LET’S REVIEW: DESCRIBING PROCESSES

                                    

                                                

                                                    

Hello Students,

You’ve been reading and writing about books, but have you ever wondered  how books are made?

By clicking on the link below, you’ll have the chance to see the whole process. In your copybook, take down notes of the main steps that are followed,  paying  special attention to the use of passive voice and the new vocabulary:

                    Step 1. _________________________________

                    Step 2. _________________________________

                    Step 3._________________________________ (Etc)

                   http://www.penguin.co.uk/static/misc/uk/puffin/makebook3.swf

Now watch the video below and write down the process of making newspapers. Use the passive voice as well as appropriate sequence words .

After you watch the video,do the following task:

Pairwork: Can you find similarities and/or differences between both processes?

Write a paragraph stating your findings.

Are you UP for a film?

Film Review Exercise

Hi, students!
Today in the lab you'll practice your film review writing with part of a very popular animated film. Do you know what film this is?

Let's take a look at Carl and Ellie's love story.

Task


Individually, write a film review about this extract from the film "Up"including all the aspects seen in class, such as:

• Title 
• Introduction 
• Plot
• Setting
• Characters
• Best moment/scene
• Conclusion

You can use some of these phrases to write your film review. 

• The film is called... (title)
• It is a... (type)
• It is directed by... (director's name)
• It starts... (actors' names)
• It is set in... (location)
• It is about... (story)
• It is... (description using adjectives)
• if you like... (recommendation) 

Hand in this assignment to your teacher at the end of this class.

Book Review

Hi students,

Today in the lab you are going to work on book reviews. 

You've been asked to write a book review for a local newspaper. For this, you need to choose one of the books you have read this term in class: The Picture of Dorian Gray or Robinson Crusoe.

Considering information below, take notes about the book which will help you write your final review. You can also refer to "The Components of a Book Review" chart found in your class worksheet to organize your ideas. 

After you've done this, transfer the main information from your notes to the "Newspaper Matrix" you'll find at the end. Hand in this to your teacher at the end of this class. 

(Takes notes in your notebook)

_____________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________

Newspaper Matrix

Project!

What's your favourite book? - Tell us about it! 

Write a book review about your favourite book of all time or about one you find really interesting. Write the review considering the aspects discussed in class today. Hand in this to your teacher next class Wednesday 20th.

                                              

 MOVIE TIME!

Dear Students,


Have you  seen the film  Titanic? We are pretty sure you have, so let's see how much you remember about the story by answering the questionnaire below. Use the pictures and the vocabulary to help you.

             

      

Useful Vocabulary:

unsinkable, accident, iceberg, sinking, sank, right ahead, hit, lifeboat, women,  afraid, cold, children, drowning

                                    

1. Why is the Titanic famous ?
2. Where did the Titanic start ?
3. What did it cross ?
4. Where was it going to?
5. What happened ? And then?
6. Who got into the lifeboats ?
7. What happened to many people?
8. Why didn’t they go back to rescue the drowning people ?

• After you complete the questionnaire, watch the movie trailer,take down notes and  compare your answers.

                                             http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCy5WQ9S4c0

Project 

Writing a Film Review

 Use the information you've gathered in the questionnaire as well as the notes you've taken from  the trailer in order to write a review of the film Titanic.

Follow the guidelines below to organize your writing. Hand in your work to your teacher. This is

 an evaluated task.

Introduction Most people remember and liked the movie, "The Titanic". Perhaps this was because the movie was based on a real story. And,of course, it was a movie with drama, action, adventure and romance.

Main Idea #1  The “Titanic” was made by the director James Cameron. _______________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________

Main Idea #2 At the beginning of the movie, the main characters Jack and Rose board the boat in America.  ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________

Main Idea #3 One of the best things about this movie was _________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________

Main Idea #3 One of the best things about this movie is ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________

Conclusion  “The Titanic” has become a classic movie because ____________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________