write the questions on the blackboard)

A. What are your impressions of the main characters after reading the descriptions? B. Of the main characters, who would you most like to meet, and why?

PRE-PLAY ACTIVITY 1: MAIN CHARACTERS

(adjectives and descriptive nouns).

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Photocopy the PLOT SYNOPSIS and hand it out to the students. Get them to do the following:

1. Read the text and underline all the words they don’t know.

2. Look up the new words in the dictionary.

3. Read the following sentences and decide if you think they are true or false.

QUIZ: (Circle TRUE or FALSE. If a statement is false, CORRECT it to make it true).

1. Phileas Fogg has travelled many times before he goes on his trip around the world. (SOLUTION: FALSE. He never travels)

2. They two travellers take big suitcases with them on their journey. (SOLUTION: FALSE. They take a few essential things)

3. John Roberts lets Phileas Fogg and Passepartout use his boat without paying anything (SOLUTION: TRUE)

4. Aouda teaches Phileas Fogg and Passepartout how to travel by camel. (SOLUTION: FALSE. She teaches them how to travel by elephant).

5. Phileas Fogg and Passepartout lose each other for a while in Hong Kong. (SOLUTION: TRUE).

6. Chao Lin-Chin is a funny man who has very good eyesight. (SOLUTION: FALSE, He is short sighted).

7, Phileas Fogg and Passepartout think they have lost the bet when they arrive back to London. (SOLUTION: TRUE.)

8. In London, Passepartout listens to the news on the radio to see what the date is. (SOLUTION: FALSE. He buys a newspaper).

4. The students should then do the following writing predictions WRITING PREDICTION:

Do you think that Phileas Fogg and Passepartout will make it around the world in eighty days? Why or why not?

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Here are 10 vocabulary words from the play and the sentences in the play where they are found. Students should read the words, repeat the pronunciation, MATCH the words and repeat the pronunciation of the word and also of the sentence that it is in.

PRE PLAY ACTIVITY 3: VOCABULARY

1. trapeze artist

2. fi reman

3. chimneysweep

4. gentleman

5. suitcase

6. bet

7. mess

8. purchasing

9. sacred

10. newspaper

11. travel

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c.

e.

g.

i.

b.

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f.

h.

k.

j.

SOLUTIONS: 1. F; 2. A; 3. D; 4. E; 5. C; 6. H; 7. I; 8. J; 9. G; 10. B; 11. K;

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This activity is a Grammar based activity. Have the students work through PRE-PLAY WORKSHEET 4, which provides a description of the present perfect, examples from the play, etc.

THE PRESENT PERFECT:

USE/MEANING: The present simple is used for:

- actions done in the past without specifying when

- states which started in the past and are still true

FORM:

(affi rmative) I have been to Mallorca three times.(affi rmative) I have lived in Valencia since I was born.

(subject + have/has + past participle)

(negative) He has not/hasn’t fi nished yet.

(subject + have/has + NOT + past participle)

(interrogative): Have they left yet?(interrogative) How long have you been here?

EXAMPLES FROM THE PLAY:

1. Phileas Fogg: I have everything under control. I have promised to be in the Reform Club at a quarter to nine on the night of Saturday the 21st of September.

2. Passepartout: With all the rush I have forgotten to put out the oil lamp in my bedroom.

EXERCISES: Fill in the blank with the correct for of the verb indicated. (SOLUTIONS)

1. John ___has not/hasn’t travelled _ outside of Ireland (to travel, negative)

2. __Has __ anyone _seen_ my phone, I _have lost_it! (to see, to lose)

3. I _have never lived_ outside Spain. (to live, negative with “never”)

4. _Have_ you _fi nished_ your masters course yet? (to fi nish, interrogative)

5. _Have_ your friends ever _tasted_ Chinese food? (to aste, interrogative)

PRE-PLAY ACTIVITY 4: The PRESENT PERFECT (explanation and examples).

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Gap fi lling exercise based on the Song 1. Having learnt the song, the students will be familiar with it on the day of the day.

