Unit 3: Telling tales

TEACHING WRITING

Pre-writing

Warm up:

Teacher warm up by showing 2 picture about the film and ask students :

1. Do you like seeing film?

2. Which film do you like most?

3. Have you ever seeing this film “Titanic”?

Present new vocabularies

sink [siηk] (v) :

sinking (n)

disaster [di'zɑ:stə] (n): unexpected event, such as a very bad accident, a flood or a fire, that kills a lot of people or causes a lot of damage.

tragedy ['trædʒədi] (n):

tragic (a)

Ex: Titanic is a tragedy film.

While-writing

Read the following passage:

Of the film I have seen , Titanic is the one I like best. Titanic is a tragic love story film. It is about the sinking of a luxury liner (ship) on its first voyage across the Atlantic Ocean. The film was made in America. It was based on the true story of the Titanic disaster that occurred in 1912. The main characters are Jack Dawson and Rose Dewitt Bukater. Jack Dawson is a young and generous adventurer. While on the board, he saves Rose Dewitt from killing herself, and although she is already engaged, the two fall in love. The ship hits an iceberg and sinks rapidly. More than a thousand people die in the disaster, including Jack Dawson.

Answer the questions below.

1. What is the name of the film?2. What kind of film is Titanic?3. What is it about?4. Where is it made?5. What is it based on?6. Who is/are the main character(s)? 7. What do you know about the

character(s)?8. Does the film have a happy or a sad

ending?

Present some new structures

• Passive: Be + pp

ex: This film was made in America.

• It be about sth

ex: It is about the love between Jack and Rose.

Task: use your notes to write a paragraph about the film, a book, a novel that you choose.

Task: Write some note about the film, a book, a story that you know and like most. By using these suggestion:

name, kind, plot, place of production, origin, characters, content, state of ending