Daniela Miranda Daniela Miranda

Materials

Main Aims

  • To provide speaking practice for fluency in a conversation in the context of movies/ films

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide clarification of movie/ films words in the context of movies/ films conversation.
  • To provide fluency speaking practice in a speaking practice in a converstion in the context of movie genres, movie expressions, questions and answers.

Procedure

Warmer/Lead-in (3-5 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

T- displays pictures of people watching movies on a movie theatre or on Netflix. T- elicits some ideas from learners.

Exposure (8-10 minutes) • To provide a model of production expected in coming tasks through reading/listening

T- Fill the gaps with the words in the box. Obviously, this is the _______to Fun in the City, which is a film I didn’t like so it’s fair to say my expectations were low. So, you could say I wasn’t_______, as it met my expectations. It was awful! It was so awful, I’d rather not spend any more time on it by talking about it. So, it starts off with this big wedding scene. Anyway, it starts there. Then, instead of __________and________ staying in New York where the original film was______, one of them wins a ticket to India and decides to take all her friends. It’s what directors do when they’ve run out of ideas … let’s take our characters on tour! Anyway, they gossip, cry and shop, and they repeat this until the end. No real people would ever act like this. Don’t go and see it, you’ll only encourage them to make another___________. The world doesn’t need three of these films. Please save your money and go and see the other ________this week: Twilight Mirror. So, if you’re a fan of the book it’s based on, you’re probably as excited as I was about this. For everyone else, this is a film fans have been waiting ten years to see. I have to confess, I was a bit nervous. I’d seen _________and they didn’t look right. I didn’t love them at all. And I wasn’t sure about the actors they_______either. So I went in not sure what to expect. But … I loved it. One thing I really liked about it was_________. They went backwards and forwards between the real world and the computer world and it worked really well. The______________brought the computer world to life and I totally believed in it. But, more than that, I felt emotionally connected to the story and__________. The whole film worked on so many levels. It reminded me of going to the cinema as a child – how much fun that was. I can’t recommend it enough. Sequel, disappointed, the characters, the plot, set, sequel, big film, the posters, the pace cast, special effects , T- Now listen and check your answers. S-s- check in pairs.

Useful Language (8-10 minutes) • To highlight and clarify useful language for coming productive tasks

T- Projects useful language for movie conversation and genres. To cover MFP T- Gives instructions: Match the Images with the correct meaning. T-Displays images of types of movies: Horror movie, War film, Thriller, Cartoon, fantasy film, romantic film, costume film and science fiction. T- Demonstrates first one. Displays images of words used for movie conversations: To cast, a character, to set, the plot, pace, special effects and a sequel. T- Demonstrates first one. T- Nominates S to match the proper meaning T- Projects on the board and elicits Ss to match the word with the right form. T- Elicits students to find the right Inntonation in the sentences. My favourite character in this fantasy movie was the brother of the wizard. This horror movie was awful but it was set in a beautiful place. The pace of this costume film was so slow that I fall asleep. My brother loves the special effects of the Avengers sequel. I don´t understand why you like it so much thriller movies, the plot is always the same. If you see the poster of the movie you will see the cast. S- Coral drilling

Productive Task(s) (18-20 minutes) • To provide an opportunity to practice target productive skills

S- Will discuss through breakout rooms the last movie they watched, if they liked it what type of movie is it, where Is set and if they would recommend it.

Feedback and Error Correction (8-10 minutes) • To provide feedback on students' production and use of language

On the jamboard will be projected the sentences that can be corrected or reformulated. T- elicits students to find the error.

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