LESSON PLAN

Teacher: José Manuel Rodríguez Llamas

Objective/Aim:
 To encourage students to join in a discussion.
 To develop students’ writing skills.
 To train learners to spend time planning before they write.

Introduction:
In this lesson learners will revise some film review vocabulary. They will write their own
film description after analysing a model. Then they will listen each other’s opinions and
have a class vote about which film looks most interesting.

Students: Young learners with intermediate to advance level (B1 – B2)

Time: 30 min

Materials: Semantic field, Vocabulary (antonyms and synonyms), and Film reviews cards

Procedure:

Warmer Teacher will present vocabulary related to the film industry and adjectives
(5 min) (finding antonyms and synonyms) to express like or dislike to movies, allowing
students to figure out the topic.

(3 min) Teacher will ask students to answer the questions:

What is your favourite film? Who is your favourite actor or actress?

What is the worst film you have ever seen? In your opinion, who is the worst
actor or actress in film today? What genre is that?

(3 min) Teacher will give students a “Which film?” short description allowing them to
figure out the name of the movie.

(6 min) Each student will choose his best and worst movie from the answers shared at
the beginning, and then each student will write a short description of the best
and the worst movies chosen.

(5 min) Each student will present his descriptions to her friends, so they could try to
figure out which one he chose.

Close Then each student will present their arguments to like and dislike the movies,
(8 min) while the teacher will encourage a discussion among students exchanging
points of view about movies, to choose the best and worst movie for the group.
Read to students the “Which Film?” short description and let them try to guess.

“Which Film?
Ask students to name this movie: This film takes place on an Italian island. An exiled,
communist poet comes to the island and slowly becomes friends with a simple, local
man. The film seems to be about learning which can take place between friends.
During the film, the poet helps his friend persuade a beautiful young woman to
become his wife by helping the man write love letters. The film follows the maturing
of a young, simple man through his contact with a famous man who he admires
greatly.

Answer: "The Postman" by Massimo Troisi - Italy, 1995”

Vocabulary:
Script Box Office Grip Stunt man
Soundtrack Cast Hairstylist Subtitle
Actor Choreographer Lighting Synopsis
Film Cinema Negative Studio
Producer Movie Theater Outtake Squid
Director Costumer Premiere Voice Over
Special Effect Critic Sequel Writer
Score Dubbing Puppeteer Zoom in
Cameramen Extra Reel
Editor Flashback Scene
Blooper Flash-forward Set

Antonyms:
Funny – Tragic
Original – Cliched
Mediocre – Outstanding
Independent – Mainstream
Contemporary – Historical
Objective – Sentimental
Tedious – Entertaining
Plodding – Pacey
Depressing - Uplifting
Fictional – Factual

Synonyms:
So-So – Average
Unoriginal – Cliched
Enjoyable – Entertaining
Uplifting – Inspirational
Dull – Boring
Movie – Film
Funny – Comical
Sad – Tragic
Exciting – Gripping
Excellent – Brilliant
Crossword:
Action – Adventure – Drama – Thriller – Spy – Sci-Fi – Fantasy – Horror – Comedy –
Cartoon – Musical – Western – Sports – War – Disaster

Incredibles

The Incredibles is a 2004 American computer-animated superhero film written and

directed by Brad Bird, produced by Pixar Animation Studios, released by Walt Disney
Pictures, and starring the voices of Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Sarah Vowell, Spencer
Fox, Jason Lee, Samuel L. Jackson, and Elizabeth Peña. Set in an alternate version of the
1960s, the film follows the Parrs, a family of superheroes who hide their powers in
accordance with a government mandate, and attempt to live a quiet suburban life. Mr.
Incredible's desire to help people draws the entire family into a confrontation with a
vengeful fan-turned-foe and his killer robot.

ROMA

Roma is a 2018 drama film written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón, who also produced,
shot, and co-edited it. Set in 1970 and 1971, Roma, which is a semi-autobiographical take
on Cuarón's upbringing in the Colonia Roma neighborhood of Mexico City, stars Yalitza
Aparicio and Marina de Tavira and follows the life of a live-in housekeeper of a middle-
class family.
Jurassic World: The fallen kingdom

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is a 2018 American science fiction adventure film and the
sequel to Jurassic World (2015). Directed by J. A. Bayona, it is the fifth installment of the
Jurassic Park film series, as well as the second installment of a planned Jurassic World
trilogy. Derek Connolly and Jurassic World director Colin Trevorrow both returned as
writers, with Trevorrow and the original Jurassic Park director Steven Spielberg as
executive producers.

