Objective and content

A skit is a short amusing play. Your objective is to entertain your audience. The skit will also give you the opportunity to practice speaking in public. You may perform the skit live or make a video.

Content: Imagine an amusing situation involving two or three characters.

Language: Look up the vocabulary that you need to write a draft of the dialogue. Include colloquial expressions and idioms to make your skit more authentic.

Delivery: Practice saying your role with your partner, give each other feedback on language, pronunciation, tone and body language.

Costumes & props: You may wear costumes and bring props to make the skit more realistic.

Staging directions: Make sure you have planned how you will perform. 

 

 Minimum: 5 mins / Maximum: 8 mins

 

 Notes are not allowed!  Make sure you speak loud enough and not too slow or too fast. 

 

 

• Group Grade

 

Exemplary 4	Accomplished 3	Developing 2	Beginning 1
Excellent group work. Good coordination, real dialog between the team members. Inventive situation, respecting the rules. The skit was long enough and funny to watch.	Good group work, easy to follow most of the time. The situation chosen was well adapted to the topic. The skit was long enough and easy to watch.	Not convincing enough. It was hard to understand where the situation was going, the skit was difficult to follow and / or to was not long enough.	Poorly organised and lack of creativity. Team work not evident. The situation was not adapted and the skit was not long enough and hard to follow.

 

You should pay attention to:

- choice of subject and situation

- balanced roles

- good scenario (with final resolution)

- humor and creativity

- timing (5/8 mins)

 

• Personal Grade

 

Exemplary 12.5-16	Accomplished 3 8.5-12	Developing 2 4.5-8	Beginning 1 1-4
Highly creative and funny. Very convincing. Close to authenticity. Little or no pronunciation or grammatical errors.	Interesting and funny dialogue, adapted to the situation. Easy to follow and understand. Few pronunciation and grammatical errors.	Some good ideas. Most of the dialog was understandable in spite of some grammatical and pronunciation errors.	Poorly organized and difficult to understand. Does not include all the requirements. Many pronunciation and grammatical mistakes.

 

You should pay attention to:

PERFORMANCE

- voice (volume, tone, rhythm)

- body language

- use of space

- props and costumes

LANGUAGE SKILLS

- appropriate vocabulary and grammar

- adequate register (conversational English, idioms & colloquial expressions, gap fillers)

- pronunciation (sounds, stress, intonation)