Movie Activity: You’ve Got Mail (1998)

Watch the first scene of the movie (from 0:00 to the moment Kathleen opens her shop) and answer the
questions:

1. Where do the sounds and elements we watch in the beginning come from?

2. Where’s the city we see?

3. Who does Kathleen Kelly live with?

4. What are they planning to do that night?

5. What’s the first thing Kathleen does when her boyfriend goes out?

6. What’s Kathleen’s screen name?

7. What does the computer say to her?

8. What’s the subject of her email?

9. Who is Brinkley?

10. In the email, what’s NY152’s favorite season?

11. What are Joe Fox and his girlfriend doing that night? Do you agree?

12. Why doesn’t he want to go?

13. Do Kathleen and Joe use the same mail system? How can you tell?

14. Where does Joe work? What about Kathleen? Do they work near each other? How can you tell?

Song Activity: Dreams - The Cranberries

Separate the words below in rhymes and use them in the song:
mind true more way seems before see ignore do me find dreams kind day be openly

Oh my life And they'll come ___________ ( impossible not to ______ )

Is changing every ___________
In every possible ____________ And now I tell you ______________
You have my heart
Oh my ________________ So don't hurt ___________
It's never quite as it _____________ You're what I couldn't ____________
Never quite as it _______________
A totally amazing ____________
I know I've felt like this _____________ So understanding and so ___________
But now I'm feeling it even _____________ You're everything to me
Because it came from you
Oh my life
And then I open up and __________ Is changing every ____________
The person falling here is _________ In every possible _____________
A different way to __________
Oh my _____________
Laa...... It's never quite as it ______________
'Cos you're a dream to me, dream to me
I want _________ ( Impossible to ___________ )
I want _________ ( Impossible to ___________ ) Laa......
And they'll come ___________ ( impossible not to ______ )
Movie Activity: You’ve Got Mail (1998)
1. Before you watch the full film, match the following vocabulary:

1. subway ( ) a. taxi
2. daisy ( ) b. a white flower
3. discount ( ) c. the American word for “underground”
4. overstocked ( ) d. the woman your father marries
5. stepmother ( ) e. an orange wild animal
6. customer ( ) f. a store that has too many things
7. cash ( ) g. money: either coins or bills
8. cab ( ) h. what you look at on a TV or computer
9. stuck ( ) i. the daughter/son of your brother or sister
10. fox ( ) j. a person who buys things in a store
11. niece/nephew ( ) k. a price that is lower than usual
12. screen ( ) l. circles of metal put together
13. chain ( ) m. trapped

2. After you watch the full movie, answer the following questions:
1. Match:
Joe small book store “Fox Books”
Kathleen chain book store “The Shop Around The Corner”

2. Does Joe love Patricia? __________ Does Kathleen love Frank? __________

3. How many men named “Fox” own Fox Books? __________

What are their relationships? ___________________

4. In Kathleen’s opinion, Fox Books is/has:

big impersonal overstocked ignorant salespeople discounts service

5. Joes sees the following people at his boat. Match:

Annabelle stepmother
Matthew girl
Jillian boy
Maureen nanny

6. What does Joe buy Annabelle and Matthew? ______________________________

7. What is Kathleen’s costume when she is “Storybook Lady”? __________

8. Annabelle is Joe’s: daughter niece sister aunt

Matthew is Joe’s: son nephew brother uncle

9. What word can Matthew spell? __________

10. Which things can you see at Fox Books? At The Shop Around The Corner?
sweets books tables Christmas lights
coffee Statue of Liberty customers

11. At the party, do Patricia and Frank like each other? __________

12. After the party, is Joe tired? __________ Is Patricia? __________

How does Joe feel after the party? __________
13. Where do Joe and Kathleen see each other and hide?
coffee shop gym street flower stand supermarket

14. What is the cashier’s name at the supermarket? __________

What is the problem? __________ Does Kathleen have cash or credit card?________
How is the problem resolved? ______________________________

15. Who makes a better impression on TV, Joe or Kathleen? __________

16. Where do Shopgirl and NY152 decide to meet? __________

How does Joe feel before the meeting? ______________________________
How does the meeting go? ________________________________________

17. In the store, which possibilities do Christina and George give for NY152’s absence?
car accident in prison stuck in subway
at work in hospital he forgot

18. Which excuses does Joe consider giving Kathleen?

He was in Vancouver. He was stuck in an elevator.
He was in a meeting. His building lost electricity and telephone service.

19. Does Kathleen decide to close the shop or keep it open? __________

20. What does Joe bring Kathleen? __________ Why? ____________________

21. What negative characteristics does Joe suggest NY152 has?

married ugly fat female

22. Where do Shopgirl and NY152 finally meet? ______________________________

What is her reaction? __________________________________________________

3. Reading Comprehension

Article about the movie:

https://hellogiggles.com/lifestyle/nostalgia/website-for-youve-got-mail/
Official movie site:
https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/youve-got-mail
You’ve Got Mail Alert for Gmail:
https://theamericangenius.com/tech-news/nostalgic-app-plays-youve-got-mail-alert-for-new-gmail-messages/