What Type of Films Do You Like?
Module
Happy Days
Unit
Entertainment and leisure- Watching films
Programme outline
Watching films can be a good hobby. Watching films in English canhelpimprove your listening and speaking skills. In this programme, an animated camera and an animated clapperboard introduce to you various types of films. There are cartoons, adventure films, comedies, science fiction films for you to choose from. What type of filmsdo you like?
Key Stage 2 Learning Targets
To develop an ever-improving capability to use English
~ to identify ideas in simple spoken and written texts, form opinion and express them (K.S.b)
~to respond to characters and events in imaginative and other narrative texts through oral, written and performative means such as describing one’s feelings towards characters and events (E.S.b)
Communicative functions
1. Learn about different types of films, e.g., comedies, adventure films, cartoons, etc.
2. Express feelings towards or state opinions about different types of films, e.g., I like films that make me laugh, Watching them is like travelling to a different world.
Suggested activities
1. Introduce the main characters using the images in COPYMASTER 1: the animatedCamera and Clapperboard.
2. Briefly introduce the film types: comedy, adventure, romantic, science fiction, Kung Fu, animated. Teacher can write the new words on the board to arouse pupils’ interest in knowing what they really mean.
3. Ask pupils to talk abouttheir experience of film watching.They can talk about why and where they watched the films, how they felt about the films, etc.
4. Watch the programme together. Teacher can pause after each film type is introduced. Have pupils talk about theirfeelings towards the story.
5. Tell pupils to look also at the responses of the audience to the films in the programme too. The audience’s responses can somewhat explain the impact of the films.
For example:
Comedy- films that make you laugh
Adventure films- films that excite you by taking you to a journey to a different
world
Romantic films- films mostly about boys and girls falling in love
Science fiction films- films based on some science elements but not really
scientific.Most of the plots are about some hero who saves the world with his/her
super powers that surprise the audience immensely
Animated films- films in which the images areprocessed and generated by
computeranimation
Kung Fu films- films about Kung Fuor martial arts
6. To have a quick revision of the film types introduced after watching the programme, pupils can try writing down the type of filmunder eachpicturein COPYMASTER 2Part A.Teacher can replay the programme if pupils need help.
Answers:
a. comedy
b. adventure film
c. Kung Fu film
d. science fiction film
e. romantic film
f. animated film/ Kung Fu film
Note: These areterms used to describe various film genresbutsome films feature more than one kind of style.
7. Pupils then complete the sentences in COPYMASTER 2 PART B as an exercise to reinforce the understanding of the target vocabulary.
Answers:
a. Comedies are films that make us laugh.
b. Watching adventure / science fiction films is like travelling to a different world.
c. Science fiction films are usually about heroes who save the world with their super powers.
d. Animated films are cartoons made better by computer animation.
e. Young boys and girls like to watch romantic films that talk about love.
f. Kung Fu master Bruce Lee starred in many Kung Fu films.
To encourage pupils talk about films using the target language, ask them to share their film watching experience in pairs. They can talk about why and where they watched the films and how they felt about them by writing their ideas down in COPYMASTER2PART C. An example sentence is given. If pupils do not have much experience in watching films, they can talk about the TV programmes or cartoons or short videos on DVDs instead.
E.g.I watched Snow Whiteon TV.I like romantic films because the main
characterslook very beautiful.
COPYMASTER 1
WhatTypeof Films Do You Like?
Do you know them?
Clapperboard
Camera
COPYMASTER 2
What Type of Films Do You Like?
Part A. Whattype of films they are? Write.
a. ______
b.______
c. ______
d. ______
e. ______
f. ______
Part B. Complete the sentences.
love romanticlaughanimationcartoons
science fictionKung Fucry adventure
a. Comedies are films that make us______.
b. Watching ______films is like travelling to a different world.
c. ______films are usually about heroes who save the world
with their super powers.
d. Animated films are cartoons made better by computer ______.
e. Young boys and girls like to watch romantic filmsthat talk about
______.
f. Kung Fu master Bruce Lee starred in many ______films.
Part C. Talk and Write.
Work in pairs.Tell your classmate the films that you watched. Write downthe type(s) of films you like best andgive reasons.
E.g. I watched Snow White. I like romantic films because the main characters lookvery beautiful.
1.______
______
2.______
______
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