LESSON PLAN MOVIES

WARM-UP : show the students these

pictures and ask them what is the movie?
In English

Spiderman
Jurassic Park
Harry Potter

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Present the kinds of the movies:
Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-fi, comedy
Ask what is their favorite kind, and ask
their favorite movie of that kind.
If they answer Adventure, for example,
the favorite one is the Avengers
Ask them what is the movie about? What
are the actors? The director?
 1.How often do you watch movies?
Where do you watch them?
2. Can you think of an example of a good
movie in five different categories?
3 . Can you think of an example of a bad
movie in three categories?
4. What makes your favorite films special
or memorable?
5. Name a few movies that you disliked.
Why did you dislike them?
6. Can you think of some books that have
been adapted into movies? Did the
adaptations work?
 7. Did you have a favorite movie as a
child? Teenager?
8. What are the best snacks for watching a
movie?
9. Have you ever seen a movie several
times? Which ones? Why?
10. How do you decide which movie to
see? Word of mouth? Adds? Reviews?

Circle 2 quotes that appeal to you. Discuss

your choices.

1 “You know what your problem is? It’s

that you haven’t seen enough movies–all of
life’s riddles are answered in the movies.”—
Steve Martin (1945–), comedian
2. Cinema can fill the empty spaces of your
life and your loneliness. Pedro Almodovar
3. I think cinema, movies and magic have
always been closely associated. The very
early peole who made movies were
magicians. Francis Ford Coppola
4. “It’s the movies that have really been
running things in America ever since they
were invented. They show you what to do,
how to do it, when to do it, how to feel
about it, and how to look how you feel
about it.”—Andy Warhol (1928–1987),
American artist
5.. “We need families to start taking more
responsibility in understanding which
movie is good for their children and which
movie is not.”—Jet Li (1963– Chinese actor
and martial artist
6.. “Movies are fun, but they’re not a cure
for cancer.”—Warren Beatty (1937–
American actor, director, and producer
7. “My movies were the kind they show in
prisons and airplanes because nobody can
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1. What movies are mentioned?

( ) Breakfast Club
( ) Forrest Gump
( ) Star Trek
( ) Ferris Bueller´s day off
( ) To kill a mocking bird
( ) Jurassic Park
( ) Notting Hill

Why do they like the movies?

Mark True or False
( ) The kid likes Harry Potter because of
the action and it is funy
( ) She likes Ferris Bueller´s day off
because it is funny
( ) She likes The Professional because of
the action
( ) She likes Notting Hill because it has a
happy ending and it is funny
( ) She likes To Kill a Mocking Bird because
of the actors
( ) The kid likes Star Wars because of the
action

What is your favorite movie? Why do you

like it?
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