The magic words are also called sight words. What's cool about them? When you remember a word by sight, you will be able to recognize it in your text and understand it within three seconds. Challenge Make a short introduction before acting out your role play. Tell the audience what has happened and where: time, place, broken or missing things, witnesses or suspects ... live ∙ boy ∙ want ∙ school ∙ think ∙ home ∙ hat ∙ each ∙ other ∙ lots ∙ eat ∙ food ∙ how ∙ first ∙ laugh ∙ dog ∙ found away ∙ again ∙ night ∙ over ∙ long ∙ never ∙ small ∙ where ∙ head ∙ everyone ∙ every ∙ play ∙ som river ∙ fun ∙ right ∙ even ∙ much more ∙ bear ∙ narrator ∙ things ∙ magic ∙ that’s ∙ car ∙ way ∙ has ∙ around ∙ le stop ∙ take ∙ fast ∙ well ∙ sea Magic words 18 / e ighteen Create! Your own presentation • Read the text about Zaheer again. • Find similarities and differences between your school days and take notes. • Structure the notes in a diagram that clearly shows what’s the same and what’s different. • Present your result in class and tell your classmates what you like and/or dislike. Perform! Make a role play Imagine that there’s been a break-in at your school or in your house. A police officer addresses you and asks questions about the incident. • Work in pairs and prepare questions and answers. • Practise your dialogue. • Record your dialogue. What's the same What's different We're both in secondary school. I go by bike. Zaheer walks to school.
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