THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY

THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY An educational play by Juan Luis Granato, based on the novel by Oscar Wilde Classroom activities for secondary learners by José Luis Morales

INTRODUCTION I Welcome to our new concept, innovative Activity Packs and Teacher s Notes written by experienced Uruguayan actor, teacher and writer José Luis Morales. The Company Educational drama was founded in 2009 to bring learners of English closer to dramatic art and the exciting characters and stories that British and American writers have contributed to our world. Since then, we have presented between three and four plays a year for Primary and Secondary learners of English from Schools and Language Institutes throughout Uruguay reaching an astonishing 15000 young learners from about 100 schools each year. As part of our commitment to assisting teachers in creating a path to the performance with minimum class preparation, we are happy to provide an Activity Pack for each new play in repertoire. Each photocopiable pack comprises twelve free-standing Student Pages S1-S12, with corresponding Teacher s Notes pages T1-T12 complete with answer key as well as three Appendix pages A1-A3 with song lyrics and is accompanied by downloadable sound archives for the songs. If you have downloaded this pack for free from http://the company.com.uy it means your school has booked for students to attend a specific performance. You should aim to do any or all of the first ten activities before the performance and the last two after the performance. No previous knowledge of the play is needed, as the activities are self-explanatory. The Uncovering the story feature allows both Teacher and Students to discover the themes of the play without giving away what happens in the end. All the activities are designed to raise your students interest in the stories, the characters, the themes, concepts and values found within each story as they listen to, speak, sing, read and write in English at their level or slightly above it. We believe that the arts, and especially drama, can play a uniquely rich role in teaching and learning a foreign or second language for many reasons. Firstly because it is beneficial for learners to build a sense of anticipation before they see a play and a sense of accomplishment after they have seen it. There is much to be gained by the healthy build-up of excitement leading up to the performance and the subsequent pride in having been able to enjoy a play in English. Secondly because it places language and learning in context and, thus, presents teachers and learners with a variety of tasks that are realistic and full of potential. Moreover, these tasks encourage students to understand and use the language in your curriculum but also other language that does not traditionally find its place in textbooks. We are one with teachers, parents, school administrators and educational policy makers who aspire to raise the bar in education by enriching the conceptual, procedural, attitudinal and linguistic repertoire of children, teenagers and young adults. We hope you and your students enjoy this experience and wish you a great academic year. In 2017 The Company Educations Drama proudly presents: Pocahontas (for very Young Lower Primary learners), Tutankhamen (for Young Upper Primary learners), The Picture of Dorian Gray adapted from Oscar Wilde s only novel (for Secondary Learners) and Macbeth William Shakespeare s great play of ambition, murder and the supernatural (for Upper Secondary and Young Adult learners). POCAHONTAS 2

TEACHER S GUIDE Before the performance 1: Introducing The Picture of Dorian Gray LESSON AIMS UNCOVERING THE STORY SO FAR The poster shows the main character Dorian Gray, a very wealthy, handsome young man in his twenties. At the bottom of the poster other key characters in the story can be seen, from left to right: Lord Henry Wotton, a friend of Basil s; Basil Hallward a famous photographer, Sibyl Vane a young actress who has fallen in love with Dorian and her brother James Vane who is trying to persuade her to break up with Dorian as he fears he will eventually harm her. From this poster, in particular from the posture and attitude of the characters to the main character whose person and photo dominate the picture, students will anticipate who the characters are, how they might be related to each other and what is special about the picture of Dorian Gray. LANGUAGE OPPORTUNITIES (She) must be (a photographer) (She) may/might be (a friend)... (tall), (fair) and (handsome) NEW VOCABULARY: comedy, conceit, conceited, drama, look up to, muscular, portrait, portraitist, set in the (80 s), sit for an artist, vain, wealthy. RECYCLED VOCABULARY: age, ageing, beautiful, dark, fair, fiancée, girlfriend, handsome, photographer, poor, tall, young, youth CONCEPTS AND VALUES Great personal beauty can be an asset but vanity can also corrupt the soul if you are not careful. WARM-UP Hand out activity S1. Have the students look at the poster on and ask: Who s the main character in this play? (Dorian Gray) How can you know for sure? (The play bears his name), Which of these people in the poster is Dorian Gray? (It must be the handsome young man in the middle and in the photo portrait) Approximately how many other important characters are there in the play? (Judging from the figures at the bottom of the poster at least four more) Ask: What s your first impression? Is this comedy or drama? Why? (Drama; all the characters have looks of despair, anger or cynicism on their faces) WORKING WITH THE PAGE 1: Explain who the characters at the bottom of the page are and write their names on the board one next to the other horizontally: from left to right Lord Henry Wotton (a friend of the photographer s), Basil Hallward (a famous photographer), Sibyl Vane (a young actress at the start of her carreer), James Vane (Sibyl s brother). Have the students label the pictures on their worksheet if they wish. 2: Draw a cloud on the board and write in the following words: handsome, young, tall, fair, beautiful, fiancée, conceited, in love, desperate, girlfriend, disappointed, magnetic, attractive, cynical, obsessed, worried, angry. Teach the meaning and use of these words and have the students match the words to the characters by writing them below each name in their notebook. Make it clear that there are no right or wrong answers yet. These are only predictions. Check with the whole class. Elicit sentences like this: Perhaps (Sibyl) is in love with Dorian. 3: Write: James (must be) Sibyl s brother. Dorian (may/ might be)(vain). Lord Henry (can t be) Sibyl s brother. Explain how must, may/might and can t are used to make predictions in English. Get the students into pairs and have them debate which words probably describe whom and then write them below. (Possible answers: Dorian Gray: tall, fair, young, handsome, magnetic, Lord Henry: cynical, Basil: obsessed, Sibyl: fiancée, girlfriend, obsessed, desperate, in love, disappointed, attractive James: angry, worried. 4: Draw the students attention to the character s sneer in the portrait and compare it with the real Dorian. Which of these words describes Dorian best, judging by T1 THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY 3