1. Listen to the song and ask the students what they were able to understand and what they had diffi culties with.

2. Hand out photocopies of PRE-PLAY WORKSHEET 5, which contains the lyrics of song 1 with some gaps.

3. Listen to the song 1 or 2 more times, getting the students to fi ll in the missing words.

4. When everyone has fi nished, play the song again and get the students to SING!

PRE-PLAY ACTIVITY 5: Listening

(Activity based on SONG 1: Our Journey Begins.)

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A. The students will practice saying the new words that they learned in PRE PLAY ACTIVITY 1 in the context in which they are used in the play. Focus on the pronunciation and stress of the sentences, particularly the new word.

1. “ No, demonstrations, no. Trapeze artist, fi reman, chimneysweep. Astonishing. How did you get you get to England?”

2. “Excuse me, excuse me, have you seen an English gentleman?”

3. “No suitcases. A travel pack with just a few things: a pair of shirts and four socks for each of us.”

4. “An Englishman is always serious with his bets”

5. “Don’t ask how I have ended up in this mess”

6. “Don’t worry Mr. Phileas Fogg, l will take care of the purchasing of the tickets.”

7. “It is a strange sound, maybe it’s an animal, given that here in Bombay it is well know that cows are sacred, snakes are revered, cats admired, and elephants are well loved”

8. “Where are you going? To buy today’s newspaper!”

9. “We are going to travel around the world.”

B. GUESS WHO! The students are to examine each sentence in part A and try to remember or guess which character said the sentence.

SOLUTIONS: 1. Phileas Fogg, 2. Passepartout, 3. Phileas Fogg, 4. Phileas Fogg, 5. Phileas Fogg, 6. Passepartout, 7. Phileas Fogg, 8. Phileas Fogg/Passepartout, 9. Phileas Fogg.

C. Now the students should write new sentences contain the new words, and practise saying their sentences.

POST PLAY ACTIVITY 1: Vocabulary Pronunciation

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Aim: Review the past simple structures and uses through the use of a biography of the play’s original author.

Explain the PAST SIMPLE tense to the students with the following explanation and examples:

THE PAST SIMPLE:

USE/MEANING: The past simple is used for:

- punctual past actions that are fi nished and are no longer occurring.

FORMS:1. Regular: past simple is formed using “-ed”, “-d” when the verb already ends in an “e”, or “ied” when the verb ends in “y”.

2. Irregular: There are many past simple verbs which are irregularSome examples are : to go (went), to have (had), to know (knew), to be (was/were), to eat (ate), to take (took), etc.

BIOGRAPHY OF JULES VERNE. Get the students to read the following biography, and in each blank, write the correct form of the indicated verb.

Jules Verne was born in Nantes, a harbour town in Western France, in 1828. From a young age he was very interested in reading about travel and exploration. One day when was 12 years old, he tried to hide on a boat to India, but his father saw him. In Nantes he developed his interest in technology. Jules Verne went to Paris to study law, however, instead of studying, he started to write a lot. His father stopped supporting him fi nancially when he found out. He met Honorine de Viane Morel and they got married in 1857. With the help of the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel, Jule Verne published his fi rst work in 1863. He wrote many books, stories, and other works, including “Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea”. He became well known in the fi eld of scientifi c, travel, and futuristic writing. He became sick with diabetes, and he died in 1905 at his home.

IRREGULAR AND REGULAR. Get the students to divide the verbs into IRREGULAR and REGULAR verbs:

Solution: (Irregular: to be born, to be, to see, to go, to fi nd out, to meet, to become)

(Regular: to try , to develop, to start, to stop, to publish, to die)

POST-PLAY ACTIVITY 2: Jules Verne biography and the PAST SIMPLE

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Gap fi lling exercise based on the Song 2. Having seen the play the song, the students will remember the song.

1. Listen to the song and ask the students what they were able to understand and what they had diffi culty with?

2. Hand out photocopies of POST-PLAY WORKSHEET 3, which contains the lyrics of song 2 with some gaps.

3. Listen to the song 1 or 2 more times, getting the students to fi ll in the missing words.

4. When everyone has fi nished, play the song again and get the students to SING!

5. (optional) In small groups work on the dance from the play

POST-PLAY ACTIVITY 3: Listening (Activity based on SONG 2: “The Dance of Princess Aouda)”

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Aim: This activity will focus different transport methods, vocabulary and verbs.

