Read all these recommendations carefully to make the best of your scene.

1. All scenes are modified according to the number of students. There are some extra scenes that can be
included or not, depending on the number of members in each group.
2. Read everything very well, specially punctuation and the words in brackets or parenthesis to follow some
indications. These indications along with punctuation will make your scene look better.
Example: ( [He goes to the kitchen, crying]. / [Maria is sitting down waiting for instructions] / BOB. Hi my
name is Bob, nice to meet you.)
3. Whenever you have any problems to understand the scripts, or any word please follow these steps:
a. Highlight the word with a marker or a pen. Then look it up on the recommended tools from the
webpage or in a physical dictionary.
b. Ask your teacher about any word you do not understand.
c. Avoid translating expressions and words, this is not a good way for learning and understanding
your lines.
d. Focus on pronunciation, comprehension and fluency. Work in both ways individually and in
group, this will help you succeed and enjoy even more your projects.
 GREY'S ANATOMY (PILOT)

SCENE ONE: WELCOME TO THE HOSPITAL.

(The scene takes place in a hospital room where Richard receives the new Residents of the Hospital).

RICHARD
A month ago you were in med school being taught by doctors.

(Residents enter looking around and recognizing the place they are at, while hearing Richard’s instructions)

RICHARD

… Now you’re the doctors. The seven years you spend as a surgical resident will be the best and the worst of your
life. You will be pushed to your breaking point. Look around you. Say hello to your competition. Eight of you
will switch to an easier specialty. Five of you will crack under the pressure. Two of you will be asked to
leave. This is the starting line. This is your arena. How well you play?. It’s up to you.

(The interns shift, freaked. Meredith swallows, nervous.)

MEREDITH
(To the audience)
Like I said. I’m 1._________

(End of the scene)

SCENE TWO. LOCKER ROOM.

(A crush of nervous interns in the brand new scrubs. Residents stand in the doorway, impatient and
authoritative.)

SENIOR RESIDENT

(He calls out the names of some interns while MEREDITH, CRISTINA AND GEORGE are getting ready).

MARTIN! ROBINSON! BOND! HAWKINS!

MEREDITH
Only 6 women out of 2.____________

CRISTINA
Yeah. And I heard one of them is a model. Seriously, that’s gonna help with the respect thing!

MEREDITH
You’re Cristina, right?
 SENIOR RESIDENT
(Same action as before)
MONROE! CROWE! OSBOURNE!...

CRISTINA
Which resident are you assigned to? I got Bailey.

MEREDITH
3.The________________? Me too.

(George approaches his eyes on Meredith.)

GEORGE
You got the nazi? So did I. Hey, at least we’ll be tortured together, right? –I’m George? O’Malley? We met at the
mixer? You had on 4. a black_____________, slit up the side, 5.strappy ____________ and… Now you think I’m
gay.
(Cristina leaves the room annoyed)
I’m not gay. It’s just I’m a guy and you look really… You were… very… unforgettable…

SENIOR RESIDENT
O’MALLEY! YANG! GREY! STEVENS!

(Hearing her name, Meredith leaves and George follows.)

GEORGE
(To himself out loud)
And I’m 6.___________forgettable.

(The scene comes to an end)

SCENE 3. THE NAZI.

(George, Meredith and Cristina pause, eyeing their resident. MIRANDA BAILEY who is pint-sized and
adorably cute.)

CRISTINA
That’s “the NAZI”?

GEORGE
I thought the nazi would be a 7. __________

MEREDITH
I thought the nazi would be… a nazi

IZZIE
(Joining them)
Maybe it’s professional jealousy. Maybe she’s 8.___________ and everyone calls her nazi because they’re
jealous. Maybe she’s 9.___________.

CRISTINA
Let me guess. You’re the model.
(They approach Bailey. Izzie is all smiles, friendly.)

IZZIE
Hi. I’m Isabel Stevens, but 10.__________________ calls me Izzie.

BAILEY
(Gives a despicable look to Izzie and then talks to everybody)

I have 5 rules. Memorize them. Rule #1: Don’t bother sucking up. I already hate you; that’s not gonna
change. Trauma Protocol, phone list, pagers. Nurses will page you. You answer every page at a run.. A RUN.
That’s rule #2.

(She goes around walking at high speed. The four interns follow her.)

BAILEY
Your first shift stars now and lasts 11.___________ hours.

GEORGE
12.___________hours?

BAILEY
You’re the bottom of the surgical food chain, you’re 13.___________. Don’t complain; I don’t care if your shift
lasts 14._________days.

BAILEY
Sleep where and when you can. This is rule #3: If I’m sleeping, don’t wake me up unless your patient is actually
dying, that’s rule #4, the patient better not be dead, Are you sure, you 15.___________?.