TEACHER S GUIDE T1 CONTINUED the portrait?: vain, kind, cruel. Have the students make further predictions about the characters: Lord Henry smokes cigarettes. (he s blowing smoke in the poster) It s the 80 s. (shoulder pads, long hair, tight jeans, black leather jacket) FOLLOW-UP Have students write a few notes on Dorian Gray as they imagine him. Ask them to use the predictions they have made as well as these prompts: name, age, looks, character, social standing, profession, and relationship to other characters. This should be a fairly quick task. Get the students into pairs and have them share their descriptions orally from the notes. Encourage the students to start a portfolio, either in print or digitally. Have them place S1 in it. If you prefer to work digitally, you may send your students a pdf of page S1 and subsequent activities. THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY 4

TEACHER S GUIDE Before the performance 2: Who s who? LESSON AIMS SKILLS OPPORTUNITIES: Reading for gist. Sequencing events. NEW VOCABULARY: affectionate, appalling, dressing room, (do) harm to someone, hedonistic, pleasure, poison, ugly CONCEPTS AND VALUES: People can influence other people; they can have a good or a bad often called pernicious - influence. What kind of influence do you exert on others around you? How can you tell what kind of influence someone has over you? WARM-UP Have the students tell you what they think they know about the play and the characters in it from the poster on page S1. Encourage them to make predictions like: Basil must be a photographer. Dorian is very young and beautiful. Sibyl may be Dorian s girlfriend. She must be in love with him. Etc. WORKING WITH THE PAGE 1: Have students look at activity 1 on page S2 and identify the people speaking. (Basil, Sibyl Vane, Dorian, James Vane, Lord Henry Wotton). Write the new vocabulary on the board and have the students guess the meaning of the words/phrases from context. Establish the correct meaning and use in that context. Keep a brisk pace so that he students move on to discovering how the characters are related. Answer key: Possible answers. Sibyl Vane sister James Vane James Vane brother Sibyl Vane Dorian Gray fiancée Sibyl Vane Lord Henry Wotton mentor Dorian Gray Basil Hallward friend Lord Henry Wotton Dorian Gray friend Basil Hallward 2: Explain to the students that these are the characters actual words in the play. Get them into pairs and have them order the speeches chronologically as far as possible. They will be guessing, of course, but with some degree of certainty. They will be able to check if their guesses were right later. Possible answers: A2, B8, C3, D1, E5, F4, G7, H6 FOLLOW-UP Encourage the students to place the worksheet in their print or digital portfolio. Write these adjectives on the board and invite the students to match them to the characters according to what little they know about them. vain (Dorian), beautiful (Dorian), talented (Basil), superficial (Dorian/Lord Henry), hedonistic* (Lord Henry) * people who are concerned primarily with their own pleasure and well being. T2 THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY 5

TEACHER S GUIDE Before the performance 3: A plot overview LESSON AIMS UNCOVERING THE STORY SO FAR: Basil Hallward takes his first photos of Dorian Gray in the early 80 s and finds great inspiration in him. He reluctantly introduces Dorian to his friend Lord Henry. Lord Henry exerts a bad influence on Dorian from the moment they meet. He makes Dorian aware of the transient nature of youth and beauty and upsets him very much. Dorian wishes he could stay young forever while the picture grows old in his stead. As time passes, Dorian becomes more and more vain and concerned only with this own pleasure. He gets engaged to Sibyl only to break the engagement soon afterwards. In despair she kills herself. Basil suddenly realizes his friend has changed. We meet the characters twenty years later. Dorian looks as young as ever while everyone else looks older. We learn that Dorian becomes more and more corrupt and even murders someone. Apparently his life will get out of control and he will eventually have a tragic end. SKILLS OPPORTUNITIES: Reading for gist. Reading for detail. NEW VOCABULARY: captivate, become obsessed with someone or something, enjoy doing something, have a (pernicious) influence over someone, (not) to trust someone, avenge, persuade someone (not) to do something, forbid someone to do something, be horrified by someone or something, RECYCLED VOCABULARY: hedonism, hedonistic, portrait. CONCEPTS AND VALUES: Hedonism is living or behaving so as to get as much pleasure out of life as possible. Hedonistic people believe that the most important thing in life is to enjoy oneself. However, placing personal pleasure above all else can turn a person cold and vain and individualistic. WARM-UP Have the students briefly share their impressions of the story so far. Play Thumbs up or down. Explain you will say a few statements about the story and the students will have to give you thumbs down if they disagree with you or thumbs up if they agree with you. 1: Basil is a famous photographer. T 2: Basil takes many photos of Dorian. T 3: Lord Henry has no influence over Dorian. F 4: Dorian Gray is young and beautiful. T 5: Dorian truly loves Sibyl Vane. F 6: Sibyl kills herself when Dorian leaves her. T 7: Dorian Gray is kind and affectionate. F WORKING WITH THE PAGE 1: Have the students check their answers to 2 on page S2. A2, B8, C3, D1, E5, F4, G7, H6 2: Have the students skim the text on page S3 to find out whether the story has a happy ending or a tragic ending (It has a tragic ending, although we do not know what it is exactly.) Go over statements 1 to 6 and then have the students read the text and write T for True or F for False individually. Get the students into pairs and have them check their answers. Check the answers with the whole class. Answer key: 1 T 2 F 3 F 4 T 5 F 6 T 3: Take a moment to discuss the concepts and values for the lesson (see Lesson Aims above) We live in an hedonistic society and that has consequences. Have the students think about how hedonism affects them (they have to look their best, wear the latest fashion, enjoy themselves all the time, act and look interesting and successful all the time otherwise they are considered weird and cast out of the group). Discuss the need for a more relaxed attitude to beauty, success and wealth and the cultivation of talents and values, especially your sensitivity, solidarity and respect. T3 FOLLOW-UP If your students have access to computers or cell phones with internet access in class, have them conduct a quick search for summaries of the plot of Dorian Gray and exchange links with at least one classmate by Whatsapp or email. Ask them to quickly check who murders whom (Dorian murders Basil and Lord Henry.) Encourage the students to place the worksheet in their print or digital portfolio. THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY 6

