What Type of Films Do You Like?

ModuleHappy Days

UnitEntertainment and leisure- Watching films

Programme outlineWatching films can be a good hobby. Watching films in English can help improve 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 films do you like?

Key Stage 2 Learning TargetsTo 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 functions1. 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 activities1. Introduce the main characters using the images in COPYMASTER 1: the

animated Camera 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 about their 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 their feelings towards the story.

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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/hersuper powers that surprise the audience immensely

Animated films- films in which the images are processed and generated bycomputer animation

Kung Fu films- films about Kung Fu or martial arts6. To have a quick revision of the film types introduced after watching the

programme, pupils can try writing down the type of film under each picture in COPYMASTER 2 Part 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 are terms used to describe various film genres but some 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.

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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 COPYMASTER 2 PART 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 White on TV. I like romantic films because the main characters look very beautiful.

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COPYMASTER 1What Type of Films Do You Like?

Do you know them?

Clapperboard

Camera4

COPYMASTER 2What Type of Films Do You Like?

Part A. What type of films they are? Write.

a. ______________________________________________________

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b.______________________________________________________

c. _______________________________________________________

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d. ______________________________________________________

e. ____________________________________________________

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f. ____________________________________________________

Part B. Complete the sentences.

love romantic laugh animation cartoons

science fiction Kung Fu cry 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 ____________________.

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e. Young boys and girls like to watch romantic films that 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 down the type(s) of films you like best and give reasons.

E.g. I watched Snow White . I like romantic films because the main characters look very beautiful.

1.___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________

2.___________________________________________________________________

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