The gold fob watch and the surprise

Sometimes things are not as you would expect. Ask your students to think of something they know to be unusual where someone can be surprised by someone else’s knowledge and suggest they write a monologue to describe it.
An example is given. In this particular example the surprise concerns a fob watch and is presented in the form of a monologue containing a ‘just for fun’ bet.

THIS IS JUST THE FIRST PART. THE WHOLE MONOLOGUE IS INCLUDED IN THE RESOURCE

The gold fop watch.
When I was very young my grandfather gave me his gold fob watch and I have treasured it ever since. I have won dozens of ‘just for fun’ bets with it. It goes like this: “What is the Roman numeral for one on my watch?” The unsuspecting person says “I” and I say “Well done!” Then I say, “What then is the Roman numeral for two on my watch?” The unsuspecting person replies confidently “II”. I say “Well done!” Then I say…