TEACHER S GUIDE Before the performance 4: Breaking news LESSON AIMS SKILLS OPPORTUNITIES: Reading for context and detail. NEW VOCABULARY: break (an engagement), breaking news, died, poison, prominent, suicide RECYCLED VOCABULARY: engaged, fiancée CONCEPTS AND VALUES: Our actions have consequences. We have a responsibility to be respectful and caring of other people s feelings towards us. When we fall out of love or simply cannot return someone s love, we must know that they will suffer for that reason and need to be as honest and caring as possible. WARM-UP Have the students look at the picture on page S4 and describe what they see. (A young woman is lying on a sofa. She seems dead or asleep. She can t be asleep. The girl at the door seems horrified. There is a small bottle in the woman s hand. It may be poison. Perhaps she killed herself/committed suicide. This is Sibyl Vane and she s in her dressing room. Perhaps Dorian broke up with her earlier. She probably felt depressed and desperate. She was playing Juliet in Shakespeare s Romeo and Juliet according to the poster on the mirror.) WORKING WITH THE PAGE 1: 1 Have the students skim the text and say what it is (a news flash or breaking news) read the script for a news flash and check their predictions. Explain they will have to fill in the blanks with the words from the box. Go over each word to clarify meaning and use. Get the students into pairs and have them do de activity. Check with the whole class. Answer key: 1: actress 2: was 3 suicide 4: engaged 5: fiancée 6: poison FOLLOW-UP Get the students to change pairs. Have them rehearse the news flash as you circulate correcting pronunciation and intonation where appropriate. Students use their cell phones to record short videos of each other reading the news. You may want to create a whastsapp group for everyone to share their videos. T4 Invite the students to place page S4 in their print or digital portfolio. If they have done the latter, ask them to place their video as well. THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY 7

TEACHER S GUIDE Before the performance 5: Quote - Unquote LESSON AIMS UNCOVERING THE STORY SO FAR: While Dorian s physical appearance never changes over time, his character and personality obviously do. Basil says he used to be pure, simple and affectionate but now he seems cold and superficial. Judging from his speech on page S2 ( Without your art, you are nothing to me. I will never see you again Sibyl. ) he also seems heartless. After all, he broke up with Sibyl very suddenly and said terrible things to her. NEW VOCABULARY: Affectionate, heartless, looks like a young Adonis, looks as if he were made of ivory and rose-leaves, looks like a lad, natural, a pure, bright, innocent face, simple, superficial RECYCLED VOCABULARY: Beautiful, cold, extremely handsome, in his (early) twenties CONCEPTS AND VALUES: People s character and personality evolve over time as a result of innate features and our experiences in life and the influence of people around us. Ideally, one should become a better person. WARM-UP Remind students that The Picture of Dorian Gray is a novel and that they are going to see a play version of it at the theatre. Today they will look at some quotes from the novel. Explain that a quote is an excerpt from the actual novel and that when we quote we place the text between quotation marks; or Quote for open quotation marks, unquote for close quotation marks. Ask if anyone can actually quote anything, that is say the exact words as written or said by someone else WORKING WITH THE PAGE 1: Read the instructions for activity 1 on page S5 out loud. Check that everyone understands what they need to do. Focus on the diagram and explain what each circle will contain, Dorian s physical appearance and personality, before and after. Be sure to clarify that they need to identify what Dorian was like earlier on in the play and how he changed over time according to other characters. Start by asking the students to call out appearance or personality as you read each quote out loud. Once they have read the quotes and got a chance to understand whether they refer to appearance or personality, focus on the word box and ask the students to guess the meaning of these words and phrases as used in the quotes. Help students word their definitions and teach the right meaning and use of each word/phrase. Get the students into pairs and have them complete the diagram in 15 minutes. Circulate round the class assisting those that need support. Check with the whole class. Answer key: Appearance, age Beautiful, extremely handsome, in his early twenties, looks like a young Adonis, looks as if he were made of ivory and rose-leaves, looks like a lad A pure, bright, innocent face. Personality before Affectionate, simple, natural Personality after Superficial, cold, heartless FOLLOW-UP 1: Take a moment to discuss the concepts and values for this worksheet as expressed in the Lesson Aims above. 2: If your students have internet access in class, have pairs Google The Picture of Dorian Gray quotes and find one they like that tells them something interesting about the character or the story. Circulate round the class assisting those who need support. Have students share each other s quotes with at least another pair. Encourage the students to place the worksheet in their print or digital portfolio. T5 THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY 8

