English materials for
​Secondary school in México

Second Grade

Unit 2

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Worksheets
Introducing new vocabulary and providing background knowledge
Introduction - Theater plays
Classify vocabulary related to theater plays: people, places, equipment, parts of the story and famous plays.
Answers: People (actor, actress, audience, director, cast, make up artist & playwright) Places (backstage, box office, dressing room & stage) Famous plays (Hamlet, Peter Pan, Romeo and Juliet) Parts of the story (characters, setting, exposition, climax & resolution) Objects (customes, curtains, lights & script).
Vocabulary of theater plays
Complete a crossword with vocabulary of theater plays. 
Answers: 1. play script 2. scene 3. scenery 4. stage directions 5. dialogue 6. characters 7. actors 8. costumes 9. act 10. props
Identify genres of theater plays
Genres of plays 1
Identify characteristics of the genres of plays (Comedy, Drama, Horror, Musical and Romance).
Genres of plays 2
Read synopsis and excerpts from famous plays and identify the genre. 
Identify textual arrangement and main parts of play scripts
Parts of a play script 1 - Jumbled texts
Put in order the parts of a play script. 
Parts of a play script 2
Match the main parts of a play script.
Identify character's emotion states in play scenes
Emotions 1
Identify emotions.
Answers: 1. angry, 2. bored, 3. confident, 4. curious, 5. depressed, 6. disgusted, 7. embarrassed, 8. excited, 9. happy, 10. sad, 11. scared 12. surprised.
Emotions 2
Match the descriptions with the emotions. Infer character's emotions states.
Stage directions
Identify the purposes of the stage directions.
Answers: a2, b4, c6, d8, e1, f3, g5, h7. 
1 to sing, 2 Enter, 3 Surprised, 4 bites, 5 hand, 6 left, 7 falls, 8 Exit, 9 Pause.