Act 3, Scene 2 Translation Game – Instructions
Starter: Mingle activity – Organise students into pairs. Randomly allocate
pairs a card with the original text on. Using the line numbers as a guide,
the students must order themselves correctly. Read through the scene.
1. Divide the class into two halves and ask them to stand in two lines
facing each other.
2. Give each student on one half a card with a piece of original text on it
– this must be kept in the correct order so the pupils must stand in
the sequence of the text.
3. Having shuffled the other set of cards [ie the modern translation],
give each student on the other line a card with a modern translation.
4. Explain the rules below (5 & 6) to the students.
5. The student with the first piece of original text will read their section
aloud. The students with translations must concentrate hard to see if
they have the translation. The student who thinks they have it must
read it aloud. Class decide if he/she is right. When the correct
translation has been read, the second person with original text reads
their section and so it continues.
6. Tell students that they will be doing the activity twice through with
the aim of doing it faster the second time. The second time round
those who have had translated text will have original text and vice
versa – and they will have a different part of the scene! This means
that the students must listen carefully to the whole scene the first
time round because they don’t know what part of the scene they might
get the second time and if they have paid attention the first time,
they’ll find it easier the second time!
7. Run through the activity once as in no.5.
8. Collect in the cards being careful to keep the original text cards in
the correct order.
9. Re-organise the students within their lines.
10. Re-issue the cards, giving original text to those who had translation
the first time and vice versa.
11. Re-run the activity, timing the students to see how quickly they can
complete it.
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