YOU’RE THE DIRECTOR

2 Vocabulary: types of story and the news

1 Choose a type of film and some events.

Types of film

biopic docudrama disaster romantic comedy period drama fantasy/science fiction

mystery/crime action/adventure psychological thriller

Events

a crash happens someone attacks the hero a lot of violence occurs a fugitive is caught
an earthquake hits the city X and Y fall in love the queen dies X is destroyed
workers go on strike hostages are taken/released X gets shot
X causes an economic collapse Lord X falls ill X has an affair other (say which)

2 Complete the storyboard then present your ideas to the class.

1 2 3

Background Main characters Problem

4 5 6

Solution Further problem Ending – happy or sad?

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 SHAPES OF YOU
Vocabulary plus: prepositions
2
1 Make notes on these topics randomly in the shapes.
• something you usually do at the weekend • something you like doing on your own

• a good programme on TV in your country at • a person you met by chance

the moment
• what you usually do in the evening
• the last time you were in a hurry – and why
• the last time you went for a run
• where you were on New Year’s Day this year
• something you did on purpose and regretted
• a place where you like going for a walk
• the last person you spoke to on the phone
• the name of a song by your favourite
singer/band • something you have made by hand

• the last time you travelled by boat • if you are usually on time or late

• where you were in 2008

Fold

2 Look at your partner’s notes and guess what they refer to.

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 CELEBRITY FACTS
2 Grammar: present perfect/past simple ✃
Worksheet A
Read out your celebrity facts, choosing the correct verb form. Then listen to your partner’s facts and
say if they are true or false.
1 At the age of ten, Justin Timberlake has won/won the 1991 pre-teen Mr America contest. (true)
2 Christina Aguilera has recorded/recorded an album in Spanish, but she doesn’t speak the
language. (true)
3 When he was a child, Jim Carrey has worn/wore tap shoes to bed, in case his parents needed
cheering up in the middle of the night. (true)
4 Drew Barrymore has never directed/never directed a film. (false – she directed her first film
Whip It in 2009)
5 Samuel L. Jackson has first appeared/first appeared in a film when he was two years old. (false
– Samuel L. Jackson first appeared in the film Together for Days in 1972, when he was twenty-four)
6 Jack Black has been/was an actor since 1969. (false – he was born in 1969)
7 The film Titanic has never been/was never translated into any languages other than English.
(false – it has been translated into many languages)
8 Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison and Kurt Cobain have all died/all died when they were
twenty-seven. (true)
9 James Bond is a real agent in the British secret service. He has worked/worked there for over
twenty years. (false – James Bond is a fictional character)
10 Tom Cruise has studied/studied to be a priest. (true)

Worksheet B
Listen to your partner’s facts and say if they are true or false. Then read out your celebrity facts,
choosing the correct verb form.
1 Quentin Tarantino has directed/directed but never acted in films. (false – he has appeared in
many of his own films)
2 Jennifer Lopez has started/started singing and dancing lessons at the age of five. (true)
3 Cuba Gooding Jr’s first job was/has been as a break-dancer for Lionel Richie at the 1984
Olympics. (true)
4 George Clooney has had/had a pet lion when he was a boy. (false – but he did have a pet pig!)
5 Brad Pitt has never won/never won an Oscar. (true – but he has been nominated for two)
6 Ex-President Ronald Reagan has appeared/appeared in over fifty films from the 1930s to the
1960s. (true)
7 John Wayne has made/made more than 200 films before he died in 1979. (true)
8 Steven Spielberg has appeared/appeared in the 1984 film ET. (false – he directed it)
9 Harrison Ford has had/had a species of spider named after him. (true)
10 Jennifer Aniston has dated/dated all of the male actors in Friends in real life. (false – but she has
dated Brad Pitt, who once appeared in Friends)

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 IN YOUR DREAMS
Grammar: narrative tenses
2

Think of a dream you had recently and make notes in the word webs. Describe your dream
to your group. Listen and ask questions to find out more about other students’ dreams.

Things you did/ate the day before Background of the dream

saw an old friend raining

Places in the dream Clothes you were wearing

an old school a beautiful dress

Main events of the dream The end/After the dream

running away from somebody woke up feeling scared

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 WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?
2 Functional language: telling a story
Worksheet A
Two ugly sisters lived in a flat in London.
Suzerella was a university student who worked
part-time as a cleaner for the two ugly sisters.
The two ugly sisters were very cruel and made
her work very hard.
A new nightclub opened, and a very handsome
celebrity was going to open it. The ugly sisters
and Suzerella really wanted to go and meet him.
The ugly sisters bought their tickets, but
wouldn’t let Suzerella go. They made her stay at
home and clean the floors.
On the opening night, Suzerella was at home,
cleaning and feeling very sad. Suddenly, an angel
appeared …
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Worksheet B
Joe and his mother were very poor. They lived
together in a very small house, and didn’t have
enough food to eat.
One day, they went to a market, so they could
sell their TV to buy some food.
While they were there, Joe’s mother went to see
the other things for sale and asked Joe to stay
and try and sell the TV.
A man came up and asked Joe to sell him the TV
for some ‘magic’ beans. Joe thought this was an
excellent idea, and sold it to him.
When Joe’s mother returned, she was very angry,
and couldn’t believe Joe had done that. When
they got home, she threw the beans into the
garden.
The next morning, when Joe woke up, a huge,
tree had grown in the garden. Joe decided to
climb it …