KING OF COMEDY by Tan Yuan Yi and Teh Peng Chuan

Prepared by :

Tan Yuan Yi (A11PP0061) & Teh Peng Chuan (A11PP0053)

Objectives:

1.        To enable students to learn how to talk about an event in English logically and intelligibly using 3 sentences.

2.        To encourage students to speak in English without pressure

Language skills:

1.        Summary skill

2.        Speaking skill

3.        Listening skill

Level: Intermediate to high

Duration: 45 minutes

Materials:

1. Paper

2. Pen

Procedures:

Brief : (5 minutes)

1.        The teacher introduces the game ‘King of Comedy’ to the students.

2.        The teacher explains the following rules of the game to the students:

               i.                   They are going to write “the funniest moment in my life” on a piece of paper using 1 to 3 sentences only.

             ii.                   They are going to talk about their respective funniest moment in groups of 3.

           iii.                   Each group will have to decide whose story is the funniest.

           iv.                   The person with the funniest story will proceed to the next round, whereby he or she will be grouped again with another 2 winners of the first round.

             v.                   The same procedure continues when only few students (3 to 5) are remained.

           vi.                   Students from the final round will read their stories aloud in front of the class.

         vii.                   The ultimate “King of Comedy” will be chosen by the class.

Demonstrate: (5 minutes)

1.        The teacher demonstrates the game once by talking about his or her stories using 3 sentences.

Play: (30 minutes)

1.             The teacher starts the game by asking students to take out a piece of paper and write their stories in 5 minutes.

2.                The teacher randomly divides students into groups of 3.

3.                The students gather with their assigned members.

4.                The students read out their stories without looking at the paper in front of their group members.

5.                Every group discusses and decides which member’s story is the funniest. The one with the funniest story is considered the winner.

6.                The winners of all groups from the first round proceed to the next round.

7.                Steps 2 to 4 are repeated.

8.             The same procedures continue until 3 to 5 students are left. These students are the final round candidates.

9.             The final round candidates take turn to read their stories aloud in front of the class.

10.         The ultimate ‘King of Comedy’ will be decided by the class, whereby the winner goes to the one who receives the highest volume of clapping.

Debrief: (5 minutes)

1.        The teacher gives a small prize to the winner.

2.        The teacher asks the students what they have learned from the game.

Variations:

1.        The topic of writing can be varied to suit students’ interest. For example, the happiest moment in my life (King of Happiness), the saddest moment in my life (King of Sorrow), the craziest moment in life (King of Craziness) and so on.

2.        The game can be played in another way whereby students are not grouped at first, but they go to different classmates randomly to exchange their stories. This is aimed to provide chances for them to repeat and improvise their speaking output until they become very fluent and confident when talking about the stories. After that, only the teacher groups the students. The rest is the same as what is reported above.