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Unit 7: THE WORLD OF CINEMA
UNIT 7: THE WORLD OF CINEMA Sessions: 8
55 each
2º ESO DATE: End of January and early February 2nd SEMESTER
OBJECTIVES
To learn the vocabulary about cinema and film.
To understand useful phrases for talking about a film and going to the cinema.
To understand adjectives of the unit (boring, amazing, entertaining, etc.)
To develop reading skills and increasing the topic vocabulary.
To use past simple and continuous to communicate in authentic situations.
To make a verb tense review
To express their personal opinions about the topic of the unit
To be able to make an oral presentation with correct grammar and vocabulary.
To be able to make a correct dialogue.
To listen and understand specific information about some people opinions and films.
To write an essay about “The best film of their childhood” using the grammar of the unit.
To value the foreign language as a way to enter to other knowledge such as geography.
To be able to differentiate among the three different ways of pronouncing the –ed
ending: /t/, /d/, /id/.
KEY
COMPETENCES
Competence in linguistic communications
Competence on learning to learn
Treatment of information and digital competence
Social and civic competence
Cultural and artistic competence
Autonomy and personal initiative
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CONTENTS ACTIVITIES METHODOLOGY
I. Communicative abilities
II. Language considerations
Producing oral descriptions, opinions
and narrations about their favorite film.
Making dialogues to buy cinema tickets
using key phrases.
Reading a text about Harry Potter film
and make two reading comprehension
activities
Listening three people talking about
different films and doing exercises.
Writing an essay about the best film of
their childhood using grammar and
vocabulary correctly
Creating a final project of a film,
changing the end of it and exposing
orally in front of the class
Vocabulary: types of film/ cinema
vocabulary/adjectives/likes and dislikes/
Key phrases.
Grammar: past simple and past
continuous, irregular verbs.
Pronunciation: Regular verbs (-ed) and
irregular verbs pronunciation (read, read,
read)
-Communicative approach
- Eclectic methodology
combining structural and
functional approach.
- Individual, pair and group
work.
- Teacher-student
- Teacher-whole class
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CONTENTS ACTIVITIES METHODOLOGY
III. Socio-cultural aspects To evaluate the foreign language as a
vehicle of relationship and understanding
between people and cultures.
To understand and appreciate of cultural
elements such as cinema of foreign
speaking countries when they do their
activities, read and listen to the texts.
To do a cross-curricular exercise where
they must place the city of Hollywood in
the United States map.
To learn about some famous films.
To use an internet tool for doing the final
project.
-Communicative approach
- Eclectic methodology
combining structural and
functional approach.
- Individual, pair and group
work.
- Teacher-student
- Teacher-whole class
MATERIALS Worksheets with grammar, reading, speaking and writing
exercises.
Student s book and Workbook
Computer room (powerpoint, internet, projector)
CDs
Worksheet with the final project.
FINAL TASKS Choosing a film, finding information about it on the internet,
creating a power point using some photos, putting the searched
information in it and presenting it in front of the class. Then, they
have to change the end of this film making a dialogue and
representing. All the presentations will be voted by classmates
and there will be a winner group.
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EVALUATION Individual observation of the class notebook and homework.
Participation in class.
Individual process in oral and written practice.
Listening and reading practice
Written practice (The film of my childhood)
Exam: Unit 7 (grammar, reading, listening and vocabulary of
the unit)
Final project about a film.
Good group work.
Oral presentation through power point
CROSS-CURRICULAR TOPICS Geography. Students must locate Hollywood in the United States’ map
SPECIAL NEEDS ACI for students with learning difficulties. Giving them specific
guidelines and simple vocabulary for doing the final task.
Reinforcement and extension activities.
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SUMMARY
TITLE OF THE UNIT:
UNIT 7: THE WORLD OF CINEMA
GRADE: 2ºESO
SEMESTER: 2nd Semestre
NUMBER OF STUDENTS: 25 students.
