- Do it without looking. Tell the students to look down at the line, then look up and say it.
- Do it with the book closed (students can open it briefly to check if they forget the line).
- Substitute words and phrases for the students’ own ideas, change names, places, or any other words.
- Do it with emotion – happy, sad, angry, confused, etc. Get the students to try a variety of combinations.
- Do it with an accent – American, British, robot, zombie – get the students to use their imaginations!
- Do it with gesture only but no sound, over emphasizing the gestures to convey the meaning of the text.
- Tell the students to stand up and act it out. Get them to use props and costumes if available.
- Have the students write another five or ten lines for the dialogue, and then repeat steps 1 to 7.
- Repeat steps 1 to 7 with a different partner.
- Have the students translate the dialogue into their first language(s), and then back to English again without looking at the original.
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