TEACHER S GUIDE Before the performance 6: What else do you want to know? LESSON AIMS LANGUAGE AND SKILLS OPPORTUNITIES: Reconstructing sentences, Speaking Fluency NEW VOCABULARY: NA RECYCLED VOCABULARY: (have) a (bad) influence over someone, beautiful, cruel, guilty, a hedonist, kind, murder, vain, young, youth, CONCEPTS AND VALUES: Humans change as they grow up. Nobody is perfect but, it is hoped, we develop more good qualities than bad. For example, we can become more caring and supportive or they we can grow superficial, individualistic and self-centred. Family, friends and mentors can have different kinds of influence on us throughout our life. It s important to understand what kind of influence people we know have on us and how we influence others. WORKING WITH THE PAGE 1: Get students into pairs and have them read the instructions for activity 1 on page S6. Draw the students attention to the box with phrases and explain the students will have to use those phrases to complete the diagram below. They need to write full sentences for the things they already know about the play. Check instructions and have students complete the part of the diagram for facts. While they do this, draw the diagram on the board and prepare to complete it later. Check with the whole class. Accept different versions as there are many possible answers. Complete your diagram on the board with the students sentences. Have students go back to their pairs and complete the part of the diagram for what they want to know. Most likely they will have to write questions. Check with the whole class. Keep a brisk pace as the main aim of this lesson is to establish what is known so far and what students imagine will follow. Possible answers: What I know Dorian Gray is young and beautiful. Basil is a famous photographer. Basil takes many photos of Dorian. Lord Henry has a bad influence over Dorian. Dorian is engaged to Sibyl Vane. Sibyl kills herself because Dorian says cruel things and leaves her. Dorian doesn t feel guilty/responsible. Dorian was kind and affectionate. Now he s vain and superficial. Dorian is afraid of losing his youth and beauty. He s interested only in his own pleasure. He s a hedonist. Dorian murders someone. His life is ruined in the end. What I want to know Who does Dorian murder? What horrible things does he do? What are his sins? Does he die in the end? How does he die? Does he lose everything? His money, his reputation, etc. T6 FOLLOW-UP Have the students write a tentative sentence about what they have learnt from the play so far. Remind the students that they will complete this part of the diagram after the performance. Encourage the students to place the worksheet in their print or digital portfolio. THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY 9

TEACHER S GUIDE Before the performance 7: Of influence, obsession and human duality. LESSON AIMS SKILLS OPPORTUNITIES: Reading for gist. NEW VOCABULARY: evil, take your gaze off something or someone, to be one s own master, to be under a spell, to keep oneself unspotted from the world, untroubled, wild desire. CONCEPTS AND VALUES: Three main themes within the play are considered in lesson S7: Obsession with youth and beauty, people who have an influence over others and basic human duality. Wanting to look nice is one thing, constantly worrying about it is another. It s important to keep a balance. The topic of who and how they influence us has already been discussed. Duality refers to the healthy contradictions that are so common to humans throughout life. Duality was a very popular topic of the late nineteenth century when The Picture of Dorian Gray was written. Other famous pieces that were written at that time include: Mary Shelley s Frankenstein and Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. It s important to identify contradictions in our personality and behaviour. Which aspects are positive and which ones need attention and improvement? WARM-UP Write the following on the board and have the students try to unjumble the letters to discover three words for themes in the novel and the play. Set a 1 minute time limit and ask students to raise their hand to call out the words. b n e s o i s o s y a l u d t i e i n l f e u n c Answer key: 1: obsession 2: duality 3: influence WORKING WITH THE PAGE Go over the quotes to clarify the meaning and use of any new difficult language and make sure the students understand what they mean. This will be language for recognition only. Explain the students have to match these quotes to the three themes in the play. Do number one with the whole class (It relates to theme A). Get the students into pairs and have them match the rest of the quotes. Circulate round the class giving support to those who need it. Check answers with the whole class. Answer key: A: 1, 4, 9 B: 3, 5, 7 C: 2, 6, 8 T7 FOLLOW-UP Take a moment to discuss the concepts and values for the lesson. Regarding the obsession with your looks and with staying young, wanting to look nice is one thing; constantly worrying about it is another. It s important to keep a balance. The topic of who and how they influence us was discussed in a previous lesson. Duality refers to the healthy contradictions that are so common to humans throughout life. In the novel, however, we find an extreme case of someone who actually leads a double life. Dorian looks respectable and pure, but he is corrupt and evil. Duality was a very popular topic of the late nineteenth century when The Picture of Dorian Gray was written. Other famous pieces that were written at that time include: Mary Shelley s Frankenstein and Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. It s important to identify contradictions in our personality and behaviour. Which aspects are positive and which ones need attention and improvement? Encourage the students to place the worksheet in their print or digital portfolio. THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY 10

TEACHER S GUIDE Before the performance 8: The brother reappears LESSON AIMS SKILLS OPPORTUNITIES: Writing a scene in a film. Using Present Simple to narrate a sequence of events. NEW VOCABULARY: hide, reappears, revolver, sharp, shoot RECYCLED VOCABULARY: angry, calm, cold, cruel, furious, killed, knife, surprised, vain CONCEPTS AND VALUES: Revenge, based on the ancient law an eye for an eye is not right. Killing someone who has killed someone you love is not right. There are judges and courts and a whole judiciary system in democratic countries. You can t right a wrong with another wrong. WARM-UP Write on the board: Sweet revenge. Have the students react to this. Is revenge sweet? Have they ever wanted revenge for something? Have they got revenge? Conduct a show of hands for yes or no for all three questions. Record the percentage of people in your class who consider revenge is sweet, have wanted revenge and actually got it. For example: If you have 30 students and 22 say revenge is sweet then 22/30 = 0,73 which means 73% of the class think revenge is sweet and 27% don t. WORKING WITH THE PAGE 1 Have the students describe the picture orally. Allow as many students to contribute as possible. Get the students into pairs and go over the instructions. Check that everyone understands what to do. Write the phrases below for guidance and have the students use them to write the scene overview: reappears angry and surprised is calm and cold has a revolver holds a sharp knife is vain and cruel You killed my sister. She killed herself. is furious tries to stab shoots falls to the floor hides the body Possible answer: In this scene James Vane reappears to avenge his sister. He turns up at Dorian Gray s house one evening. James is very angry and surprised because Dorian doesn t look older. Dorian is not surprised. He is calm and cold. He is prepared. He has a revolver. James has a sharp knife. The two stand still looking at each other. James says: You are vain and cruel. You killed my sister. Dorian replies: I didn t kill your sister. She killed herself. James is furious and tries to stab Dorian. Suddenly we hear a shot and James falls to the floor in a pool of blood. Dorian looks down on him and shoots again. James doesn t move. Dorian doesn t move. He hides the body. FOLLOW-UP In small groups, students set up the scene and take pictures of it. Get the students into groups of four: James, Dorian, the Director and the cameraman. The director must tell the actors to strike a pose while the cameraman takes a picture or records a video of the whole scene. The students share their pictures and videos with the class, either by uploading them onto the school platform (if that is available) or via a class whatsapp group. Encourage the students to place the worksheet in their print or digital portfolio. T8 THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY 11