Set on the fictional Central American island of Isla Nublar, off the Pacific coast of Costa
Rica, it follows Owen Grady and Claire Dearing as they rescue the remaining dinosaurs
before a volcanic eruption destroys it. Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, B. D. Wong, and
Jeff Goldblum reprise their roles from previous films in the series, with Rafe Spall, Justice
Smith, Daniella Pineda, James Cromwell, Toby Jones, Ted Levine, Isabella Sermon, and
Geraldine Chaplin joining the cast.

Aquaman

Aquaman is a 2018 American superhero film based on the DC Comics character of the
same name, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. It is the sixth installment in the DC
Extended Universe (DCEU). Directed by James Wan, with a screenplay by David Leslie
Johnson-McGoldrick and Will Beall, from a story by Geoff Johns, Wan and Beall, it stars
Jason Momoa as the title character, with Amber Heard, Willem Dafoe, Patrick Wilson,
Dolph Lundgren, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, and Nicole Kidman in supporting roles. It is the
third live-action theatrical film featuring Aquaman, following Batman v Superman: Dawn of
Justice (2016) and Justice League (2017), and the first full-length feature film centered
around the character. In Aquaman, Arthur Curry, the heir to the underwater kingdom of
Atlantis, must step forward to lead his people against his half-brother, Orm, who seeks to
unite the seven underwater kingdoms against the surface world.

Star Wars

Star Wars (later retitled Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope) is a 1977 American epic
space opera film written and directed by George Lucas. It is the first film in the original Star
Wars trilogy and the beginning of the Star Wars franchise. Starring Mark Hamill, Harrison
Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Cushing, Alec Guinness, David Prowse, James Earl Jones,
Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, and Peter Mayhew, the film focuses on the Rebel Alliance,
led by Princess Leia (Fisher), and its attempt to destroy the Galactic Empire's space
station, the Death Star.

Titanic

Titanic is a 1997 American epic romance and disaster film directed, written, co-produced
and co-edited by James Cameron. A fictionalized account of the sinking of the RMS
Titanic, it stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet as members of different social
classes who fall in love aboard the ship during its ill-fated maiden voyage.
Toy Story

Toy Story is a 1995 American computer-animated buddy-adventure comedy film produced

by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The feature-film
directorial debut of John Lasseter, it was the first feature-length film to be entirely
computer-animated, as well as the first feature film from Pixar. The screenplay was written
by Joss Whedon, Andrew Stanton, Joel Cohen, and Alec Sokolow from a story by
Lasseter, Pete Docter, Stanton, and Joe Ranft. The film features music by Randy
Newman, and was executive-produced by Steve Jobs and Edwin Catmull. The film
features the voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Wallace Shawn, John
Ratzenberger, Jim Varney, Annie Potts, R. Lee Ermey, John Morris, Laurie Metcalf and
Erik von Detten. Taking place in a world where anthropomorphic toys come to life when
humans are not present, its plot focuses on the relationship between an old-fashioned
pullstring cowboy doll named Woody and an astronaut action figure Buzz Lightyear as they
evolve from rivals competing for the affections of their owner Andy, to friends who work
together to be reunited with him after being separated from him.

E.T.

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is a 1982 American science fiction film produced and directed by
Steven Spielberg, and written by Melissa Mathison. It features special effects by Carlo
Rambaldi and Dennis Muren, and stars Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace, Peter Coyote,
Robert MacNaughton, Drew Barrymore, and Pat Welsh. It tells the story of Elliott
(Thomas), a boy who befriends an extraterrestrial, dubbed "E.T.", who is stranded on
Earth. Elliott and his siblings help E.T. return to his home planet, while attempting to keep
him hidden from the government.

Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King became one of the most critically and
commercially successful films of all time, and is considered one of the greatest films ever
made.[10] It was the second film to gross $1 billion worldwide ($1.12 billion), becoming the
highest-grossing film released by New Line Cinema, as well as the biggest financial
success for Time Warner in general at the time. The film was the highest-grossing film of
2003 and, by the end of its theatrical run, the second highest-grossing film in history. As of
February 2019, it is the twenty second highest-grossing film of all time.

At the 76th Academy Awards, it won all 11 Academy Awards for which it was nominated,
therefore holding the record for the highest clean sweep at the Oscars. The wins included
the award for Best Picture, the first time a fantasy film had done so;[11] it was also the
second sequel to win Oscars for Best Picture and Best Director (following The Godfather
Part II). The film jointly holds the record for most Academy Awards won by a single film
with Ben-Hur (1959) and Titanic (1997).