While The Auto Waits

 OBJECTIVES:
 Clearing the path of your journey, you

are expected to:
 Be familiar with the technical
vocabulary for drama and theater
 Analyze literature as a means of
connecting to the world
 Use participles effectively
 LEARNING TASK:
 A. Subject Matter:
Topic: While the Auto Waits by O Henry
 B. Reference: Grade 9 English Learning Module,
YouTube
Value Focus: Honesty
 C. 1. Materials:
a. Film clip of the viewing inputs
b. Pictures presented in the Learning
Materials (LMs)
 2. Equipment
a. Video/Laptop
b. LCD projector
c. Speaker
D. Strategy: 4A’s
 What is the title of the play that we
tackled last Friday?
Answer: While the Auto Waits by O Henry
 Who are the two major characters in the
play?
Answer: the girl and the young man
Where is the setting of the play?
Answer: at the park
Guess the right words from the jumbled
words that will lead you to arrive at the
definition of a one-act play.
 1. TAC
1.A division or unit of a drama
 2. PYLA 2.A dramatic performance
3.The simplest or essential
 3. LEMENTES
parts
 4. MACLIX 4.The most exciting and
important part of a play
 5. SORELUTION
5.The part of the story’s plot
line in which the problem of
the story is resolved
 Complete the statement:
 A one-act play is a play with only one
_______. An act is a part of a _________
defined by _________ such as rising
action, _________, and ____________.
 A one-act play is a play with only one

ACT. An act is a part of a PLAY defined
by ELEMENTS such as rising action,
CLIMAX, and RESOLUTION.
 Study the words:
 1. to accompany (v) – to go along with
I’ll accompany you to the cinema.
 2. to get acquainted – to become familiar with
 3. to acquaint (v) – to make familiar
I’m acquainted with most of the people who live in our street.
 4. to fit (v) – to be the right or correct size
That coat fits you well.
 5. to hesitate (v) – to wait or stop a moment; To fail to do
because of doubt or fear.
The speaker hesitated and then went on with his speech.
Tom hesitated to ask Doris to the dance because he was afraid
that she should say no.
 6. to introduce (v) – to make known
Jane introduced us to her cousins.
 7. slim (adj.) – thin
The fashion model had a very slim figure.
 Pre-viewing task:
1. Do you think people will respect you more if they think you
are rich?
2. Can you judge about people by their appearance?
In this short one-act play, adapted from the classic short
story by O Henry, a young man and woman meet in a public park
and instantly fall for one another but neither of them is what they
seem.
WHILE THE AUTO WAITS by O Henry
 Watch the video clips and answer the questions that follow.
IV. ACTIVITY: Process Questions:
Talking about the story
1. Who came to the park every morning?
2. Who tried to get acquainted with the girl?
3. What did the girl tell the young man about herself?
4. What did the young man tell the girl about himself?
5. What did the young people turn out to be?
 Transcript of "While the auto waits" by O. Henry
 "While the Auto waits" by O. Henry
 The story is about a poor girl who pretends to be rich
while reading in the park, met a man who is in love
with her. This man lies about himself, supposing to be
poor. They both lie each other but non of them
expose the lie.
 Characters and characterization:
 - Mr. Parkenstacker : Secretive; calm;careful.
 - The Girl: Secretive;Dishonest;Ambitious;
 Hysterical.
 Setting in time and place:
 - 1900-1910
 Task 5 What’s the Word?
 Guess the words hidden in the
constellation of letters. Use the description
as a clue. (c/o LM -p.359)
 Clues:
1. The most exciting and important part
of a play
2. A dramatic performance
3. People involved in the story
4. Words the characters say to each
other
5. Place where the story happened
6. Platform on which the actors perform
 The participle is a verb used as an
adjective.
 A participle may make use of the past
participle of the verb or its present
participle (-ing form).
 The one-word participle comes before
the noun it modifies.
 1. The crying baby had a wet diaper.
 2. A shouting crowd greeted us.
 3. The cracked vase cannot be repaired.
 4. The burning log fell off the fire.
 5. Smiling, she hugged the panting dog.
 6. We remind him of his forgotten promise.
 7. The overloaded car gathered speed slowly.
 8. The plumber drained the clogged sink in the
kitchen.
 9. He held out his bitten finger.
 10. The captured rebel died after a few days.
 Complete the story grammar on page
360 of your LM by writing the details
about the play, While the Auto Waits.
Thank You!

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 OBJECTIVES:

 Clearing the path of your journey, you

 A one-act play is a play with only one

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