1. What are the hardest things about starting at a new school? 2. What advice would you give to someone starting at a new school?
Understand 1. Where does this scene take place?
2. According to Emer, what is plagiarism? Add this word to your vocabulary builder on pages 1–2 of your Portfolio.
3. What do the words in brackets represent? Explore 3
1. Choose one of the words below to describe Mr Gormley and give two reasons to explain your choice.
Friendly Caring Funny Encouraging
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2. What evidence from the scene suggests that this is a difficult school to attend?
3. Sound effects are used in this scene, both inside and outside the office. What do we learn about the setting from the sounds?
4. This scene depicts a conversation between three people. The exchange of ideas and thoughts between two or more characters in drama is called dialogue. Based on the dialogue, choose one of the characters in this scene and explain what you learned about him or her.
Create
1. In groups of three, act out this scene. Play close attention to the stage directions and the movements of each character.
2. (a) Imagine Emer leaves the office and goes back to the classroom, where she meets two of her classmates. Write a short dialogue that takes place between them in the space provided on page 86 of your Portfolio. Use the format of the script of Pastoral Care as a guideline.
(b) Redraft your dialogue, improving on your first and adding in any sound or light effects, in the space provided on page 125 of your Portfolio.
