WHAT MONSTER?

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TEACHER'S PACK
WHAT ON STAGE PRESENTATION.............................................3
WHAT WILL YOU FIND IN THIS DOCUMENT?.......4

MONSTER!
ESSENTIAL INFORMATION
GENERAL SYNOPSIS....................................................5
CHARACTERS..................................................................6
KEY WORDS FOR UNDERSTANDING...................8
QUICK & EASY EXERCISES 3º& 4º...............................9
QUICK & EASY EXERCISES 5º &6º.............................10
GETTING READY FOR A SUMMER CAMP.................11
SCENE DESCRIPTION.................................................14-18

INTERACTIVE ACTIVITY PROPOSAL.........................19

THANK YOU..........................................................................20

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 On Stage was born to enrich educational processes
ON STAGE through cultural and artistic activities aiming to
awaken creativity and love for the arts as part of
society.
VISION AND MISSION We want all actors involved in the educational
processes to have access to quality activities, which
are motivational and also help your students to achieve
a life-long learning experience

What can we offer?

Interactive Theatre plays in English and Spanish
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Creativity, drama resources and couch meditation
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WHAT WILL In this teacher's pack you will be provided with
YOU FIND IN ideas and material about the play your students

THE TEACHER’S will enjoy with the three C's creativity,

concision and cooperation. These three

PACK? concepts will help students to familiarise

themselves with the plot, characters and
vocabulary while having fun in the classroom.

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WHAT Welcome to "You can do it" Summer Camp. An

MONSTER? opportunity designed for improving children's

skills such as self esteem, leadership, active
listening, empathy…An immersive nature
A GENERAL SYNOPSIS
experience which will help them be the best
version of themselves. Two well-known experts
instructors, Roy and Ace will lead participants
into a inner and outer team work adventure that
definitely change their lives.

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CHARACTERS
ROY: He is kind, he used to be ambitious. He is calm and gentle with the participants, easy
going and caring. He is well prepared and ahead of unexpected situations.
ACE: She is a super girl scout. She aims for perfection and excellence. She is very demanding
concerning participants' success. She loves badges on her shirt.
MONSTER: Monster has 3 golden rules no one can break and if someone does so, he will have
to kill him/her. He is cursed because an old Cherokee Indian spell was put on him. As a result,
he is stuck in the campsite
MARSHMALLOW: He is the summer camp mascot. He is tender on the surface but fierce and
merciless on the inside.

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THE SQUIRRELS
Charly/Charlotte: He/She is able to speak, but when he/she was six years old he/she
stopped talking and has relied on gestures to communicate with people.
Bruce/Bruna: He/She is extraordinarily strong. He/She spends all of his/her days in the gym,
lifting weights, running. But in the end he/she is a coward and is afraid of everything. Always
finds a way to get out of any situation that frightens him/her
3rd Child: He/She is the quiet one. Instructors can't even remember his/her name. it's hard for
him/her to think without other people's approval.
THE WOLVES
Bill Zebub and Lucy Fer: They always go together and stick to Ace's plan. They do not say or
think much for themselves. They prefer to follow instructions.
 KEY WORDS FOR UNDERSTANDING
"WHAT MONSTER?"
NOUNS: squirrels, wolves, eagle, badge, decorations. c0unselor, camper. warehouse, forest, wood,
signal, curse, cabin, bunk, mascot, legend, hunter. predator, prey. empathy, banquet, domination,
ambition, costume.

ADJECTIVES: proud, great, kind, brave, strong, awesome, ruthless, ferocious, bald, glorious, agile, cute,
fast, tremendous, delicious, formidable.

VERBS:: to batter, to square off, to talk about, to wake up, to rise, to shine, to pack up, to perch, to
summon, to dine. ,
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EXPRESSIONS: Don’t get exhausted. You’re gonna get tired; Find a better version of yourselves,
Through trickery; Here they come.; Let's go get ready; To be in danger, To clean this mess up; Wait a
second! What happened here?, What’s the situation here?, Problem solved; Nevermind, What’s the
situation?
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 QUICK AND EASY EXERCISES 3º/4º

1.Find the hidden animal and match the pictures 2. Do you know how animals sound in English?
with nouns (work in pairs). Did you think they sound the same in every
Which animal from the Key nouns is missing? language?
Do you have any pets? What do you do with
them? if not, would you like to have any?
Talk with your partner about it

glaEe
qSuirrle
Tertul
tabbiR
zeGella
nliaS
oGat
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 QUICK AND EASY EXERCISES 5º/6º
3. There is a difference between how you feel
and what you are like. Think about it!
work in pairs, and ask your partner to describe
your personality.
4. A better version of myself.
I CAN DO IT with confidence and self
esteem.
How can I improve that?

