Oh, yeah, have your students act out personas. Get someone to imitate, line for line, a character from a movie. You have scads to choose from--Bogart, Wayne, Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris, Morgan Freeman, Sigorney Weaver (Alien), Katherine Hepburn--short scenes. have them dress the part. If they are portraying a bad guy or gal, get them to LOOK bad! Props are great for that kind of thing.

Short but important speeches. If the guy/gal is gonna do the Gettysburg Address, have that guy/gal dress up like Lincoln: beard and top hat. All the props can be made in class while using English to talk about it.