Procedure:

- hand out POST-PLAY WORKSHEET 4 to the students. The worksheet has pictures of the main means of transport, including the ones used in the play.

- Get the students to match the words to the different pictures

- Practice the verbs with journeys and times.

For example:

“It takes __(number)___ hours to get from __(place 1)_ to __(place 2)_ by __(transport)__

- Follow up writing:

The student should write about what their favourite means of transport is and why.

POST-PLAY ACTIVITY 4: MEANS OF TRANSPORT.

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Pre-teach: Remind the students of the Comparative and Superlative forms.

Comparative: Adjectives that compare two things.

- Form 1: For words of two or less syllables, add “er” to the end of the adjective, and follow this with “than”

o Example: London is bigger than Dublin.

- Form 2: Form words of more than two syllables, use the form: “more” + adjective + “than”

o Example: London is more expensive than Dublin.

Superlative: These adjectives are used to describe the nouns which have their characteristic to a higher degree than all others of the same category.

- Form 1: For words of two or less syllables, add “est” to the end of the adjective.

o Example: London the biggest city in England.

- Form 2: Form words of more than two syllables, use the form: “most” + adjective

o Example: London is the most expensive city in England.

Activity: 1. Draw the chart on the board; get the students to discuss in PAIRS the advantages and disadvantages of each transport method (price, comfort, safety, convenience, frequency, etc.)

2. Get the students to write 5 comparative sentences and 5 superlative sentences, using the information that they have written in their tables.

Examples:

- Travelling by car is faster than travelling by elephant.

- Travelling in a hot air balloon is the most exciting way to travel.

POST-PLAY ACTIVITY 5:

ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES (COMPARATIVES and SUPERLATIVES).

ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES

CAR

TRAIN

AEROPLANE

BICYCLE

ELEPHANT

BOAT

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A. LISTEN and REPEAT each of the main characters’ GREETING:

Phileas Fogg : “How do you do? My name is Phileas Fogg”

Passepartout: “Mr. Passepartout at your service!”

John Roberts: “John Roberts is my name. And yours?”

Aouda: “Good afternoon, I am Aouda, an Indian princess.”

Chao-Lin-Chin: “Hello there! They call me Chao-Lin-Chin.”

Which greeting is RUDE?

Which greeting is FORMAL?

B. LISTEN and REPEAT some more GREETINGS:

1. Good morning

2. Good evening

3. Good night

4. Goodbye

5. Hi!

6. How’s it going?

7. How are you?

8. Fine thank you, and you?

9. See you soon!

Practice greeting your friends in English.

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Your teacher will give you a copy of the PLOT SYNOPSIS for Around the World in Eighty Days.

• Read the text and underline any words that you don’t understand.

• Use the dictionary to look up the words you have underlined.

• Using the text as a guide, do the following QUIZ. (Mark 1-8 as TRUE or FALSE. If the statement is FALSE, CORRECT it to make it true, according to the Plot Synopsis).

1. Phileas Fogg has travelled many times before he goes on his trip around the world.

2. They two travellers take big suitcases with them on their journey.

3. John Roberts lets Phileas Fogg and Passepartout use his boat without paying anything

4. Aouda teaches Phileas Fogg and Passepartout how to travel by Camel.

5. Phileas Fogg and Passepartout lose each other for a while in Hong Kong.

6. Chao Lin-Chin is a funny man who has very good eyesight.

7. Phileas Fogg and Passepartout think they have lost the bet when they arrive back to London.

8. In London, Passepartout listens to the news on the radio to see what the date is.

WRITING PREDICTION: On a seperate sheet of paper, answer the following question:

Do you think that Phileas Fogg and Passepartout will make it around the world in eighty days? Why or why not?

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MATCH THE WORDS TO THE PICTURES! PRACTICE SAYING THE WORDS!