TEACHER S GUIDE Before the performance 9: A matter of the heart LESSON AIMS UNCOVERING THE STORY SO FAR: Dorian is obsessed with his youth and beauty. Lord Henry has a strong influence on him and his hedonistic style of life. Only youth, beauty and pleasure matter to Dorian. Eighteen years later, Dorian doesn t look a day older and keeps the pure and innocent looks of the past. His soul is dark, though. His portrait photo shows his age and his sins and immorality so Dorian hides it in the attic. One day, James Vane, Sibyl s brother reappears and visits Dorian armed with a sharp knife. He wants to take revenge. Dorian outsmarts him. He is also armed, with a revolver. SKILLS OPPORTUNITIES: Reading. Predicting from context. NEW VOCABULARY: blame, brave, capture, eternity, flame, harm, smart, strong, unique, understood, within. RECYCLED VOCABULARY: beauty, heart. CONCEPTS AND VALUES: Inner beauty lasts longer than external beauty. Beauty is a matter of the heart. Good looks help but they don t last forever. Growing up and becoming a beautiful person implies learning to be a better person within, developing a beautiful personality. WARM-UP Draw a big heart on the board and write these words inside: attitudes, actions, values, courage, strength, resilience, honesty, compassion, friendship, solidarity, kindness, selfishness, individualism, aggressiveness, violence, lies, resentment. Teach the meaning and use of these words. Then get the students into pairs and have them read them and circle those words that define inner beauty Keep a fast pace. Check with the whole class. WORKING WITH THE PAGE 1: Have the whole class read the song Song 1 (page A1) and attempt to fill in the blanks before they listen to the song. Have them listen to the song and check their predictions. Check with the whole class. Answer key: 1: flame 2: capture 3: understood 4: harm 5: eternity 6: learn 7: blame 8: brave Play the song and have the students sing along to it. 2: Briefly discuss the concepts and values for the lesson. FOLLOW-UP Encourage your students to conduct a search on the Internet for quotes to do with the phrase inner beauty. Have them share the quote they like the most. Examples: People are like Oreos*. The good stuff is on the inside. Beauty doesn t last forever but a beautiful personality does. Beauty isn t about having a pretty face. It s about having a pretty mind, a pretty heart and a pretty soul. Have as many students as possible write their quotes on the board like small plaques. When the board is filled with nice quotes. Take a picture and share it to the whole group. Encourage the students to place the worksheet and a print of the photo in their portfolio. Alternatively, they may place both items in their digital portfolio. T9 * the famous chocolate biscuits with white cream inside. THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY 12

TEACHER S GUIDE Before the performance 10: Eighteen years later LESSON AIMS SKILLS OPPORTUNITIES: Reading. Speaking. Dramatization. NEW VOCABULARY: dreadful, Good heavens!, hideous, scandals, sin, soul, vice CONCEPTS AND VALUES: People s actions have consequences. Scandal, though not necessarily justified, does not make people feel good. WARM-UP Birefly discuss the students attitude to the acting profession. Have they ever considered becoming professional actors? Who are the actors they admire? What films or plays do they admire them for? WORKING WITH THE PAGE 1: Read the scene out loud while the students follow in their worksheets. Ask: Who is in the scene? (Basil and Dorian) How is Basil feeling? (Concerned and, by the end, horrified.) How is Dorian feeling?(seems angry, as if somehow it was Basil s fault for taking the photo in the first place.) What is Basil concerned about? (People are saying dreadful things behind Dorian s back.) How does Dorian feel about scandal? (He is not interested. Or is he? Maybe he is close to breaking point.) Why is Basil horrified at the end of the scene? (Because Dorian shows him the photo and the real Dorian with all his corruption and ugliness) Teach the words the students don t know. 2: Get the students into pairs and have them choose roles and read the scene through to warm up and get their tongue around words. Tell them to use a neutral tone, just to become familiar with the text and the situation. Then have the students do the scene again but this time allowing themselves to feel and reflect what the characters are feeling. 3: Have volunteers come to the front of the class to do a dramatized reading of the scene. FOLLOW-UP Record the scene (both parts) with the correct pronunciation and intonation on your cell phone and share the recording to the group. Have the students listen for pronunciation and intonation and practice listening and repeating after the recording. Have pairs of volunteers perform the scene for the class. Have students place their worksheet in their print or digital portfolio. T10 THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY 13

