1. Week 4
Film and TV 1

2. What types of movies do you like? Who stars in your favorite movie?
Warm-up
In groups of 2-4 people, generate a list of words about television and movies.
What types of movies do you like?
Who stars in your favorite movie? 2

3. Look over the vocabulary. Listen and repeat.
Vocabulary P
Look over the vocabulary.
Listen and repeat.
What words are unfamiliar to you? 3

4. Movie Rating System G – general audiences. Anyone can see it
PG – Parental Guidance – it's for children, but they should go with their parents
PG-13 – you should be 13 to see this film because it may be unsuitable for younger children
R – Restricted – anyone under 17 should be with a parent or guardian
NC-17 – no one under the age of 17 is allowed in for any reason
X – adults only – you must be 18 to view the film 4

5. Look over the questions on pages28-29 Close your book.
Task 3
Look over the questions on pages28-29
Close your book.
Take notes into your notebook.
Fill in your notes in the book.
Talk about the talk with a partner.
Listen again.
Finish your notes. 5

6. Task 3, Answers
Part B
1) F
2) F
3) F
Part A
1) B
2) C 6

7. Star Wars, Back to the Future, Rocky
Part C
Finding a property
1) an original story
Star Wars, Back to the Future, Rocky
2) A property from a novel, play, or musical
The Sound of Music, Tess, The Godfather
Writing the script
1) The original writer takes part in the production of the script
2) Directors write the script themselves 7

8. You MUST take notes on a piece of paper
Watch the opening Scene
Watch the film (x2)
Take notes
What movies do they discuss?
What do the characters talk about?
What happens?
You MUST take notes on a piece of paper 8

9. SCREAM
Watch the film

10. SCREAM Write your student number on your paper and pass it in.
That was your quiz this week.
I will look at your notes and rank them on a scale of 0 to 3
3 – excellent notes
2 – adequate notes
1 – poor notes
0 – no notes or completely inadequate

11. Talk about “Scream” In small groups, talk about the film
What did the characters say?
What do you expect to happen next?
When speaking, did you have trouble understanding speed, pronunciation, context?

12. Discuss horror films What are scary movies like in Chinese filmmaking?
What is the scariest film you have ever seen?
What's the “gore factor” in Chinese films like?

13. We will: Finish unit 3, focusing on television and skipping unit 4
Next week
We will:
Finish unit 3, focusing on television and skipping unit 4

14. Listen and take notes into step C on p. 30 We will listen twice
Task 4, p. 29
Listen and take notes into step C on p. 30
We will listen twice
After listening, answer the questions on p. 29