Students in Conversation
Script on Endangered Species
created & performed by
a 3rd Grade GT Student
March 2011
1: Hey guys…What’s up?
2: Did you forget?
1: Forget what?
3: Your Endangered Species Project (gesture)
2-5: Duh! (gesture)
4: Don’t tell me you didn’t do it.
1: I can’t believe it…I forgot about it completely!
(sound effect & gesture)
2-5: Little girl say what? (gesture)
5: You told me last week that you were going to do
it the minute you got home.
1: You guys gotta help me! (gesture & sound effect)
2-5: What? (gesture)
1: Please…Please…You got to help me! It’s not due
until 4th period so we’ve got some time.
2: You don’t even have a physical project and that’s
20% of your grade.
3: Yeah…but the other 80% is the oral presentation
for it so she could technically get a good grade
4: If she does great on the oral presentation
1: Exactly…So what do you say guys
2-5: (gesture & sound effect)
1: I’ll do all of your homework for a week for you
all! (gesture)
2-5: Well...That would be nice to take a break from
homework for a week. (gesture)
1: Thank you! Thank you! (gesture)
2: Well…You need to know that endangered species
3: are plants
4: and animals
5: that are in danger of dying out
2: and disappearing forever (gesture)
All: Endangered species are plants and animals that
are in danger of dying out and disappearing
forever! (gesture)
1: Like dinosaurs? (gesture)
2: No…No…dinosaurs are extinct animals…there is a
difference!
3: Yeah!
4: Extinction occurs when every member of a
species
5: In this case dinosaurs
2: have died off.
All: Extinction occurs when every member of a
species has died.
5: Now endangered species are plants and animals
that are in danger of dying out and disappearing
2: Thousands of species of animals and plants are
3: endangered, and the number increases each
year (gesture)
4: Some examples of endangered species are
5: blue whales (gesture)
2: giant pandas (gesture)
3: orangutans (gesture)
4: rhinoceroses (gesture)
5: sea turtles (gesture)
2: snow leopards (gesture)
3: tigers (gesture)
4: whooping cranes (gesture)
5: and among the endangered plants are
2: running buffalo clover
3: Santa Cruz cypress
4: snakeroot
5: and many species of cactuses
1: That’s awful what can we do to prevent this
from happening? (sound effect and gesture)
5: there are many ways to help
2: one of the most important ways to help
threatened plants and animals survive
3: is to protect their habitats permanently in
national parks
4: nature reserves
5: wilderness areas (gesture)
1: (gesture) this information that you have given
me just saved me…I’m sure to get a good grade on
my oral presentation (gesture)
2: That’s it!
3: That’s all you got from what we said (gesture)
1: No No I got so much more out of this…I now
know how important it is to help endangered
species out and that is the most important thing!
(gesture)
All: Awesome!
2: Now let’s get to class! (gesture)