Vídeo activity recommended for R10-12, Conversation

FINAL DESTINATION
A. Lead-in: Have you ever heard of the following expressions? What do they mean?

Sixth sense Gut feelings Intuition Déjà-vu

Now match the expressions with one the definitions below:

a. ability to know or understand something without the need to think, learn or reason.
b. an awareness of something you can’t see or hear.
c. feelings based on instinct rather than thought.
d. The feeling that you’ve been soemwhere before or done something before even
though you know you haven’t.

B. The synopsis of the first scenes of the movie ‘Final Destination’ is incomplete. Watch
the first scenes of the movie and use the words below to fill it in.

1.Mysteriously 2.Instinctively 3.volunteers 4. Premonition 5.Fireball

6.Ill-fated 7.Fiery 8. Struck 9.Derision 10. Tragically

Alex Browning, is embarking on a trip to Paris with his high school French class. In the
plane's cabin, buckled-in and ready for take-off, Alex experiences a powerful__________.
He sees the plane explode in a ____ blaze moments after leaving the ground. Alex panics
and insists that everyone get off the plane. In the melee that ensues,seven people
including Alex, are forced to disembark the _______ aircraft. Back in the departure lounge,
Alex and his friends Billy and Tod; Clear, a young woman who __________ heeded Alex's
warning; Carter, whose ____ of Alex's paranoia had him and his girlfriend Terry thrown off
the plane; and Ms. Lewton, the teacher who __________to stay with the disembarking
students, all watch as Alex's horrific premonition proves _______ accurate when the plane
explodes in a catastrophic ______. Few days later, Alex gets a warning of his friend Tod’s
hour but is too late to save him: while shaving in the bathroom, Tod __________ slips on
some water on the floor and is caught in the wire used to hang clothes. He struggles to get
loose, but to no avail: he is unable to stand up in the bathtub and finally ‘strangles’ himself.
Everyone believes that he was ______ with remorse and sorrow at the loss of his brother
that he decided to kill himself. But Alex knows better.

Discussion (in pairs or small groups)

1. Which of the senses above would you use to classify what takes place in the
scenes you have watched? Why?
2. Has anything like ever happend to you or to someone you know?
3. Should we give more importance to dreams and premonitions?
Mr. Hughes