SESSIONS: 8th session
THE ACTIVITY IS IN THE SESSION 7.
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DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY
FINAL TASK OF THE UNIT
In groups of 5, students must choose a film
They must to search some information about it (duration, director,
famous actor/actress, argument of the film, awards, etc)
They have to make a Power Point about it using some photos and
putting the searched information in it.
Then, they have to change the end of the film making a dialogue and a
short representation.
Present all the work (ppt and representation) in front of the class.
Later, all the presentations will be voted and evaluated by the
classmates.
There will be a WINNING GROUP
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THE ACTIVITY WORKS…
Oral presentation and Role - playing
Speaking ( fluency, spontaneity and pronunciation)
Grammar of the unit (Past simple/continuous)
Review of other tenses
Use of TICs
Writing : To write the power point and the dialogue
Vocabulary
Group work
Listening (they have to evaluate their classmates)
Group assessment (Coevaluation) and self-assessment
Competence in linguistic
communications
Competence on learning to learn
Treatment of information and
digital competence
Social and civic competence
Cultural and artistic competence
Autonomy and personal initiative
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IT WILL BE NOTED…
No longer than 10 minutes per group
Language: English
Originality:
Dialogues must be interesting, amusing and clear.
They can say funny things
The use of costume.
Good Power Point.
Visual effects.
(etc.)
Use more than one verb tense.
Good grammar and vocabulary both in speaking and writing.
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GROUPS SPONTANEITY SELF-CONFIDENCE ORIGINALITY EASY TO
UNDERSTAND
GRAMMAR
AND
VOCABULARY
1
2
3
4
5
GROUPASSESSMENT
• While students are watching the presentations, grade them from 1 to 5.
• They have to write reasons of the grades in the squares given
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SELF- ASSESSMENT
Moreover, students must to evaluate what they have done in their groups.
I have helped my group
To look for information
To write the dialogue
To to de presentation
I have learnt
New information about the film
New vocabulary
New Grammatical structures
I think “working in groups” has been
Very useful
Quite useful
Not useful at all
The contribution you have made to the group
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TO SUM UP….
This activity is in the session 7.
There are 25 students in the classroom.
So, 5 groups of 5 students
10 minutes per presentation
TOTAL: 50 minutes
In the last 5 minutes, students say the winning group.
At the end of the class, students give me all the presentations, dialogues,
group-assesment and self-assessment and I correct them.
This work will help the final grade.
In addition, the winning group will have an extra point.
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EXAMPLE
FILM: TITANIC
DIRECTOR: James Cameron
DURATION: 3hours and 14 minutes
DATE: December 19, 1997
DISTRIBUTION: Twentieth Century Fox
ACTOR/ACTRESS: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Bill
Paxton, Kathy Bates.
AWARDS:
•11 Academy Awards (Oscars)
• 4 Golden Globes
•1 Grammy Award
•1 Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Award
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ARGUMENT OF THE FILM:
The film is about the ship Titanic which are going from Southampton,
England to New York, USA.
It was the biggest ship of that time and because of that people thought
it was unsinkable.
On board the ship there are a young man called Jack Dawson and a young
woman called Rose DeWitt Bukater. He travelled in third class and she in
first. The same day the get to know eachother the ship hits an iceberg.
Titanic is now slowly sinking.
People panic and the crew close the gates to third class because there
aren't enough lifeboats. Jack and Rose stay together and decide to both
survive, but finally Jack died.
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ALTERNATIVE ENDING
Jack survived the shipwreck but Rose did not know. He was saved by another
ship, which took him to land. Then, he looked for Rose, who was very sad
because she though he had died. When he find her, she was very surprised and
she could not wait to give him a big hug. Finally, he proposed marriage to her and
she accepted. They all lived happily ever after.
Rose, here I am!
I survived!
Oh Jack! I can't
believe it!
Marry me, Rose
Oh yes Jack!
