Урок "Short Film Review"

 

 

THEME:    SHORT FILM REVIEW

 

Aim: to revise and enrich students’ vocabulary  and to broaden students’ knowledge of the topic “Cinema and theatre”

to provide opportunities for developing speaking, reading and grammar skills  

to develop students’ logical thinking, cognitive and creative skills

to bring up culture of communication 

 

   Equipment: textbook English 7 by Oksana Karpyuk and Kristina Karpyuk, presentation, microphone, the board Padlet

 

Procedure:

1.  Greeting and introduction to the topic. (slide #1)

Today the topic of our lesson is “A short film review”. We will talk about your favourite actors, your likes and dislikes and at home you will try to write a short review about one of the films you have seen recently.

 

 

2. Warm –up (Speaking).

a) Talking to the students.

 Do you like to go to the cinema?

How often do you go to the cinema?

Who do you usually go to the cinema with?

What film have you recently seen?

Who is your favourite film actor / actress?

What do you like about your favourite actor or the actress?

 

 

 

 

3. Grammar. (Team work)

 It is impossible to imagine a good film without good actors. Let’s look at the biographies of some popular actors and fill in the gaps. You will work in teams and in a few minutes we will check the results.

Robert Pattinson was born in London in 1986. He is one of1___(young),2 (good-looking) actors in Hollywood. For Pattinson, the rise to fame has been3 ____(quick) and4 ______              (easy) than for most actors. His 5___(big) role so far is Edward Cullen in The Twilight Saga trilogy, three of6__(successful) films of recent years.

 

Angelina Jolie was born on June 4, 1975, in Los Angeles, in the family of famous actors. She became famous1 ___ (quick) than many other actors. She is considered one of 2____(beautiful)  actresses in Hollywood. Besides she is one of 3____(fit) and4 ____(brave) actresses. She is one of the few Hollywood actresses who choose to do their own stunts. She says, I’ve always loved to run, jump around and be physical’. In one of her5 ____(late) films, Salt, she was injured during filming. She now has a scar just above her nose. But she stays one of the 6___(successful) actresses in Hollywood.

 

Tom Cruise was born in New York, on July 3,1962. He had 1 _____(difficult) childhood than many other actors. In the first eleven years of his life his family moved seven times and he had  problems at school. At the age of eighteen he chose an acting as a career. He became popular2   ____(quick) than other actors. By the late 1980s magazines were calling him3 ____( powerful) star of his generation. In 1997 People magazine chose him as one of the fifty4_____( beautiful) people in the world. This actor is also known for performing some of5 ______ (challenging) and dangerous stunts in cinematic history. Also, he became one of the6 ___ (high-paid) stars who received more than 20 million dollars a picture.

 

 

4. Game “Blockbuster”. (Slide 2)

As you know, game shows or quiz shows are very popular in all countries. Now let’s take part in a popular British quiz show “Blockbuster”.  It is very popular with school students in Britain. You will be given a definition of a word and then must say what the word is. Do you feel like taking part in the show right now? Well, the topic of our today’s quiz show is “ Types of films”.

Guess the types of the films using the words on the slide. If you don’t know any words on the slide, try to guess them.

 

1. Film, showing some aspects of real human, social activity, etc.

2. Story, appearing in parts on TV.

3. Film, shot on some novel, short story, opera, etc.

4. Cinema film, made by photographing series of drawings.

5. Love story, staged in the romantic background.

6. Adventure film of a hard hit type, usually the stress lies on fights and murders.

7. Film with a detective intrigue.

8. Film about life in the future, often with people or creatures who live in other part of the universe.

9. Film that is intended to make you laugh.

10.  Film about people who are on a long journey in a car.

 11. Film that is intended to make you feel frightened, for example, one in which people are attacked by strange creatures, or in which dead people come to life.

12.  Film that has a lot of exciting events in it, for example, people fighting or chasing each other in cars.

 

5. Speaking. Let’s look at the list of the types of film once again and on page 133 of your textbooks. Use the prompts in the box and tell me about your attitude to these genres of films

 

What do you think of documentaries?

How do you find thrillers?

How do you feel about comedies?

What would you say to action films?

 

Making up a short story using the prompts (slide 2) (Look at the prompts on the slide and make your own statement about your favorite movie genre)

 

As for me I always try to watch…

I also enjoy watching…and….

They are  rather enjoyable and (entertaining, educational, interesting, useful).

I like them because they help me…...(relax, keep the track of events, learn smth new, learn about…)

I try not to miss them. If you want to…, I advise you to watch … too.

6.  Vocabulary (slide #3)

Let’s look at the list of words which are connected with the cinema or theatre on page 135. Let’s match the words and their definitions and then do ex 3 p135

 

 

 7. Reading and Writing. Ex 1 p 134.

 

Pre-reading activity.  (ex 2 p 134)

 Now we will learn how to write a film review. Look at page 134. There you will see the review of a film Matrix. You’ve had time to think about your favourite film or the film you have recently seen. Write the film’s name in your exercise-book and let’s look at the prompts which will help you to write a film review correctly. They are in ex 2 p 134. While reading you can make notices about the film you want to tell about. 

So, paragraph 1

 What is the film’s name? What type of film is it? Who directed it? Who are the main actors in it?

Paragraph 2

What is this film about? (be attentive: use only Present Simple!)

Paragraph 3

What is this film like? (fantastic, scary, romantic, etc.) How much do you like this film? Why?

 

While-reading activities (students read the paragraph in turn and answer the questions about the film Matrix using the text)

 

Post-reading activities. Reading and writing. (slide #4)

Now let’s make the conclusion. How should the film review look like? (slide #4)

 

 

8. Speaking (slide #4)

Now think about another film you really like and want to tell us about. (Students look at their notes and try to tell about another film according to the questions and the example of ex1 p 134)

 

9. Homework. You have an example in the book and your notes which you were making during the lesson. Your task is to write a short review of the film you really like as you did in the class

 

8. Summarizing.  Game “Microphone”

I have a microphone in my hand. Who wants to be a journalist and interview some other students about their favourite films? You can use the questions on the slide or your imagination. One more example of the film review you can see on Padlet at home.

 

 

 

(The text for Padlet:

 

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE                 by Ben

One of my favourite films is the Twilight Saga: Eclipse. It’s a fantasy film, although it’s also a love story. The film director is David Slade. The leading actors are Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson and they are really splendid. 

It’s the story of Bella and Edward, a teenage girl and a vampire, who fall in love and want to get married. However, another vampire called Victoria wants to kill Bella, so Edward and Bella’s werewolf friend Jacob try to protect her.

The acting is excellent. I particularly like Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner, who plays the part of Jacob Black most of all. However, the best thing about the film in my opinion is the amazing special effects, especially when Jacob turns into a werewolf.

To my mind, this film is gripping and really exciting, the acting is wonderful and the special effects are fantastic. If you like fantasy and love stories, I advise you to watch it )