Before you speak
Put the keys and the commitment sheet on the desk. Without them, this is a complaint.
Escenario 5 · Rol B
doña Amparo, la supervisora
doña Amparo, supervisor
Esta ficha es solo tuya. La otra persona tiene objetivos y datos distintos. No intercambien pantallas hasta terminar.
Formal from him, direct from you. You call him Camilo; he says doña Amparo. You start. 6-9 turns each · 8 minutes.
Your screen only. Don't show it. Don't read from it.
Tu información
Lo que sabes y lo que necesitas
Where you are
The store you open is still closed at 7:35. You are alone at the door when the truck comes, and you have opened alone three times.
You want
You want to give him the keys today. He gives you the WHAT CHANGES line and two mornings of training first.
You can't
- You can't fire him, cut his pay or pay extra hours. None of that is in your hands, and you don't want it.
- You can't give the keys with nothing in writing, not in front of the other four.
- You can't write the WHAT CHANGES line for him. It has to be in his words.
Only you know
- You never put the first two Mondays on the incident form. If you write one today, he can ask about them.
- Alba, from the counter, asks you for the keys too. You never taught her the truck.
- You can give the training on two Thursdays after closing, 6:30 to 8:30, in your own unpaid time. You don't want to offer it.
If you walk away with nothing
You open the store alone for two more years, and you get your own warning, with two Mondays to explain.
Notas, no frases
Datos duros
| Now | Monday, August 17, 7:35 a.m. · opening time 7:00 |
| The truck | Mondays at 7:10 · two people to take the boxes off and check them with the delivery note |
| Late Mondays | August 3 · August 10 · today |
| The commitment sheet | start time · start date · review date · and one line: WHAT CHANGES |
| What you can write · three, no fourth | 1) a written warning in his file · 2) a note in the store folder · 3) the commitment sheet and nothing else |
| The training | two mornings: the boxes against the delivery note, what never came, what goes back |
| The warehouse, quiet | Saturdays, 8:00 to 12:00 |
| Review date | Monday, September 14 |
| The second set of keys | one signature on the delivery note · from the person who opens |
| The others | four people in the store · eyes on everything |
Palabras para esta situación
Vocabulario
9 palabras| Word | What it is | Here |
|---|---|---|
| commitment sheet | a paper where the worker writes what will change | the only safe signature of the three |
| delivery note | the paper that says what comes on the truck | checked against the boxes · two people, always |
| incident form | the company paper for the days somebody arrives late | today's paper · a question he can ask |
| review date | the day you look at it again and see the result | September 14 · the day somebody checks it |
| store folder | the papers that the store keeps about the store, not about one person | the middle paper · never in his file |
| training | hours when somebody teaches you the job | two mornings · your price for the keys · nobody else to teach them |
| warehouse | the big room where the store keeps the boxes | the reason you are asking him · not the three Mondays |
| written warning | a paper about a mistake that goes in your file | the heaviest of the three · expensive for you too |
| your file | the papers about you that the company keeps | where a written warning goes · his today · and one of your own |
Ayuda común
Caja de herramientas A2
Use all eight blocks. Block 3: he gives you times. Read his line back. Block 4 [jargon]: five of your words are not on his screen. Block 7 [grants]: for what you can't give. Block 6 matters most: one question you don't answer.
Solo para tu rol
Expresiones útiles
9 opciones| Purpose | Form | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| asking, and then waiting | What happened this morning? · And what can you…? | two open questions: one about this morning, one about next Monday. Then wait |
| granting it | If you write this line today, I can… | in one sentence: what you need, and what you give |
| he thinks you're angry | I'm not angry. | show him you are not |
| naming your price | That helps, but I need… → I need… mornings on…, and I… | say it falls short, then the number, the day and who teaches |
| one more door | What if we…? · Maybe we can… | put a third door on the table before either of you shuts one |
| the rule, not the fight | I have to write… | an obligation, not your decision |
| the two things on the desk | Have a seat, Camilo. · You fill out this line, not me. | say why you called him. Then point at the line |
| what it costs each of you | Nobody pays me for… · That costs you… | your price, and his |
| why him | You know this warehouse better than… | finish it with the store, not with a name · the warehouse, not the three Mondays |
Cuándo terminar
Closing criterion
You finish when you both say these three things out loud, and you both agree:
- The paper you write, and where it goes: a written warning in his file · a note in the store folder · the commitment sheet and nothing else.
