It's the week before the final exam so I put together this easy lesson, based on the "movie cloze" worksheet at
www.bogglesworldesl.org. Depending on the class I may only get through two parts of the lesson, it varies from classroom to classroom.
Level - Intermediate
Aims - Improve english vocabulary about movies, creative thinking and expression in English.
Materials - "Movie Cloze" Worksheet, "Welcome to Hollywood" (1 for each group), Visual Aids of popular english Movies.
Introduction - Write "Welcome to Hollywood" on the board. Ask students "Where is Hollywood?", "Why is Hollywood famous?". Write answers on the board. Explain to students Hollywood movies are famous all over the world. There are movies made in Canada and movies made in Korea, but Hollywood movies are seen all over the world. (Your students will try to list Korean actors and movies in the later activity so it is important to emphasize that the lesson is about Hollywood actors/movies)
(5 minutes)Lesson - A) Hand out "Movie Cloze" Worksheet. Read out words at the top of the page and have students repeat the words. Read the completed cloze and have students fill in the blanks. Read it again and have students say the missing words, give examples from movies like Harry Potter to explain (ie, Daniel Radcliffe is the Actor/Star, but his character is Harry Potter; there are 5 Harry Potter Sequels...) (
10-15 Minutes, longer if your students need it read twice or you have the students read it back to you)
B) Review vocabulary by posting pictures from famous English films and ask the students for: the actors, the characters, the genre, the setting. (This activity can go for the rest of the class or you can just review 2 or 3 films. I recommend: Harry Potter, The Devil Wears Prada, Titanic, Spiderman, Mammia Mia)
(10 + minutes)Activity - Divide students into groups of approxiamately 4 students and give each group one copy of "Welcome to Hollywood" worksheet. In their groups, the students should brainstorm lists of their favourite english movies and english actors/actresses. If they ask for spelling I write them on the board because chances are more than one group is going to ask you to spell "Angelina Jolie" and "Pirates of the Carribean". After 5-10 minutes of Brainstorming, instruct the groups to creat their own film (2nd half of the worksheet). Divide the board into enough spaces for each team to write their movie title/stars/genre/setting. The class will enjoy reading eachothers ideas. If there is enough time, you can have the class vote on the best idea and give out a small prize, like stickers.
(25-30 minutes)The activity takes up alot of time, I only use it in my good classes where the students stay on task. Classes that need more structure I found I used the cloze activity as the bulk of the lesson (I made students read out the completed sentences) and then reviewed movies with them to fill out the rest of the class.
