reading activities

Module

1 unit 1

“Movie review”

Words: 230

Vocabulario elemental: adversaries, infamous, ignited, ruthless, unexpected, cast, comrade, mysterious.

Cognates: 18

Ability: Reading comprehension

Time: 2 hours

 Objectives

1.-Summarize information

2.-Produce their own commentary on film, using CMO

 Viewed in the module.

3.-Apply or re-use the key vocabulary

4.-writes and expresses personal attitudes

LINGUISTIC CONTENTS

FUNTIONS: Information

MORPHOSYNTACTICS AND

STRUCTURAL:  present simple. Past simple, phrases verbs.

FORMULA: general interest videos.

KEY WORDS: adversaries, infamous ignited, ruthless, unexpected, cast, mysterious.

NOUNS: playwright, peace, honors.

VERBS: won, arrested, released, devoted.

ADJECTIVES: outspoken, glorious,

Pre-reading

1.-Show to class a sample of video from a movie   “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides”

 2.- Observe take a  general idea of the movie including the identification of the characters, after that they have to observe and choose the most important part of the movie, orienting with the following questions. What do you think about this movie? Do you recognize the characters?

They can visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZTtvYLvCRI&feature=related

While- reading

1.-Read the movie review, and then they have to stress 5 verbs, 5 nouns, 5 adverbs, 5 adjectives, that the student doesn’t know.

http://disney.go.com/pirates/#/about/

Producer by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Rob Marshall, Pirates of the Caribbean: On the strange Tire captures the fun, excitement and humour that ignited the hit franchise this time in Disney digital 3D. Jonny Deep returns to his iconic role of Capitan Jack Sparrow in this action-packed adventure that finds him crossing path (a sword) with the enigmatic Angelica. When the forces him aboard the Queen Annes Revenge, the ship of the legendary pirate Blackbeard (Ian McShane). Jack finds himself

On a unexpended journey to the fabled Fountain of Youth. Alone the way Jack must use all his wiles to deal with the barbarous Blackbeard and his crew of Zombies, Angelica, the ravishing pirate with whom he share a dubious past, and the beautiful, enchanting mermaids whose masterful cunning can lure even most seasoned sailor to his doom. The international cast includes franchise vets Geoffrey Rush as the indestructible Capitan Hector Barbossa and Kevin R. McNally as Capitan Jack long-time comrade Joshamee Gibbs, plus Sam Claflin as a stalwart missionary and Astrid Bergès-Frisbey as a mysterious mermaid. ). Jack finds himself on a unexpended journey to the fabled Fountain of Youth when a woman from his past (Penelope Cruz) forces him aboard the Queen Annes Revenge, the ship of the formidable pirate Blackbeard.(Ian McShane)

With this link the students have to:

Post reading

1.-Make you own movie review with the most relevant facts of the movie.