TEACHER S GUIDE After the performance 11: What actually happened LESSON AIMS UNCOVERING THE STORY SO FAR: Summary of the whole play as described by the events in S11. SKILLS OPPORTUNITIES: Reading for detail. Speaking. Dramatizing NEW VOCABULARY: drape, pleasure, search, sink a knife into something or someone, sneer, perpetual, in a rage, wit. RECYCLED VOCABULARY: youth, beauty, kill, break (the) engagement. CONCEPTS AND VALUES The main concept discussed in this lesson is the one in the hidden message. Youth and beauty aren t everything. Modern societies value these excessively, to the point of obsession. We must look beyond the superficial to discover the beauty within people s hearts and minds; that inner beauty is truly lasting and develops as we grow old. Youth and external beauty don t last forever. WARM-UP This is the first class after the students have seen the play and there s bound to be lots of excitement. Welcome the students by asking them how they felt about the play in general. Elicit opinions in the L2 and feed necessary words or phrases as the students try to word their comments. Concentrate on the message and delay correction. Keep this part brief. WORKING WITH THE PAGE 1: Tell the students that you are going to try to reconstruct an overview of the whole play. Draw their attention to the list of events and read each one aloud to clarify meaning and teach new words. Get the students into pairs, read the instructions, check that the students have understood what to do and have them number the events in chronological sequence. Circulate round the class giving support to those who need it and challenging the faster students. Check with the whole class. A:9 B:11 C:3 D:5 E:4 F:12 G:7 H:8 I:1 J:10 K:2 L:6 2: Read the instructions for 2 and have the students look for the hidden message as quickly as possible. Check with the whole class. Answer key: Youth and beauty aren t everything. 3: Invite the students to sing song No 5, Beauty lies in your heart. on page A3. FOLLOW-UP 1: Get the students into pairs and explain the rules for the game Charade. This is a variation on the popular game. Go round the class whispering one of the letters A to L for each event in the story. They are not to reveal their letter. Explain each pair will have to briefly perform or mime the scene for the class to guess which event it is. They have one minute per pair to do so. 2: Have the students record an overview of the story by reciting the events in 1 in the correct chronological order. They may share the overview of the story with the group. Encourage the students to place the worksheet in their print or digital portfolio. T11 THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY 14

TEACHER S GUIDE After the performance 12: Reacting to the play LESSON AIMS SKILLS OPPORTUNITIES: Writing a tweet, a Facebook post and a blog post. NEW VOCABULARY: brilliant, compelling, excellent, funny, moving, a strong/weak performance by X, poor, disastrous, weak, (not) very interesting/entertaining/creative/ imaginative performance, production, set design, lighting design, wardrobe design, hair and make up. CONCEPTS AND VALUES: the main three themes in the Picture of Dorian Gray: obsession with external beauty and youth, human duality and how others influence us and we influence others. WORKING WITH THE PAGE This is a writing workshop and much of the lesson will be spent writing in silence. 1: Read the instructions for this activity out loud and ask how many characters they can write. Elicit positive words and phrases that the students can use and teach others from the new vocabulary list above. Have the students write their tweets and then share them. They can actually tweet after the class. 2: Do the same for the Facebook post. 3: Read the instructions out loud, check that the students understand what to do. Elicit a few words and phrases for each item on the list and write them on the board. Then have the students write their blog posts. Circulate round the class giving support to those who need it. 4: Go over the main three themes in the Picture of Dorian Gray: Obsession with external beauty and youth, human duality, how others influence us and we influence others. Have the students share a few thoughts on each. Encourage them to share some of the quotes they wrote on the board a few classes back and vote for the one that best encapsulates the message of this production of the play. T12 FOLLOW-UP 1: Invite the students to choose one of the songs from The Picture of Dorian Gray to sing. Mention each song and invite a show of hands. Sing the song with the most votes. 2: Encourage the students to place the worksheet in their print or digital portfolio and to think of ways to make the portfolio look nice so that they can share it with their classmates and family. Make a list of materials the students should bring the following class to put together the final portfolio in class for a We go to the Theatre - Grand Exhibit. THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY 15

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1: Introducing The Picture of Dorian Gray Look, read and answer S1 The Picture of Dorian Gray Based on the novel by Oscar Wilde Adapted for the stage by Juan Luis Granato May 2017 Teatro del Anglo The Company, Educational Drama THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY 17

2: Who s who? S2 The Picture of Dorian Gray: Getting to know the characters. 1: Read and guess. How are the characters related to each other? Join them with arrows and write: friend, brother, sister, mentor*, fiancée Listen young fellow. Youth, beauty and pleasure are everything. If he ever does any harm to my sister I shall kill him. This is appalling Dorian. You used to be warm and affectionate. B A Lord Henry Wotton E James Vane F I m so happy James! Dorian and I are engaged to be married. Basil Hallward Sibyl Vane If only I were young and beautiful forever and this picture grew old and ugly instead. C Dorian Gray The photos I ve taken since I met Dorian are the best work I ve ever done. D Basil Hallward H Dorian Gray G Lord Henry Wotton Sibyl Vane killed herself with poison in her dressing room after the performance. Without your art, you are nothing to me. I will never see you again Sibyl. *mentor: Someone, usually older than one, whose opinions and guidance we value. THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY 18

2: Who s who? S2 CONTINUED The Picture of Dorian Gray: Getting to know the characters. 2: Read 1 again, guess the chronological order of the comments and number them 1-8. A B C D E F G H THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY 19

