1. At The Movies Teikoa Washington

2. Grade Level -8 th grade Middle School ESL Class Students will be shown the movie “ Do the Right Thing” to help increase their vocabulary as well as awareness of different cultures.

3. Materials Paper Pencil Video Projector Screen

4. Purpose · Movie Film Review for the Purpose of Teaching English · Will Incorporate Multimedia by the Use of a Video · Provide students with Vocabulary Review before the Movie · Strategies used (pictures, video, handouts)

5. Movie Title and Author

7. DO THE RIGHT THING The story takes place on the hottest day of the summer and revolves around Sal's Famous Pizzeria, apparently the only white- owned business in the Brooklyn neighborhood in which the film is set. Sal and his two sons, Nino and Vito, are not without their racist tendencies (especially Nino), but they nevertheless manage to coexist with their black customers.

9. Directed by Spike Lee in 1989 Movie deals with Race Relations Setting: New York

10. Cast of Movie Danny Aiello (Sal) Ossie Davis (Da Mayor) Ruby Dee (Mother Sister) Spike Lee (Mookie) Bill Nunn (Radio Raheem) Rosie Perez (Tina) Read more: Do the Right Thing - Film (Movie) Plot and Review – Publications http://www.filmreference.com/Films-De-Dr/Do-the- Right-Thing.html#ixzz1SQMDwpx5

11. Listening Activity Pt 1 Divide students in Groups Have them listen to the Phrases below and figure out what they mean. Points out to the students to observe who is speaking

12. Listening Activity Pt 2 1."Take it easy." 2."Me and you--we're gonna have a talk" 3."Hold your tongue." 4."Are you gonna kick me out now?" 5."You never clocked your sister." 6."What a waste." 7."New York City's finest." 8."You got a lot of nerve." 9."I'll catch you on the rebound." 10."It was with this hand that Cain iced his brother." 11."Let's get out of here while we're still ahead." 12."You're pushing it." 13."If you keep it up, you're gonna end up on the street with the rest of your homeboys."

14. Do the Right Think - Halfway Through: Discussion Spike Lee presents a number of characters and develops them over a very short period of time (a Saturday in summer). Discuss the following characters. 1.What is each character's life like? 2.What has happened in their past? 3.How do you know this? ◦Mookie ◦Sal ◦Da Mayor ◦Tina ◦Pino ◦Vito ◦Mother-Sister ◦Buggin' Out ◦Radio Raheem ◦Smiley

15. 2.A number of ethnic groups are represented in this film. How do each of the following ethnic groups interact? ◦African Americans ◦Italian-Americans ◦Puerto-Ricans ◦Koreans 3.What type of a neighborhood is Bedford-Stuy? 4.How hot is it? How do people try to escape the heat? In general, how do people respond when the weather becomes near unbearable? 5.What do you think is going to happen next?

16. Do the Right Thing - Before You Watch: Discussion and Vocabulary Part One: Discussion With your group, discuss the following: In the United States, there are many different ethnic and racial groups who live together. *What problems might this cause? *What are some advantages to this situation? *How are people affected by the weather? *What do they when it is very hot and humid? *What do you know about African-Americans? Share my thoughts with my group

17. Part Two: Vocabulary Matching ____ 1. the copsA. I'm really tired ____ 2. a stoopB. a very hot day ____ 3. boycottC. black men ____ 4. brothersD. start a business ____ 5. wait upE. the police ____ 6. I'm beatF. a concrete porch ____ 7. open up a placeG. stop ____ 8. a scorcher H. refuse to do something for political reasons

18. Sunshine State Standards Standard 3: The student presents information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics. (FL.A.3.4) 1. effectively communicates orally in the target language regarding a past, present, or future event. (FL.A.3.4.1) Standard 2: The student understands and interprets written and spoken language on a variety of topics. (FL.A.2.4) 2. understands the main ideas and significant details of extended discussions, presentations, and feature programs on radio and television, in movies, and in other forms of media designed for use by native speakers. (FL.A.2.4.2) 3. reads authentic written materials and analyzes them orally or in writing (e.g., describes characters, plot, personal reactions, and feelings). (FL.A.2.4.3)

19. Sunshine State Standards Cont. Connections Standard 1: The student reinforces and furthers knowledge of other disciplines through foreign language. (FL.C.1.4) Standard 2: The student acquires information and perspectives that are available only through the foreign language and within the target culture. (FL.C.2.4) 1. uses research information as a basis for expressing opinions that reflect knowledge of the target culture. (FL.C.2.4.1) 2. uses a concept or skill learned in the foreign-language class to communicate information to students in other content-area classes. (FL.C.2.4.2) 3. uses target-language skills to obtain information and perspectives from speakers of the target language. (FL.C.2.4.3) 5. uses the target language to access, process, and discuss information that is only available through the target language or within the target culture (e.g., by using technology such as databases and CD-ROM produced in the target language or consulting target-language sources to gain information on a topic of personal, community, or global concern). (FL.C.2.4.5)

20. Final Discussion Assessment will be in the form of a Final discussion I will ask students to write a review of the movie. What they liked and disliked about the movie. Also which character they most related to.