Fred & Rita He loves to talk. She needs to work!

Vocabulary & Activities:

Posted Phone

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Grammar: Sequence

What happened to Fred's mobile phone?
Put this information in the correct sequence.
  1. Fred meets Rita
  2. Rita notices the letter in Fred's hand
  3. The phone rings in the box
  4. The postman arrives to collect the mail
  5. Fred is hurrying to college while talking on his phone
  6. Fred returns to the post box with Rita
  7. Fred catches the bus
  8. The postman hands the phone to Fred
  9. Fred posts the phone
Answer

1. You are the postman who retrieved the phone from the post-box. Write a report on what happened.

2. You are Rita. Write a text, email or postcard to a friend. Describe what happened to Fred's phone.Writing

1. You are the postman who retrieved the phone from the post-box. Write a report on what happened.

2. You are Rita. Write a text, email or postcard to a friend. Describe what happened to Fred's phone.
Classroom Activities

Fred's letter is a job application for a summer job working for the post office! Imagine the post office invites Fred for an interview.

You are going to role play the interview in groups. One person is Fred while the others are the interview panel

Notes for interview panel


Notes for Fred
Notes for interview panel

Possible questions from the interview panel (maximum of five interviewers)

What experience does Fred have?

Why does he want to work for the post office?

Does he like getting up early?

How does he feel about dogs?

Other info

The interview panel must not directly refer to Fred posting his phone - but they can make indirect references.


You saw Fred arrive by bus.

You can only pay $10 per hour

You don't want a postman who stops to look at stamps
Notes for Fred

You need this job but you have very little experience. You don't like walking and you're a bit scared of dogs


Points to Remember

Talk about your stamp collection

Pretend you walk everywhere

You need $12 dollars per hour

Tell them you have excellent concentration - you'd never send a letter to the wrong address!
Vocabulary & Activities: Posted Phone

Grammar:
  1. Fred meets Rita -4
  2. Rita notices the letter in Fred's hand -5
  3. The phone rings in the box - 8
  4. The postman arrives to collect the mail - 7
  5. Fred is hurrying to college while talking on his phone - 1
  6. Fred returns to the post box with Rita - 6
  7. Fred catches bus - 3
  8. The postman hands the phone to Fred - 9
  9. Fred posts phone - 2


Listening: Snail-mail

a) There are many different ways to communicate with someone. T

b) You post a text F

c) At one time people wrote more letters. T

d) At one time there were ten mail collections a day. F

e) These days nobody sends letters. F

f) Texts are best for romantic messages. F



Bones * New Phone * Activities


The Fred and Rita dialogues come with a glossary and activities. They first appeared in Ming Pao Daily in 2008.

Text: © 2009 Kieran McGovernIllustrations: © 2009 George Hayford -Taylor