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e-lesson Week starting: 4th February 2008

1. The Cinema
This week’s lesson introduces different types of film, and includes opinions on the experience
of going to the cinema in comparison with watching films at home.
Level
Intermediate and above (equivalent to CEF level B1 and above)
How to use the lesson
1. Brainstorm on the subject of cinema. Ask the students about their favourite films, actors
and actresses. How often do they go to the cinema, and in what ways do they think the
experience is different from watching a film on TV?
2. Divide the students into pairs, then hand out Worksheet A and give them a few minutes to
do Exercise A, in which they have to find the four words that are not types of film.
3. Check answers in open class.
Answers: terror, fighting, active, east
4. You could then consolidate the meaning of the film types by asking the students to give
examples (note that there is some overlap between categories).
5. Give the students another few minutes to complete Exercise B, choosing from the three
options to complete the gap-fill sentences. Ideally the students should do the exercise without
referring to the glossary. (You could mention that ‘film’ and ‘movie’ are interchangeable,
although ‘film’ is more common in British English and ‘movie’ in American English.)
6. Check answers in open class.
Answers: 1. boring 2. ending 3. plays, part 4. plot 5. on, at 6. get out 7. light-hearted
8. on
6. Hand out Worksheet B and give the students five to ten minutes to read through the text,
encouraging them to look up any new vocabulary. You could ask the students to discuss if
they agree or disagree with the opinions of the three speakers. Next, keeping the students in
their pairs, hand out Worksheet C and ask them to work together to complete the crossword.
8. Check answers in open class.
Answers: 1. animation 2. watches 3. tense 4. nightmares 5. chooses 6. ending
7. follow 8. fantasy 9. interruptions 10. rather 11. silence 12. different
If the sentences have been completed correctly, The Godfather will read from top to bottom.
Related Websites
Send your students to these websites, or just take a look yourself.
http://www.imdb.com/chart/top
The ‘Top 250 Movies’, as voted by the users of the Internet Movie Database. Click on the
film titles for plot outlines, reviews, etc. Intermediate level and above.
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article2953767.ece
‘The 100 best films of 2007’, as chosen by the British newspaper The Times. Intermediate
level and above.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_7040000/newsid_7048600/7048657.stm
From BBC Newsround, a review of the recent animation Ratatouille. Appropriate for
intermediate level.
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