The Island

Worksheets etc.
• http://everestshhs2015.weebly.com/blog/the-island-movie-questions
• http://warmupsfollowups.blogspot.fr/2010/02/6th-day-island-cloning
.html

• https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/cloning-ethics-the-island-vid
eo-questions-11071406
• http://sensesofcinema.com/2015/michael-bay-dossier/michael-bay-t
he-island/
• http://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1138&
context=honors
Homework for Friday May 11th
1. What are the main characters’ names? What do they suggest?
2. Why can’t the people in white have bacon?
3. Describe Lincoln’s recurring nightmare.
Homework for Friday May 25th
Answer the following questions.
1) When Lincoln and Jordan escape from the cloning facility, how
much do they know about the world they lived in?
2) Give some examples of inhumane actions practiced at the cloning
facility.
3) What is « The Island » in reality?
Homework for Friday June 1st
In the extract of the film The Island we saw last Friday, Dr Merrick
explains the nature of his project to potential clients. Watch the scene
again and answer the questions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wLiOp4LreI
1. What is the social background of Merrick’s audience?
2. It is often said that death is « a great social equalizer », meaning
that whether we are rich or poor we never know when and how we
are going to die and once we are dead we are all equal. How true is
this saying in the movie?
Organ donors
• http://www.bbc.com/news/av/health-44258751/organ-donation-why
-you-may-wait-longer-if-you-re-black
Essay
“Dr Merrick: In two years' time, I will be able to cure children's leukemia. How many people on Earth can say
that, Mr. Laurent?”
(The Island by Michael Bay)
Write an essay with the following title :

Human cloning: a hope or a nightmare?

You can support your arguments with examples from the film The Island and Aldous
Huxley’s novel Brave New World studied in your French class.
FCE 5 part essay
http://www.rubenvalero.com/english/sites/default/files/repository/fce
/FCE%20Essay.pdf
http://englishexamhelp.com/how-to-write-an-essay-for-new-fce-exam/
https://criticalthinkeracademy.com/courses/2512/lectures/51494