Activity 4: Lamb to the slaughter (Using Xnormal)

- Level: Intermediate.

- Skills: Writing.

After  reading and discussing the short story “Lamb to the slaughter”, by Roald Dahl, Ss will create the dialogue that might have taken place between Mr. and Mrs Maloney, just before Mary killed Patrick.  Process writing will be done  until the final draft is ready to be typed.

Students will  create a “movie” with fun characters that will depict the situation previously scripted.

How to use the website:

1.Click on http://www.xtranormal.com/


 

2. Select the type of collection, background and actors.




  3. Then  choose their voice (American, British English, etc.) and the background music, if any. 

        4.    Finally, type the text in the boxes where gestures, motion, cameras, etc. can be added. 

  To see a sample, click here.

       

- Evaluation: Ss will be evaluated according to the following criteria:

	Poor	Good	Very Good	Excellent
Mastery of the tool
Creativity
Language