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CONSIGNES Semaine Du 23 Au 27 Mars Travail À Faire Sur La CONSIGNES Semaine du 23 au 27 mars Travail à faire sur la thématique des films Pour suivre le cours de cette semaine voici les étapes à suivre : 1- D’abord, vous lisez attentivement la trace écrite en page 2 puis vous la recopiez dans votre cahier. 2- Ensuite, vous compléter au crayon à papier la fiche en page 3. Pour faire cela, vous devez d’abord lire toutes les phrases à trou puis lire chaque proposition et ensuite essayez de compléter les trous. 3- Pour terminer, vous faites votre autocorrection grâce au corrigé qui se trouve en page 4 1 Monday, March 23rd Objectif : Parler des films Film vocabulary I know (vocabulaire de film que je connais) : - film (UK) / movie (USA) - actor = acteur / actress = actrice - a trailer = une bande annonce - a character = un personnage 1. Different types of films - Activity 2 a 1 page 66 (read, listen and translate the film types) An action film = un film d’action / a comedy = une comédie / a drama = un drame / an adventure film = un film d’aventure / an animation film = un film d’animation = un dessin animé / a fantasy film = un film fantastique / a musical = une comédie musicale/ a spy film = un film espionnage / a horror film = un film d’horreur / a science fiction film = un film de science fiction. - Activity 2 a 2 page 66 (listen to the film critic and classify the films) Johnny English Frankenweenie The Hobbit Les Misérables The Star Wars Reborn (French) series - A comedy, - An animation - A fantasy film - a musical - the series are film, science fiction - An action film - an adventure - a drama films and and - A comedy and film - adventure films - A spy film - A horror film 2. Words to express my opinion about films - Activity 2b page 66 (Read, listen and copy the words in the word box) Excellent – brilliant – fantastic – great – super all right dreadful – awful- terrible 3. My opinion about a film - Activity 3 a page 66 (read the texts and find the film title) The film description number 1 is the “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” film because it’s a fantasy film with Lord Voldemort. The film description number 2 is the “Breaking Dawn” film because it’s a fantasy film with vampires. The film description number 3 is the “Skyfall” film because it’s an action film with James Bond. - Write your opinion about a movie. I think the Harry Potter films are brilliant / I think the James Bond films are awful 2 Complete the definitions with the right type of films from the box on the right. 0. ______Horror_______ films feature lots of monsters such as Frankenstein, or Dracula. The object of these films is to make you scream and be afraid, very afraid! action 1. ____________________ films are films in which the heroes have lots of battles, do incredible stunts adventure and drive fast. animation 2. ____________________ films feature martial arts such as Judo, Karate, Taekwondo and so on. Bruce Lee made lots of these films. biographical 3. ____________________ films are like action films, but they take place in exotic places. They include detective story films about pirates, historical adventures such as sailing around the world and space exploration. 4. There are many different types of _________________ films. In general, they make you laugh - a lot! 5. ____________________ films are love stories made to melt our hearts with stories of people finding each other and falling in love. Many of them are romantic comedies. 6. A ___________________ is a film that investigates some real life story that is very interesting for a number of reasons. Many documentaries look at the causes for world problems, or new types of scientific discoveries. 7. ______________________ films are sometimes cartoons such as Disney films. They use computer disaster graphics to make elaborate stories of adventure, comedies, and more. documentary 8. ______________________ films focus on someone's life story. These films are usually about very famous people. They are also often documentaries. drama 9. ______________________ films are a type of adventure film. Unfortunately, these films focus on comedy horrible things happening to us like the end of the world films of 2012. historical drama 10. _____________________ are sweet films that include romance, but also lots of funny moments as well. martial arts 11. ______________________ films are also a type of adventure film. These films feature their characters from comic books such as Superman, Batman and Spiderman. 12. ______________________ films are set in the future and might be about other planets, or just about the future of our planet Earth. These often feature many elements of adventure films such as chases and battles. 13. ___________________ films are often sad stories about difficult situations in life such as fighting cancer or difficult love stories. 14. ____________________ are based on real events that happened in the past that are historically important. romance 15. ____________________ are spy or espionage stories that are similar to adventure films, but often romantic comedy feature international spy rings, or countries trying to find out secrets about each other. science-fiction 16. ____________________ stories focus on solving crimes. Usually, there is a detective who must find out who committed a crime before the criminal commits other horrible crimes. super-hero thriller 3 Complete the definitions with the right type of films from the box on the right. 0. ___Horror__________ films feature lots of monsters such as Frankenstein, or Dracula. The object of action these films is to make you scream and be afraid, very afraid! 1. ___Action__________ films are films in which the heroes have lots of battles, do incredible stunts and adventure drive fast. animation 2. ___Martial Arts____ films feature martial arts such as Judo, Karate, Taekwondo and so on. Bruce Lee made lots of these films. biographical 3. ___Adventure_______ films are like action films, but they take place in exotic places. They include films detective story about pirates, historical adventures such as sailing around the world and space exploration. 4. There are many different types of _____comedy_____ films. In general, they make you laugh - a lot! 5. ___Romance________ films are love stories made to melt our hearts with stories of people finding each other and falling in love. Many of them are romantic comedies. 6. A __documentary________ is a film that investigates some real life story that is very interesting for a number of reasons. Many documentaries look at the causes for world problems, or new types of scientific discoveries. 7. __Animation_____ films are sometimes cartoons such as Disney films. They use computer graphics to disaster make elaborate stories of adventure, comedies, and more. documentary 8. __Biographical_____ films focus on someone's life story. These films are usually about very famous drama people. They are also often documentaries. 9. __Disaster________ films are a type of adventure film. Unfortunately, these films focus on horrible comedy things happening to us like the end of the world films of 2012. historical drama 10. __Superhero________ films are also a type of adventure film. These films feature their characters from martial arts comic books such as Superman, Batman and Spiderman. 11. __Romantic comedies__ are sweet films that include romance, but also lots of funny moments as well. 12. __Science-fiction_____ films are set in the future and might be about other planets, or just about the future of our planet Earth. These films often feature many elements of adventure films such as chases and battles. 13. __Drama__________ films are often sad stories about difficult situations in life such as fighting cancer or difficult love stories. 14. __Historical drama_____ are based on real events that happened in the past that are historically romance important. romantic comedy 15. __Thriller________ are spy or espionage stories that are similar to adventure films, but often feature international spy rings, or countries trying to find out secrets about each other. science-fiction 16. __Detective story______ stories focus on solving crimes. Usually, there is a detective who must find out super-hero who committed a crime before the criminal commits other horrible crimes. thriller 4 .
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