A 10:002 or 10:003 Unit ~ Cults and Controversy

Overview	Schedule		Activities		Formal Assignments		Resources
	Weeks 1-2	Weeks 3-5	Ads	Scenarios	Paper	Speech

Scenarios Activity

The students broke into groups, wrote brief skits and performed them, enacting the scenarios.  The first example is a well-known one. The second one was particular to our “Cults” class. Imagine that you have gotten into an accident with your grandma's car.  It's one of those cases where it was not 100% your fault, but you could have been more careful. Write a narrative of the events for the following audience: your grandma your best friend the cop who has arrived on the scene for yourself (i.e. in your journal) You have just put down the security deposit and first month's rent on a new house.  You've heard some strange things about this place. It belonged to a crazy old music teacher who murdered her pupils when they had not practiced. Legend has it that you can hear the sounds of a child practicing the same song over and over again, as if he or she were struggling to "get it right."  You are investigating the place when you yourself hear the sounds of a piano coming from the basement.  You freeze. Your blood runs cold as you feel a sudden draft on your neck even though it's a hot summer's day. As you run from the house, you decide you do not want to rent this house and are willing to "suck up" the money you've put down.  How do you chronicle this story for: your would-be housemate the landlord (MAYBE you'll get your money back) your significant other (who's always thought you were a bit daft) your parents

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