3: A plot overview S3 1: Read and check your answers to 1 and 2 on page S2. Then read and write T for True or F for False below. The Picture of Dorian Gray: plot overview The Picture of Dorian Gray is a novel written by XIXth century, British author Oscar Wilde. Wilde s work was heavily criticized and even censored by some of his contemporaries but it has survived the test of time and become celebrated as a literary masterpiece. The Company Educational Drama is pleased to present its version of the original story for the stage, which is set between 1982 and the year 2000, at the start of a new millennium. Dorian Gray is a very handsome young aristocrat whose extraordinary beauty captivates everyone who knows him. Basil Hallward, a well-known photographer, has taken a few photos of Dorian and become obsessed with his subject. Lord Henry Wotton, a very rich young man who enjoys shocking friends with his hedonistic excesses, visits Basil in his studio. There he finds Dorian s portrait, which he considers to be Basil s masterpiece. Basil disagrees, however, on the grounds that the photo reveals too much of his adoration of the person in the photo. Dorian arrives unexpectedly at the studio and Basil reluctantly introduces him to Lord Henry. In a matter of minutes Lord Henry manages to upset Dorian by suggesting that his beauty and youth will not last forever. The portrait, he says, will one day remind Dorian of the beauty and youth he will have lost. Dorian announces he would sell his soul if only the portrait could become old, allowing him to stay young and beautiful forever. Over the next few months Lord Henry has a pernicious influence over Dorian, who becomes firmly convinced that life should be dedicated to an extreme form of hedonism, which is looking for your own personal pleasure above everything else without regard for moral conventions. Dorian falls in love with Sibyl Vane, a young actress with a beautiful voice. He becomes engaged, only to suddenly break up the engagement when she disappoints him with her poor acting. Sibyl realizes her brother James was right not to trust Dorian. When Dorian returns home after the break up, he looks at the portrait and notices something that shocks him profoundly. In a rage, he decides that the portrait must be hidden from view and throws a drape over it and falls asleep. Meanwhile, in despair, Sibyl kills herself and her brother leaves England for Australia swearing to come back one day to avenge her death. Lord Henry persuades Dorian not to feel responsible for Sibyl s death and to make the most of his exceptional beauty and youth to enjoy the life ahead of him. Basil is horrified by Dorian s coldness. He has turned into a vain, immoral young man. He has broken a young girl s heart and she has killed herself but he feels no remorse. Basil speaks his mind to Dorian, who says he cannot take any more photos of him. Eighteen years later, we find Dorian Gray celebrating the year 2000 and the start of a new millennium with his friends. They all pose for paparazzi in a nightclub with their glasses of champagne held up high. Dorian does not look a day older than he was when we first met him. From now on, Dorian s life becomes a downward spiral of vice and murder. Only Lord Henry remains by Dorian s side as he ruins his own life like a high-speed train without brakes charging towards the end of the line and its total and utter destruction. THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY 20

3: A plot overview S3 CONTINUED 1: Dorian s beauty inspired Basil s art. 2: Lord Henry didn t have a strong influence on Dorian Gray. 3: Dorian married Sybil. 4: Sibyl committed suicide because Dorian left her. 5: Basil didn t realize Dorian had changed. 6: Dorian stayed young while the man in the photo grew old and corrupt. THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY 21

4: Breaking news S4 1: Fill in the blanks in the script for a news flash with six words from the box. poison performance was engaged fiancée actress suicide died Good morning and this is (your name) with breaking news. A promising young (1) killed herself in the dressing room at the Lyceum Theatre in the London s suburbs late last night. Twenty-year-old Sibyl Vane (2) playing Juliet in Shakespeare s Romeo and Juliet. Miss Vane s colleagues and friends at the Lyceum were taken by surprise by the (3). Apparently Sibyl was (4) to a prominent young man but her fiancée broke the engagement yesterday. According to her colleagues, her (5) went backstage after the performance. After a short conversation, Miss Vane ran to her dressing room in tears. It is assumed that, in despair over the break up, Miss Vane drank the (6) that killed her. Very sad news indeed. 2: Work in pairs. Go over each other s scripts and then record each other reading the news. Share your recordings with your teacher and the class. THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY 22

5: Quote - Unquote S5 1: Read quotes from Oscar Wilde s novel and complete the diagram below with all the phrases from the box. A: Basil tells Lord Henry about Dorian: The merely visible presence of this lad -- for he seems to me little more than a lad, though he is really over twenty -- his merely visible presence -- ah! B: When he first sees Dorian Gray s portrait, Lord Henry says:...this young Adonis*, who looks as if he was made out of ivory and rose-leaves. C: Basil says to Dorian: You look exactly the same wonderful boy who, day after day, used to come down to my studio to sit for his picture. But you were simple, natural, and affectionate then. You were the most unspoiled creature in the whole world. Now, I don t know what has come over you. You talk as if you had no heart, no pity in you. It is all Harry s influence, I see that. D: Basil says to Dorian: But you, Dorian, with your pure, bright, innocent face, and your marvellous untroubled youth I can t believe anything against you. Physical Appearance Extremely handsome beautiful natural cold heartless looks like a young Adonis simple looks as if he were made of ivory and rose-leaves in his early twenties looks like a lad superficial affectionate a pure bright innocent face * Adonis is the god of male beauty in Greek mythology. Personality BEFORE Personality AFTER THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY 23

6: What else do you want to know? S6 1: Use the phrases in the box to complete the diagram below. young and beautiful famous photographer takes many photos has a bad influence is engaged to leaves her kills herself doesn t feel guilty was kind and affectionate is vain and superficial afraid of losing his youth and beauty a hedonist murders someone is ruined What I know What I learned What I want to know THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY 24

