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Call Me: Activities

Here are some fun activities to help you learn new words. They are not tests!

How much did you understand?

1. What is the name of the man robbing the car repair shop?

2. How old is he?

3. Why can’t the employees open the safe?

4. What time is the boss coming in?

5. What does Mr Diaz suggest?


6. What does the robber say he will do if the employees do not call him?

7. Who do the employees call?

8. What does the policeman ask the robber to do?

9. In what part of his body does the robber receive a gunshot wound?

10. What is the robber charged with?

Answers

Vocabulary



Writing
1. Imagine you are Tony Diaz. Write a postcard to a friend describing what has happened to you. You may tell a different version of the story.


2. You are the policeman who shot the robber. Write a report on what happened.


Classroom activities 1. Role play the following scenes:

a) the robber has walked into the shop. He orders the employees to open the safe.
Possible roles: Ruben Carate, Tony Diaz, other employees.

b) trial of the robber.

Possible roles: Ruben Carate, Tony Diaz, other employees, the policeman who shot Carate, lawyers for defence and prosecution, witnesses, Bubbles