Date:March 8th,2009
Period :82
Unit 13 FILMS AND CINEMA
Lesson READING
I. Objectives: By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
Develop such reading micro-skills as skimming for main ideas, summarising main ideas, scanning for specific ideas, and guessing meaning in context.
Use the grammatical structure “It was not until . . . . that . . . .” and cinema vocabulary.
II. Language Focus:
Grammar: the grammatical structure “It was not until . . . . that . . . .”
New words: silent films, screen, character . . .
III. Teaching Aids: overhead projector, cassette player, textbook . . .
IV. Procedures:
Stages/
Time
Teacher’s Activities
Students’ Activities




Warm – up
(5 minutes)
Cinema Crossword Puzzle
-T divides the class into small groups of 3 – 4 Ss. Then T distributes the following crossword puzzle handouts for Ss to do in their own groups. Which group finishes first and has all the correct answers will be the winner.
-T introduces the topic “Music”
Across:
2. A film that makes you laugh is a . . .
5. The person who makes a film.
7. All the people who act in a film.
8. The story of a film.
Down:
1. The music of a film.
3. The word of a film.
4. A film that frightens you is a . . . film.
6. The most important actor in a film.
* Suggested answers:
1. sound-track
2. comedy

3. script
4. horror

5. director
6. star

7. cast
8. plot



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-Ss enjoy playing the game in groups of 3 – 4 Ss.





Pre –
reading



7 minutes
-T draws a network on the board and elicits cinema vocabulary from Ss. The key word is “Cinema”.
-T makes sure Ss understand the meaning of these words and teaches their prounciation, if necessary.
-Then T guides Ss to discuss the following questions in pairs:
1.Do you want to see a film at the cinema or on TV? Why?
2.Can you name some of the films you have seen?
3.What kinds of films do you want to see? Why?
Pre-teaching vocabulary and structure
+motion (n): the act of moving, or changing place or position.
+set something in motion = move something
+still (a): silent
+audience (n): viewers
+spread (v): to extend over a place
+replace (v):
[ It was not until TIME that CLAUSE]
-This structure means the same as not . . . before. It refers to the commencement point of an action or event in the past.
Ex: It was not until last year that we began this program = We didn’t begin this program before last year = We began this program last year.
-T may ask Ss to make some sentences with the new structure.
-Ss work in pairs and do the task.














-Ss listen to T’s explanation and take notes new vocabulary.

While – reading




7 minutes
Task 1 – Find the correct words in the passage to match with the definition
-T gets Ss to read the passage individually and do the task.
-T goes around to help Ss when necessary.
-T calls Ss to present and explain their answers.
-T gives the correct answers.
* Expected answers:
1. Cinema
2. Sequence
3. Decade

4. Rapidly
5. Scene
6. Character




-Ss work individually and do the task.

-Ss present their answers in front of the class

-Ss take note the correct answers.







7 minutes
Task 2 – Answering questions.
-T asks Ss to work individually to do the task.
-T asks Ss to