Traitor to the Media Machine by R. Cui
Seventeen Magazine
Remember to include bibliography, webgraphy and to use images labeled for reuse.
You can include the trailer, best scenes… (in English!)
Do not copy paste from the Internet. Use your own words.
Do not fill your slides with too much text, just facts and figures and key words. You can use index cards to remember what you want to explain.
When delivering the presentation, feel confident, make eye contact with your audience and smile at them, be sure to have inflection in your voice so that you engage listeners, use hand motions and beware of your body language.
Don’t forget to include a table of contents at the beginning.
I. Watch the movie segment, which shows two queens, White and Red. Place the adjectives below under the column that you think is more appropriate for each of the queens.
BEAUTIFUL – ARROGANT – TALL – OLD – YOUNG – THIN – FUNNY – POWERFUL – FRIENDLY – UGLY – AGGRESSIVE – CALM
THE WHITE QUEEN
THE RED QUEEN
II. Now write down one comparative sentence for each of the adjectives in exercise I.
Ex:
1. The White Queen is more beautiful than The Red Queen.
[Thanks to Movie Segments to Assess Grammar Goals]
Click here and off you go! Enjoy the sights and sounds of London! Both day and dusk views…
Comment on what you liked best.
Simon Smith is an artist who recaptured the shots of London taken by Claude Friese-Greene in 1927.
1. Write down as many places and things that London is famous for.
2. If you’ve been to London, what did you like about it? If you haven’t been to London, what would you like to do there?
3. Write down five adjectives to describe London.
4. How do you think London has changed from 1927 to the present day? Use comparative forms.
5. You are going to watch a short film in which they see footage from London in 1927
and 2013. As you watch they should notice how London has stayed the same or has changed.
London in 1927 & 2013 from Simon Smith on Vimeo.
Conversation topics:
A. How has your home town changed from 1927 to the present day?
B. What has changed for the better?
C. What has changed for the worse?
D. What would you change about your home town to make it a better place to live in?
Find out about Simon Smith.
Do you like to wear the same type of clothes as your friends or do you try to look a bit different?
What do you think about the fashions in the video?
What places in your city or country are known for fashion?
I. In pairs come up with as many different types of shoes as you can think of.
II. What kind of materials can shoes be made of?
III. You are going to watch a short film in which they will a person’s feet with different kind of shoes on them. It is a short film by The Mercadantes titled Her Shoes. As you watch, try to identify the types of shoes and the material they’re made of.
[Thanks to FilmEnglish for the activities]