7: Influence, obsession and human duality S7 1: Match the themes to the quotes. Write the number of the quote next to the correct theme. THEMES: A A A Obsession (with youth, beauty & appearance) People can have a pernicious influence on others Duality Reality versus Appearance 1 But the picture?...it had taught him to love his own beauty. 2 Basil to Dorian: But you, Dorian, with your pure, bright, innocent face, and your marvellous untroubled youth I can t believe anything against you. 3 Dorian to Lord Henry: you filled me with a wild desire to know everything about life. 4 Dorian talking about the portrait: If it were I who was to be always young, and the picture that was to grow old! For that I would give everything! 5 Dorian never took his gaze off [of Henry], but was like one under a spell... QUOTES: 6 Dorian: Each of us has a Heaven and Hell in him, Basil. 7 Basil to Lord Henry: I have always been my own master; had at least always been so, till I met Dorian Gray. 8 Even those who had heard the most evil things against him... could not believe anything to his dishonour when they saw him. He had the look of one who had kept himself unspotted from the world. 9 It was his beauty that had ruined him, his beauty and the youth that he had prayed for. THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY 25

S7 7: Influence, obsession and human duality CONTINUED 2: In pairs, think of the films and series you normally watch. Think of at least two that deal with any of the themes in 1. 3: Write a short paragraph about someone who has had a good influence on you and explain how. THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY 26

8: The brother reappears S8 1: Look at the picture of James Vane and Dorian Gray. Imagine you are a film director writing for your actors and film crew. Describe who is in the scene, how they are feeling, what they want, and what happens moment by moment from beginning to end of the scene. THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY 27

S8 8: The brother reappears CONTINUED THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY 28

9: A matter of the heart S9 1: Listen to the song and fill in the blanks with eight words from the box. impress eternity flame blame harm learn capture understood brave understand learned Beauty is not in the face, Beauty is a (1) in the heart. Beauty is that Which no picture can (2) Beauty is a matter of the heart, Beauty is a matter of the heart. Dorian Gray never (3) That beauty is the only thing That time cannot (4). Beauty is a joy for all seasons Yours to have for all (5). Chorus repeated Many years have passed But do we (6) from the past? Are we still making the same mistakes? I must (7) my eyes For not looking within. You are perfect in every single way You are strong, (8), smart, You are unique. Chorus repeated THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY 29

10: Eighteen years later S10 1: In pairs read the scene below and prepare to do a dramatized reading. Eighteen years have passed since Dorian kicked Basil out of his house and his life. One evening Basil turns up at Dorian s place. He looks much older. (They enter Dorian s home) DORIAN: What do you want? BASIL: I want to speak to you. DORIAN: I hope it is not about myself. I m tired of myself tonight. BASIL: It is about yourself. You should know that the most dreadful things are being said about you in London. DORIAN: I love scandals about other people, but scandals about myself don t interest me. BASIL: I hear hideous things about you. Dreadful stories about sin and vice. They say you corrupt everyone you become intimate with. After so many years, I wonder if I really know you. But to answer that, I would have to see your soul. DORIAN: See my soul? BASIL: Yes, to see your soul. But only God can do that. (A bitter laugh of mockery breaks from Dorian s lips) DORIAN: You shall see it yourself, tonight. It is your own work. (Coming closer to him) I will show you my soul. (Dorian goes to the place where he hides the picture and brings it with him. It is still covered with a drape) DORIAN: So you think only God can see the soul, Basil? (Points to the drape) Take it off, and you will see mine. BASIL: Are you mad? DORIAN: You won t. Will you? Then I ll do it myself. (He pulls the drape off to reveal Basil s portrait. We can see that Dorian picture has grown old and ugly. The photo shows Dorian s sins and corruption.) BASIL: (in horror) Good heavens! Who has done this? What does this mean? 2: What do you think happens next? THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY 30

11: What actually happened S11 1: Number the events from the play to show the correct sequence. Number 1 has been done for you. A: Sibyl Vane s brother James finds Dorian but cannot avenge his sister because Dorian murders him too. B: Dorian is tortured by the thought of all the terrible things he has done and how unhappy he is, despite his youth and beauty. He sinks his knife into the portrait to destroy it. C: Lord Henry tells Dorian that his youth and beauty will not last forever and further disturbs him by adding that, in future, Basil s portrait will remind him of the youth he lost. D: Lord Henry teaches Dorian concentrate all his efforts on a perpetual search for pleasure. E: Dorian is so upset that he says he would give anything for his portrait to get old and ugly while he remains young and beautiful forever. F: The next day, servants find an ugly old man lying dead on the floor next to the portrait of beautiful, young Dorian Gray. 1 G: Dorian first notices that the man in the portrait has changed. The charming smile has become a sneer. He covers the portrait with a drape and hides in the attic. Basil criticizes Dorian s H: Twenty year pass and Dorian has not aged a day. At the start of a new millennium, he runs into Basil who does not recognize him at first. He allows Basil to see the portrait, now grossly disfigured by age and a life of excess. In a rage, Dorian stabs Basil to death and hides his body. I: Famous photographer Basil Hallward finds inspiration in a handsome young man called Dorian Gray, who poses for him on several occasions. J: Basil is the last to see the portrait before Dorian stabs him to death. K: Lord Henry Wotton, a man of wit and charm shocks Dorian on their first meeting at Basil s studio. L: Sibyl Vane, a young actress Dorian seduces, kills herself when Dorian suddenly loses interest in her and breaks their engagement. THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY 31

S11 11: What actually happened CONTINUED 1: Join the bold letters in the right order to find the beginning of a hidden message. Complete the message below. a _ t e g. THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY 32

12: Reacting to the play S12 1: Write what you would tweet if you liked the play. 2: You are posting a photo you took after the performance on Facebook. You didn t enjoy the play. Write what you would post with the photo. THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY 33

12: Reacting to the play S12 CONTINUED 3: You are a blogger. Write a positive review of the play for your blog. Be sure to comment on the items below. Title, author of the play. What it is about. What happens. What you thought of the performances, the lighting, the set design and the wardrobe design, the production as a whole. What you learned from the play. Recommend the play to your followers. THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY 34