- What changes next Monday, exactly: the start time, and how it works — who takes Matías, which bus, who opens the store — and the review date.
- When and where the training happens, and what it costs. Then each of you says: "This costs you ___."
And to really finish: you both sign the commitment sheet on the desk. No time before seven on that line, no close.
Three, or it isn't closed. Point 2: you cannot close with a promise. Point 3: you cannot close without the price.
Success: 1. The keys and the sheet were on the desk before you spoke. 2. You asked two open questions and waited. 3. You said why you are asking him. 4. He wrote the WHAT CHANGES line in his own words, and somebody can check it Monday. 5. You said when the keys change hands, and what you get. 6. You gave a training day you can keep and said what it costs you — or why it costs you nothing. 7. You promised nothing you can't give, and you didn't lie about the two Mondays.
Después de hablar
Conversen sobre cómo les fue
- ¿En qué turno se supo a qué había venido cada uno? ¿Se dijo con palabras o se dedujo de algo que se puso encima de la mesa?
- Lean en voz alta el renglón «qué cambia» tal como quedó. ¿Es un mecanismo o es una promesa? ¿Cómo lo sabrían el lunes que viene?
- Cada uno diga qué le costó lo que aceptó. Si a alguno no le costó nada, ¿quién lo pagó?
Para repasar
Gramática que sostiene este escenario
- Used to en Inglés A2: hábitos y estados del pasadoa2
El corazón de la explicación de Camilo y el mejor anclaje del set: "My bus used to arrive at ten to seven — now…". El contraste pasado/presente es el tema entero.
- El Primer Condicional en Inglés A2a2
El acto conceder-con-condicion de la supervisora: "If you write this line today, I can…" — el tema ancla la cláusula if, que es donde está la regla dura (presente simple, nunca will). El modal del resultado va anclado aparte, en can-ability.
- Have to y Must en Inglés A2a2
Ella no regaña, se ampara en una obligación: "I have to write…"; y él explica la suya: "I have to leave Matías at the daycare at…".
- Past Simple Verbos Regulares en Inglés A2a2
La causa se fecha en pasado, nunca con since ni con for: "The road work started on…".
- El Futuro con Will en Inglés A2a2
El mecanismo se compromete con hora y día de comienzo: "I'll start at… from next Monday" — y la hora que va en el hueco es la misma que se ofreció con can. Con can se ofrece; con will se cierra.
- Conectores en Inglés A2: because, so, although, however, buta2
El contraste con el que se dice que algo se queda corto sin echar a nadie por tierra: "That helps, but I need…".
- Comparativos en Inglés A2a2
La razón por la que le pide a él el almacén se dice comparando, y el hueco se cierra con la tienda, no con un nombre: "You know this warehouse better than…". El tema enseña la forma irregular better; aquí va de adverbio, así que el enlace cubre la forma, no el uso.
- El imperativo en inglés A1a1
El primer turno de la supervisora no es una frase, es un objeto sobre la mesa y un imperativo: "Have a seat, Camilo." Sin este tema, el turno que sostiene el escenario entero no está anclado.
- Can para habilidad en inglés A1a1
Él abre las dos puertas que sí puede abrir: "I can start at five to seven." y "The neighbor in 3 can take…"; y la supervisora ata su sí a lo que está en su mano: "If you write this line today, I can…".
- Decir la hora en inglés A1a1
El escenario entero son horas —7:00, 7:10, 7:35, 6:40, 5:50— y el cierre exige decir la hora de entrada en voz alta. Las horas se dicen completas en los exponentes: "a quarter past seven", "five to seven".
- Preguntas con WH en inglés A1a1
Las preguntas abiertas que el escenario exige por criterio: "What are the keys for, doña Amparo?" y "Which paper is that, and who…?" de él, "And what can you…?" de ella. Las tres son la forma que el tema enseña: WH + is/are/can + sujeto.
- Preposiciones de tiempo en inglés A1a1
Cuatro exponentes son huecos de at y on, y el renglón WHAT CHANGES se escribe con ellos: "I have to leave Matías at the daycare at…", "The road work started on…", "Then I pick up her two boys on…", "I need… mornings on…". El tema enseña at + hora y on + día o fecha.
- Present simple interrogativo en inglés A1a1
La mitad que Camilo pregunta del punto 3 del cierre: "And what does this cost…?" — Wh- + does + sujeto + verbo base, la fila literal del tema. Sin él, el único exponente de la ficha con do-support se queda sin anclaje.
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