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HELBLING READERS MOVIES RESOURCE SHEET STUDENT ACTIVITIES c) Why does Mikaela know a lot about cars? ………………………………………………………………… d) Where is Frenzy? -EXTRA ………………………………………………………………… e) What does Frenzy find on the computer? ………………………………………………………………… f) Why don’t the soldiers find Frenzy? ………………………………………………………………… g) Who does Frenzy want to find? ………………………………………………………………… 3 Work in small groups. Discuss these questions. a) Do you know much about cars? People and places b) Would you like to have a car? 1 Answer the questions. c) Why do you think Sam wants a car? Who … a) is a soldier in Qatar? …C…a…p…ta…in…L…e…nn…ox… Chapters 3–4 b) is the leader of the Decepticons? ………………………… 1 Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)? Correct the false ones. a) Someone takes Sam’s car. c) can only speak through the radio? ………………………… F b) Lennox and his men are going back to the USA. d) gets a new car from his dad? ………………………… c) The yellow car asks Sam for the glasses. e) can change into a CD player? ………………………… d) Frenzy dies. f) are the good robots? ………………………… e) Frenzy gets into Mikaela’s bag. g) are always attacking the Autobots? ………………………… f) Sam and Mikaela run away. Circle the best words in italics to complete the sentences. 2 g) The yellow car changes into a fantastic new car. a) The Autobots are from the planet Cybertron / Decepticon . 2 Complete the sentences with the correct names. b) Mikaela is the most beautiful / most friendly girl in Sam’s school. c) There are some US bases / cities in Qatar. Captain Lennox Frenzy Mikaela Optimus Prime Sam d) Optimus Prime can change into a yellow car / big truck . a) ……………S…am …………… follows the yellow car. e) The Pentagon is in Washington / Los Angeles . b) …………………………… calls the Pentagon. f) Mission City is near the Hoover Dam / Pentagon . c) Sam and …………………………… watch the robots fight. d) …………………………… runs after Sam. Chapters 1–2 e) …………………………… hits Frenzy. 1 Match the two parts of the sentences. a) Captain Lennox wants i) a giant man in the Arctic. f) The big red and blue robot is …………………………… . b) The helicopter changed into ii) looked at some cars in a shop. 3 Work with a partner. You are Sam and Mikaela. The yellow car is in front of you with the door open. Do you get in? Wh y/ Why not? c) Sam needs iii) of the yellow car’s radio. d) Sam and his dad iv) a giant robot. Chapters 5–6 e) A high scream came out v) to be at home. 1 Number these sentences in the correct order. f) Archibald Witwicky saw vi) some glasses. a) Sam and Mikaela go to the Hoover Dam. g) Sam is selling vii) money to buy a car. b) Sam gets the glasses from his house. 2 Answer the questions. c) Optimus Prime tells Sam and Mikaela about the Allspark. 1 a) Where does Sam go in his car? d) Sam sees Megatron for the first time. …H…e …g…oe…s…t…o…t…h…e…p…ar…k…. …………………………… e) The soldiers take Bumblebee away. b) Who does Sam want to see? f) Government agents come to Sam’s house. ………………………………………………………………… g) Captain Lennox arrives back in the USA. ©Scholastic Ltd 1 Photocopiable HELBLING READERS MOVIES RESOURCE SHEET STUDENT ACTIVITIES 2 Answer the questions. Speaking a) Why are Archibald Witwicky’s glasses important? Work in small groups. You are film makers. Discuss ideas for the next Transformers film. What robots are in the story? What are they …N…o …on…e …c…an …f…in…d …t…he …A…l…ls…pa…rk……wi…th…o…ut……th…em… . trying to do? Are Sam and Mikaela in the story? Make some notes. b) Why does Megatron want the Allspark? Tell your ideas to the class. Which story does the class like best? ………………………………………………………………… VOCABULARY BUILDER c) What does S7 do? ………………………………………………………………… 1 Look at the ‘New Words’ at the back of Transformers . Complete the gaps with words from the list. Use any verbs in d) What does Frenzy do in the Hoover Dam? the correct tense. ………………………………………………………………… 1. I need to use ………g…la…ss…es……… to read. e) What does Bumblebee take to Mission City? 2. The film Transformers starts at a US ……………………… in ………………………………………………………………… Qatar. 3. The President is the ……………………… of the United States. Chapter 7 4. The Pentagon is an important US ……………………… 1 Use these words to complete the sentences. building. 5. I do not believe that a ……………………… can think or feel. fight hand helicopter jet missile planet pushed tired 6. In his job he drives a very big ……………………… across the United States. a) There was a …………je…t ……… in the sky over the city. 7. It was very cold yesterday. Be careful – there is b) Starscream fired a …………………… . ……………………… on the roads. c) Bumblebee had the Allspark in his …………………… . 8. She ……………………… of the car and went into the shop. d) The …………………… between the two robot brothers started. 9. She ……………………… when she saw the ghost. e) Sam was very …………………… , but he did not stop running. 10. ……………………… means the same as ‘very big’. f) Megatron’s missile hit the …………………… . 11. Mars and Saturn are both ……………………… . g) Sam …………………… the Allspark into Megatron’s body. 12. He ……………………… the door and it opened. h) The Autobots decided to stay on this …………………… . 13. James Bond is a famous British government 2 Who says these things? ……………………… . a) ‘I’m not going to leave you.’ ……………S…a…m …………… 14. A ……………………… fights for his or her country. b) ‘We were right to get into the car.’ ……………………………… 15. ‘There’s a fire! ……………………… of the building!’ c) ‘Megatron is here!’ ……………………………… 2 Complete the sentences below with two words from the d) ‘Where are you, boy?’ ……………………………… ‘New Words’ list. e) ‘No way!’ ……………………………… 1. He flies in a ……………… / ……………… . f) ‘It’s just you and me, Megatron.’ ……………………………… 2 The robot fired a ……………… / ……………… . g) ‘Attack!’ ……………………………… 3. The Decepticons are always ……………… / ……………… the Autobots. 3 Work in pairs. Student One: You are Mikaela or Captain Lennox. You want to know Casual language what happened to the Allspark. Ask Sam questions. G ‘dead’ (p.10). Sam tries to start the car but it is ‘dead’. This means Student Two: You are Sam. Answer the questions. Also, ask about that it won’t work at all. (See also p.21.) Bumblebee and the other Autobots. G ‘really’ (p.15). When Megatron finds Sam, he is ‘really frightened’. This means that he is very frightened. (See also p.24 and p.29.) G ‘No way!’ (p.29). Megatron tells Sam to give him the Allspark. FINAL TASKS Sam answers, ‘No way!’ This means ‘no’ in a very strong way. Writing 1 You work for a newspaper in Mission City. You saw the fight Complete the sentences below with the expressions. between the Autobots and the Deceptions. Write a newspaper story 1. A: ‘Can I drive your car tonight, Dad?’ about that day. B: ‘……………………………’ 2 Make a quiz. Work with a partner and write five questions 2. I don’t want to go out. I’m feeling …………………………… about the book. Write questions beginning with the following words. tired. G Who … ? G How many … ? 3. A: ‘Why are you late?’ G Why … ? G What colour … ? B: ‘My car’s …………………………… ! It won’t start at all!’ G What … ? ©Scholastic Ltd 2 Photocopiable.