1. trapeze artist

2. fi reman

3. chimneysweep

4. gentleman

5. suitcase

6. bet

7. mess

8. purchasing

9. sacred

10. newspaper

11. travel

a.

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THE PRESENT PERFECT:


- actions done in the past with specifying when

- states which started in the past and are still true

FORM:

(affi rmative) I have been to Mallorca three times.(affi rmative) I have lived in Valencia since I was born.

(subject + have/has + past participle)

(negative) He has not/hasn’t fi nished yet.

(subject + have/has + NOT + past participle)

(interrogative): Have they left yet?(interrogative) How long have you been here?

EXAMPLES FROM THE PLAY:

Phileas Fogg: I have everything under control. I have promised to be in the Reform Club at a quarter to nine on the night of Saturday the 21st of September.

Passepartout: With all the rush I have forgotten to put out the oil lamp in my bedroom.

EXERCISES: Fill in the blank with the correct for of the verb indicated.

1. John ________ _______ ________ outside of Ireland (to travel, negative)

2. ______ anyone ________ my phone, I ______ _________ it! (to see, to lose)

3. I _____ ________ _______ outside Spain. (to live, negative with “never”)

4. ________ you ________ your masters course yet? (to fi nish, interrogative)

5. ________ your friends ever ________ Chinese food? (to taste, interrogative)

PRE-PLAY WORKSHEET 4: The PRESENT PERFECT

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SONG LYRICS, “OUR JOURNEY BEGINS”

(the lyrics contain gaps _______________. Listen to the song and fi ll in the gaps.)

PRE-PLAY WORKSHEET 5: Listening

(Activity based on SONG 1: Our Journey Begins.)

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Passepartout. All ___ ______ ___ ___?

Phileas Fogg. Yes.

Passepartout. In only eighty days?

Phileas Fogg. Yes.

Passepartout. But, but, that’s impossible...that ____ __ ___!

Phileas Fogg. Oh. That’s what they all said.

Passepartout. Who?

Phileas Fogg. The entire Reform Club.

Passepartout. Oh?

Phileas Fogg. But I said of course it was...so don’t you believe in me?

Passepartout. Yes.

Phileas Fogg. Now go and pack our belongings

A couple of umbrellas too

No time to iron the shirts, shorts or socks, or underwear.

Phileas Fogg. Be sure to _________ ___ ______.

I’ll pay for just everything

No matter what we spend, name the price, we’ll win it back.

Passepartout. Oh my most wonderful master

Of course I believe in you

But to travel oh so far, oh so far,

Have you thought it through?

Phileas Fogg. __ ______ there’s no need to worry,

With me there’s nothing to fear,

I am as wise as an owl, sharp as a knife, so take my word.

Passepartout. I think you should know Mr Fogg, I get very dizzy and I’m rather scared of heights.

Phileas Fogg. I thought you said you ________ __ ___ ______

Passepartout. Yes I did as an acrobat, but now...I have a bad knee.

Phileas Fogg. Oh I wasn’t aware of that, but no need to worry, there’s no need to fret, for we’re ____ __

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_____.

Passepartout. I’ve got sore feet.

Phileas Fogg. We won’t be walking.

Passepartout. No hot air _______ then?

Phileas Fogg. No, I don’t think so, it’s not been foreseen.

Passepartout. I don’t like fl ying.

Phileas Fogg. Oh, we’ll probably make a trip by boat.

Passepartout. But all that water!

Phileas Fogg. Yes it’s a lot of ___, but you know how to swim, so there won’t be any sinking.... the question is my dear friend...ARE YOU READY?

Passepartout. Yes!

Phileas Fogg. So then we must get going,

No time to lose, not at all,

We’ve got to catch a train, tickets to buy, so off we go.

Phileas Fogg. We’ll have so many __________

One thousand places to see

Who knows what this may bring, our big chance, to make history.

Passepartout. Oh my most wonderful master,

Of course I’m coming with you,

I will always be your servant

And __ ____ ___ ___ ____ ___.

Although I’m afraid of water,

I know I’ll still row your canoe

I’ll do whatever it takes, that’s why my name, is PASSEPARTOUT.

