Welcome everyone!
Sonia Nascimento (English Teacher),
Mestre em Letras (UERJ)
Our blog:
http://navegate.englishteaching.pro.br/
CEJLL/NAVE
February 22 & 25,2011
Ementa
Introdução e prática das estratégias de
compreensão escrita e oral que favoreçam
uma leitura mais eficiente e independente de
gêneros textuais variados.
Foco de nossa prática:
1. Conhecimento de Mundo
2. Conhecimento da Organização Textual
3. Conhecimento Linguístico
Blog:
http://navegate.englishteaching.pro.br/
'Navegate' é uma extensão de nossas aulas.
A participação ativa no blog, com comentarios,
sugestões e críticas construtivas, pode render
pontuação para o aluno, de acordo com os
trabalhos e/ou desafios propostos.
What language to use in the classroom:
Portuguese and English – feel free to speak in
English with me!
Why study English in
Brazil?
Movie review
An overall impression about the movie.
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What's its genre?
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What about the characters and their
characteristics?
Movie Review
A resenha crítica de filme nos dá pistas se vale a pena
ou não assistirmos a determinado filme.
Do you usually read movie reviews before you go see a
film?
Characteristics of a movie review
Story Synopsis: what's the story about?
What is the story genre?
Action, Adventure, Classic, Children's, Comedy,
Documentary, Drama Experimental, Fantasy,
Horror, Religious, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller,
Travel, True Story,etc.
Survey on movies...
Best Actors
Best Films
Who is the best male actor? What is the best film you've
seen recently?
Who is the best female
actor?
Who was starring in it?
Your favorite genre:
Worst Films
What's your favorite type
of movie? Comedy,
horror, Sci-Fi, Fantasy,
Drama, Documentary,
Animation, Thriller? ...?
What is the worst film you’ve
seen recently?
Who was starring in it?
Movie Vocabulary
Here is a list of vocabulary to help you describe movies
direction/director, acting/actor, performance, characters, star,
supporting role, leading role, minor character, location, scene,
central character, starring role, costumes, screen adaptation of
______, stunt work, screenplay, writer, script, music,
soundtrack, cinematography, chase scene, animation, computer
graphics, sequence, special effects, fight sequence, editing, etc.
Here you can improve your vocabulary about movies:
http://www.roadtogrammar.com/movies/
The King's Speech Review
A Delightful Adventure of the Spirit
The King's Speech is a delightful movie. It has heart,
compassion, and moments of genuine laughter that are
unable to be met by other movies this year. It shares
much in common with its main foe, The Social Network,
in regards to the job done by each director, David
Fincher and Tom Hooper respectively. (…)
The King's Speech is a classic example of getting right all
the little things, adding up to one grandiose and
satisfying cinema experience.
The King's Speech review - cont.
(...)
It's a winner, and Colin Firth's performance was both technically
impressive (having to stammer believably) and emotionally
engaging.
Adapted from:
http://gotchamovies.com/news/the-kings-speech-movie-review,
acessed on February 20, 2011.
Let's watch the trailer!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_Fy9hJmFhU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwfKpM502HQ&feature=related
And the Oscar goes to....
The Academy Award (informally known
as the Oscar) was founded in 1927 by 36
of the most influential men and women in
the motion picture industry at the time.
The Academy is an honorary
membership organization whose ranks
now include more than 6,000 artists and
professionals.
What are your favorite movies this year?
What about Toy Story 3? Social
Network?
Wasteland, a documentary ? (Vik Muniz)
To find out more about the Oscar Awards, log on to:
http://www.oscars.org/academy/historyorganization/index.html
Take a look at this text and complete with the words in bold:
Screenplay – Credits – Location - Editing - List
Studio - Dubbed - Director - Special effects - Played
Soundtrack - Stunts - Crew – Shot/Scene - Subtitles
In a movie, the names of the stars, the producers, the person who wrote
the (1) …....... and the (2) …....... are given in the opening (3)…..….....,
but you have to wait till the end to see the complete (4) …........ of
characters and the actors who (5) .......... them-- and the name of
every individual member of the film (6) ......... Some films are shot in a
(7) .........., others are filmed on (8)........... (9)........... films can be
shown with (9) .......... or they may be (10)...........
A really exciting movie depends on good photography, good (11).........
(the way the film is cut with perfect timing so that each (12)..............
surprises you), exciting (13) ................(car chases, fights and falls)
(14).........(visual techniques that make fantasy seem like reality) and
the (15) ........... (music played in the film).
Assignment
What is a WebQuest?
A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented lesson format in
which most or all the information that learners
work with comes from the web.
This term you'll work on a webquest about movies.
We'll talk about it in our next meeting.