Use some adjectives from the show to get familiar

with them: Proud, great, kind, brave, strong,
awesome, ruthless, ferocious, bald, glorious, agile,
cute, fast, tremendous, delicious, formidable.

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 1.
GETTING READY FOR A
SUMMER CAMP
AFTER READING WITH YOUR STUDENTS THE SYNOPSIS AND
THE CHARACTER DESCRIPTION, YOU CAN GIVE THEM THE
FOLLOWING TASKS IN PAIRS OR SMALL OR LARGE GROUPS.

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DISCUSSION Have you ever been to a Summer Camp?
Did you sleep-away or it was a urban Summer
ACTIVITY Camp?
How was your experience? If so, what type?
Sports, English, Performing Arts, Adventure…
MY PERFECT Do you belong to any organisations? like scouts,
CISV...
SUMMER CAMP
Design with your students a perfect Summer
Camp experience
When will you go? How many days?
Where will it take place?
What kind of activities will you do?
Why will it be the perfect Summer Camp?

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PACKING UP
MY PERFECT
SUMMER CAMP II

After doing this exercise, discuss the things

you are missing in your backpack

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 2.
SCENE DESCRIPTION
A SHORT SYNOPSIS WITH KEY WORDS AND
EXPRESSIONS

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 The two camp instructors introduce themselves
SCENE ONE and the campers. They get every camper ready
with uniforms and lead them to the first activity,
THE COUNSELORS the rain dance, the first obstacle to becoming a
real member of the "You can do" it Summer
experience.

Key Words: campers, uniforms, great,proud,

squirrels, wolves, counselor, kind, badge,
decorations, warehouse

Key Expressions: Don’t get exhausted.; Find a

better version of yourselves; Last but not least;
Let’s go get ready; What’s going on here?
Background information
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 Ace has a plan. She wants to turn squirrels into
SCENE TWO wolves. She wants to be the most powerful
camp leader. Because of this she picks two
BEDTIME assistants. Meanwhile Roy is showing squirrels
around. Roy explains to them about the
Cherokee curse. After that Ace appears and
tells them about night rules and the call of the
eagle, Ace’s assistants will try to fulfil their plan
when squirrels are in bed.

Key Words:Rule, tough, to batter up, to square

off ,to chant, cabin, woods, forest,curse, sunset.

Key Expressions:: No one can stop us!, Let's go

get ready; Say it in a row To clean this mess up;

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 Ace continues to stick to his plan, she
understands that the monster turns up when

SCENE THREE kids are in danger but how to summon him? She
organises the next camp activity, Falconry, in
order to get squirrels to call the monster again.
FALCONRY
Will she succeed? Will squirrels learn about
Falconry and animal empathy?

Key Words: Tea, party, emoji, smile, to click,

wild, crazy, angry, mad, mud, sleepy, ad, hat,
cold, cap, to skip, to press, customer.

Key Expressions:: it's a waste of time, what does

it look like, let's have a tea party! I guess we
can't, you are driving me mad, no way!

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 Ace succeeds in her plan. Now She knows how
to call the monster and she organises a great

SCENE FOUR dinner for him in order to turn him into her ally.
However, she ignores the 3 golden rules. This
THE BANQUET will have an unexpected result for the squirrels
,they will overcome their difficulties and
eventually the You can do it camp will achieve
its goals with the campers.
Key Words: Nevermind, to dine, banquet, ,
domination, ambition, delicious, hungry,
formidable, opponent.
Key Expressions: What's the situation? Take a
seat; Any last words? For the records, From the
bottom of my heart, to be hard on someone;

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ACTIVITY that may help your students to prepare the

show. to get to this pick and go

PROPOSAL material. Remember to review all the

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LET'S PRACTICE content before using it in the classroom.
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