(Meredith raises her hand, then Bailey’s PAGER SOUNDS.)

MEREDITH
You said 5 rules. You only told us 4.

BAILEY
(Reading pager)
Rule #5: When I move, you move. GET OUT OF MY WAY!.
(She takes off running. Pushing through the interns. Our four interns race to follow.)

(End of the scene)

SCENE 4. KATYE BRICE

A SMALL TOWN DOC gets in with KATYE BRICE (a patient) having a violent seizure.

BAILEY
What’ve we got?
 SMALL TOWN DOCTOR
Katye Brice: 15 year old female with new-onset seizures, intermittent for the past week. She lost consciousness
and has no reaction to stimulus.
We tried everything to control the seizure while we were getting here, but it didn’t work, I’m afraid she needs a
really special treatment.

BAILEY
Get her ready, guys.

(The interns put Katye in the center of the room. She begins to seize again.)

BAILEY
Get her on her side. Izzy get her 10mg shot ready.

(George, Meredith and Cristina put Katye on her right. Bailey watches)

BAILEY
NO, NO! The white lead is on the right – Rightey Whitey, smoke over fire!

(Meredith turns Katye on her left. Izzie prepares a Syringe. George lays out the tools to start the IV.)

BAILEY
HEY¡ Don’t let the blood hemolyze, Let’s go with the shot Izzie

(Katie sleeps sedated. PRESTON BURKE, an arrogant showdog who loves the show enters.)

BURKE
Heard we had a wet fish on dry land. What are you and your new ones doing about it? Any significant
outcome? My dear interns?...

(Bailey hands him the chart!, he reads it over.)

BAILEY
Absolutely Dr. Burke.

BURKE
Dr. Bailey, let’s shotgun her, I recommend the diazepam will be in a stage good enough to those 10
mg. Remember the blood pressure, the seizing had better not repeat again to this little and pretty girl, ok?

(He strides out. Bailey turns to the interns.)

BAILEY
Cristina, you’re on labs. George, patient work ups. Meredith, get Katie down for a CT. She’s your responsibility
now.

IZZIE
What about me?

BAILEY
(Bailey eyes her. Smiles)
You honey? You get to do the rectal exams…
(Bailey leaves the room leaving Izzie alone who desperate calls her mother)

IZZIE
Mom? ohhh, hi mom. It’s me… yeah I’m in the hospital… This is horrible mom, I have a Nazi boss and she is so
mean to me. I have to do disgusting rectal exams. You are a doctor but you never told me this would be like this. I
wanna keep modeling mom
(cries).

(Mom answers but it is not audible for the audience)

Ok mom, I’ll wait for you, come and pick me up urgently, please.

(Dr Richard is in an outside room with the patients of the rectal exams, and in an off voice calls Izzie to do her
job).
RICHARD
(Shouts)
Dr. Izzie, patients are waiting.

IZZIE
(Izzie hears the call and very annoyed leaves the room).
Oh God...

(The scene comes to an end)

 ACTIVITIES
I. Guidelines for missing words: please fill the blanks reading these easy guidelines, ask for help to your
classmates or teacher.

1. (adjective) Informal way to describe a difficult position you cannot get out of. An emotional state where you
find yourself puzzled or confused and /or in a bad situation.
2. (noun) a number Before 21 , after 19.
3. (noun) During world War II, Germany had many of them; they had an swastika as a symbol for their supremacy
4. (Noun) A piece of clothing that women and girls wear to cover their upper body and part of their legs.
5. (Noun) A kind of shoe wear with straps that go around the foot. Worn in Summer time.
6. (adverb) to a complete degree. synonym of “entirely”.
7. (Noun) another way of calling a man.
8. (adjective) Very impressive or successful, extremely intelligent.
9. (adjective) A good person, pleasant or pleasing in nature or appearance.
10. (noun) Similar to everybody, every person one by one.
11. (Number) the number of hours that two days have.
12. Same as # 11.
13. (adjective) A word to refer negatively to a person. (open word)*
14. Same as # 11
15. one word to ask if some information is clearly understood*
* Here you can write any word that suits.

PII. WORDLIST. the following words are underlined in the text, please look up their meaning in the
dictionary and do a glossary with all of them. Include word or expression, translation, pronunciation, and
example or definition. E.g.: 1. Gonna: /gona/ (ir a) Equivalent of Going to.

1. Taught 12. shift

2. surgical resident 13. lasts
3. breaking point 14. bottom
4. switch 15. complain
5. heard 16. actually
6. gonna 17. seizure
7. mixer 18. inside
8. unforgettable 19. mistakes
9. jealousy 20. sedated
10. bother sucking up 21. patient work ups
11. page