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A. PRONUNCIATION PRACTISE! Practise saying the new words that you learnt before the play with sentences directly from the play.

1. “ No, demonstrations, no. Trapeze artist, fi reman, chimneysweep. Astonishing. How did you get you get to England?”

2. “Excuse me, excuse me, have you seen an English gentleman?”

3. “No suitcases. A travel pack with just a few things: a pair of shirts and four socks for each of us.”

4. “An Englishman is always serious with his bets”

5. “Don’t ask how I have ended up in this mess”

6. “Don’t worry Mr. Phileas Fogg, l will take care of the purchasing of the tickets.”

7. “It is a strange sound, maybe it’s an animal, given that here in Bombay it is well know that cows are sacred, snakes are revered, cats admired, and elephants are well loved”

8. “Where are you going? To buy today’s newspaper!”

9. “We are going to travel around the world.”

B. GUESS WHO!!??!!For each of the sentences above, which character in the play said the sentence?? (Phileas Fogg, Passepartout, Aouda, John Roberts, or Chao-Lin-Chin)

1. ________________ 2. ________________

3. ________________ 4. ________________

5. ________________ 6. ________________

7. ________________ 8. ________________

9. ________________ 10. ________________

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THE PAST SIMPLE:


- past actions that are fi nished and are no longer occurring.

FORMS:1. Regular: past simple is formed using “-ed”, “-d” when the verb already ends in an “e”, or “ied” when the verb ends in “y”.

2. Irregular: There are many past simple verbs which are irregularSome examples are : to go (went), to have (had), to know (knew), to be (was/were), to eat (ate), to take (took), etc.

BIOGRAPHY OF JULES VERNE. Read the following biography, and in each blank, write the correct form of the indicated verb.

Jules Verne ____________ (to be born) in Nantes, a harbour town in Western France, in 1828. From a young age he ____________(to be) very interested in reading about travel and exploration. One day when ____________(to be) 12 years old, he ____________(to try) to hide on a boat to India, but his father ____________(to see) him. In Nantes he ____________(to develop) his interest in technology. Jules Verne (to go) to Paris to study law, however, instead of studying, he ____________(to start) to write a lot. His father ____________stopped supporting him fi nancially when he ____________(to fi nd out). He ____________(to meet) Honorine de Viane Morel and they ____________(to get married) in 1857. With the help of the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel, Jule Verne ____________(to publish) his fi rst work in 1863. He ____________(to write) many books, stories, and other works, including “Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea”. He ____________(to become) well known in the fi eld of scientifi c, travel, and futuristic writing. He ____________(to become) sick with diabetes , and he ____________(to die) in 1905 at his home.

Which verbs are REGULAR and which verbs are IRREGULAR? (write the verbs in the correct box below):

IRREGULAR VERBS REGULAR VERBS

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SONG LYRICS, “THE DANCE OF PRINCESS aouda”

(the lyrics contain gaps _______________. Listen to the song and fi ll in the gaps.)

Here we are, __ ______, India.

I’m here __ _____ __, the things we do, us Indians.

Chorus. One, Two, Tree, Four, Five, Six, Seven, _____, Nine, Ten, Eleven, Twelve.



We ____ __ ___ ______ and we play sitars



We tame the tigers ___ __ _____ the cheetahs,


We swim in the rivers and __ ___ _____


Now that you know the song, the teacher will play it again so that EVERYONE CAN SING!!!

POST-PLAY WORKSHEET 3:“THE DANCE OF PRINCESS aouda”

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Match the following types of transport to it’s corresponding picture by drawing an ARROW:

CAR

TRAIN

AEROPLANE

BICYCLE

ELEPHANT

BOAT

BUS

HOT AIR BALLOON

Match the following verbs to their corresponding means of transport by drawing an ARROW from the verb to the correct picture.

to ride

to take

to fl oat

to drive

to set sail

to fl y

to anchor

to park

to brake

to land

to take off

to change gear

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HOW LONG FROM HERE TO THERE?? Practice with your teacher guessing how long it take to travel between different places.

MY FAVOURITE WAY TO TRAVEL:

Describe which means of transport is your favourite, and why?

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