FILMS AND SOCIAL MEDIA The story behind the Guy Fawkes mask Reading and Writing for Intermediate level By the end of this lesson, the learners will be better able to write a short consumer review about a specific film.

1. By the end of this lesson, the learners will be better able to write a
short consumer review about a specific film.
FILMS AND SOCIAL MEDIA
The story behind the Guy Fawkes mask
Grammar and Writing
Instructor: Diana C. Gonçalves M.
Saturday the 28th, 2014
For Intermediate level

2. CLASSROOM PREPARATION
 Before this web-bassed lesson, students will have
already worked with passive voice in their different
tenses and when to use it.
 The students will have worked with a wide range of
vocabulary and phrases to describe or review a film,
book, play, concert or album.
 The students will have done an oral consumer review
about any entertainment type mentioned.

3. LEAD-IN
OBJECTIVE: TO ACTIVATE SCHEMATA
Think of your answers to these questions:
 Have you seen this mask before?
 Do you know anything about its origins?
 Does it have a particular meaning?

4. VOCABULARY PRE-TEACH
OBJECTIVE: TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH VOCABULARY NECESSARY FOR
THE TASK
Foiled
Bonfire
Gunpowder
Cellar
Plot
You’re going to read about the story of the Guy Fawkes
Mask. But before you read, access this online Oxford
learners dictionary and check the meaning of these words:

5. READING TASK
OBJECTIVE: TO PROVIDE LEARNERS WITH PRACTICE ON THE SKILL OF
SCANNING A TEXT
 Set a timer for 3 minutes. Read ‘The Story Behind the Guy
Fauwkes Mask’ on Englishwithatwist.com and mark the
statements that are true (T) and those that are false (F)
o Guy Fawkes was a member of Elizabeth I’s Parliament.
o The situation for Catholics in England improved after James I acceded to the throne.
o English Catholics intended to blow the Royal Palace with dynamite.
o The King’s soldiers took him to the Tower of London.
o King James ordered bonfires to be lit on the night of 5 November in honor of Guy
Fawkes honorable attempt.
o Guy Fawkes’ mask is nowadays a symbol of anti-government movements.
o Share your answers as a comment under our Wiki page ‘The Story
Behind the Guy Fawkes Mask’ (Class 7).

6. TARGET LANGUAGE - FOCUS ON FORM
OBJECTIVE: TO CHECK LEARNERS’ UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE
TARGET LANGUAGE IS FORMED.
 Read the text again and extract minimum four (4) examples of
active voice and four (4) examples of passive voice.
 Copy these examples on your notebook and identify:
1. If the subject is the doer or the receiver of the action.
2. What tense is it (present simple (passive), present perfect
(passive), etc.)
You’ll check with your partners in class.
subj. + be (tense) + past participle verb + compl.
The poster was issued in 1945.
REMEMBER! passive voice is formed as follows:

7. FOLLOW-UP: WRITING
OBJECTIVE: TO GIVE STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRACTISE
THEIR WRITING SKILLS.
 Watch the film V for Vendetta here.
 Write a short paragraph introducing
the movie and your opinion about it
and post it on the page ‘V for
Vendetta – class reviews’.
 Use passive and active voice.
It was written by…
It is based on…
It was filmed in…
It was first released in…
The actors are….
The special effects are…
I think it’s….
Useful language:

8. OUTCOME
 The students will practice their reading and writing
in a collaborative environment and following two
steps:
1. By reading an informative text and writing their answers
to a reading task on a wiki commentary, as well as
receiving feedback from their peers regarding the
accuracy of their answers.
2. By writing a consumer review as a wiki entry and
receiving feedback from their peers and their teacher
regarding structure, grammar and vocabulary used.