Teacher’s notes: Reuters | Harry Potter Studio Tour

Level: A1
Recommended age: 10-18+
Subject: Entertainment, Human Interest
Vocabulary: Getting ready, Acting, Film, Studio, Tour, Fans, Attractions
Structure / Language: Simple present, Reported speech
Expressions: is set, go-to, in one' shoes
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Before you watch:

1. Before playing the video, ask students to discuss what they remember from the
Harry Potter movie sets. If students haven’t watched any of the films, ask them to
mention what they know or have heard about the films.
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While you watch:

2. Play the video and ask them to tick the topics that are mentioned in the video.
Answers:
(x) Gringotts Bank
(x) Difficulties of playing a goblin
(x) The Vault

3. Ask students to read the sentences in exercise 3 and try to remember if they are
true or false. Play the video again. Ask students to compare their answers. If
there is an answer which all students couldn’t understand, play its part of the
video again and ask them to clap their hands when they hear the answer.
Answers:
a. F / b. T / c. T / d. F / e. T / f. T
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After you watch:

4. Once students have watched the video, organize them into small groups. Ask
them to discuss which rules a bank in this kind of context should have. Give them
some time to brainstorm the rules. Then ask them to write the rules on a piece of
paper. Stick their set of rules to the walls around the room and ask the groups to
walk around and read what other groups wrote.