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Lessons On Movies.com SCHINDLER'S LIST http://www.LessonsOnMovies.com/schindlers_list.html CONTENTS Listening / Reading Script Mark The Spaces Poster / Trailer Discussion 10 Synonym / Phrase Match Survey 11 Listening Gap Fill Writing 12 Correct The Spelling Homework 13 Punctuate The Text Answers 14 Insert The Vowels Follow Sean Banville on Twitter twitter.com/SeanBanville Facebook www.facebook.com/pages/BreakingNewsEnglish/155625444452176 Google + plus.google.com/110990608764591804698/posts More free lessons, listenings and online quizzes at LessonsOnMovies.com Copyright © 2013 – Sean Banville THE LISTENING / READING SCRIPT From: http://www.LessonsOnMovies.com/schindlers_list.html Schindler's List is a 1993 film about Oskar Schindler, a German businessman who saved the lives of more than a thousand Jewish refugees in Poland during the Holocaust by employing them in his factories The film was directed by Steven Spielberg, and is based on the novel Schindler's Ark by Australian novelist Thomas Keneally It stars Liam Neeson as Schindler, Ralph Fiennes as SS officer Amon Göth, and Ben Kingsley as Schindler's Jewish accountant The film was a huge box office success and won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Score In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked the film 8th on its list of the 100 best American films of all time Schindler's List won great acclaim from many of Spielberg's peers Filmmaker Billy Wilder reportedly wrote a long letter of thanks to Spielberg in which he said: "They couldn't have gotten a better man This movie is absolutely perfection." Filmmaker Quentin Tarantino commented that Schindler's List left him "shaken" and that "even though I have seen many films about the Holocaust, none up to that point had managed to get at the feeling of what it was like to be in the inside of a concentration camp." The film was well received in Israel, where it is aired on public television every year on Holocaust Memorial Day, unedited, uncensored and without commercial breaks Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schindler%27s_List More free lessons, listenings and online quizzes at LessonsOnMovies.com Copyright © 2013 – Sean Banville TRAILER AND POSTER From: http://www.LessonsOnMovies.com/schindlers_list.html POSTER SIX WORDS: Look at the poster and write down six words (more if you like) that you think of as you look at it Share the words with your partner(s) Why did you choose them? You can find posters for this movie at www.wikipedia.com or www.imbd.com - just type the name of the movie in the search field STORY: Talk about what you think the story of the movie is – the start, beginning, end, etc Change partners and share stories CREDITS: Look at the credits on the poster (the actors, director, producer…) and talk about them with your partner(s) MUST-SEE: Talk with your partner(s) about whether the poster and movie title are good and make you want to see the movie STARRING YOU: Imagine you are one of the stars of the movie Talk about your role with your movie star partner(s) TRAILER RETELL: Watch the trailer and retell what you saw to your partner(s) You can watch a trailer at http://www.youtube.com CHUNKS: Watch 10-to-15 second chunks of the trailer and retell what you saw to your partner(s) QUIZ: Watch the trailer and write down some quiz questions for your partner(s) Watch a second time to find the answers to the questions VOCABULARY: Make a note of words in the trailer that you see or hear Talk about them with your partner(s) GOOD / BAD: Watch the trailer and write down why you think the film might be good or bad Share your ideas with your partner(s) More free lessons, listenings and online quizzes at LessonsOnMovies.com Copyright © 2013 – Sean Banville MATCHING From: http://www.LessonsOnMovies.com/schindlers_list.html SYNONYM MATCH employing a broadcast novelist b listed huge c contemporaries ranked d praise of all time e writer acclaim f enormous peers g uncut absolutely h ever aired i using j totally 10 uncensored PHRASE MATCH saved the lives of more than a a office success based on the b a better man a huge box c 8th on its list Best Original d thousand Jewish refugees ranked the film e public television great acclaim from f breaks They couldn't have gotten g him "shaken" Schindler's List left h novel Schindler's Ark it is aired on i many of Spielberg's peers 10 uncensored and without commercial j Score More free lessons, listenings and online quizzes at LessonsOnMovies.com Copyright © 2013 – Sean Banville LISTENING / READING GAP FILL From: http://www.LessonsOnMovies.com/schindlers_list.html Schindler's List is a 1993 film about Oskar Schindler, a German businessman thousand who (2) (1) _ _ in more Poland than during a the Holocaust by employing them in his factories The film was directed by Steven Spielberg, and is (3) _ Schindler's Ark by Australian novelist Thomas Keneally It stars Liam Neeson as Schindler, Ralph Fiennes as SS officer Amon Göth, and Ben Kingsley as Schindler's Jewish accountant The film was (4) _ success and won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Score In 2007, the American Film Institute (5) _ on its list of the 100 best American (6) _ Schindler's List (7) _ from many of Spielberg's peers Filmmaker Billy Wilder reportedly wrote a long letter of thanks to Spielberg in which he said: "They couldn't have (8) _ This movie is absolutely perfection." Filmmaker Quentin Tarantino commented that Schindler's List left him "shaken" and that "(9) _ seen many films about the Holocaust, none (10) _ had managed to get at the feeling of what it was like to be in the inside of (11) _." The film was well received in Israel, where it is aired on public television every year on Holocaust Memorial Day, (12) _ and without commercial breaks More free lessons, listenings and online quizzes at LessonsOnMovies.com Copyright © 2013 – Sean Banville CORRECT THE SPELLING From: http://www.LessonsOnMovies.com/schindlers_list.html Paragraph 1 more than a thousand Jewish efuergse gyiolpnme them in his factories Australian tnlesivo Thomas Keneally Ben Kingsley as Schindler's Jewish acntnatcuo won seven Academy Awards, nuiingdcl Best Picture Best lniaOirg Score Paragraph Schindler's List won great amlaicc Billy Wilder tdelrporey wrote a long letter of thanks This movie is absolutely enitfrcepo 10 the inside of a nctarnoconeti camp 11 it is aerdi on public television every year 12 unedited, uncensored and without lmccaimroe breaks More free lessons, listenings and online quizzes at LessonsOnMovies.com Copyright © 2013 – Sean Banville PUNCTUATE & PUT CAPITALS IN THE TEXT From: http://www.LessonsOnMovies.com/schindlers_list.html schindler's list is a 1993 film about oskar schindler a german businessman who saved the lives of more than a thousand jewish refugees in poland during the holocaust by employing them in his factories the film was directed by steven spielberg and is based on the novel schindler's ark by australian novelist thomas keneally it stars liam neeson as schindler ralph fiennes as ss officer amon göth and ben kingsley as schindler's jewish accountant the film was a huge box office success and won seven academy awards including best picture best director and best original score in 2007 the american film institute ranked the film 8th on its list of the 100 best american films of all time schindler's list won great acclaim from many of spielberg's peers filmmaker billy wilder reportedly wrote a long letter of thanks to spielberg in which he said "they couldn't have gotten a better man this movie is absolutely perfection" filmmaker quentin tarantino commented that schindler's list left him "shaken" and that "even though i have seen many films about the holocaust none up to that point had managed to get at the feeling of what it was like to be in the inside of a concentration camp" the film was well received in israel where it is aired on public television every year on holocaust memorial day unedited uncensored and without commercial breaks More free lessons, listenings and online quizzes at LessonsOnMovies.com Copyright © 2013 – Sean Banville INSERT THE VOWELS (a,e,i,o,u) From: http://www.LessonsOnMovies.com/schindlers_list.html Sch_ ndl_ r's L_ st _ s _ 1993 f_ lm _ b_ _ t _ sk_ r Sch_ ndl_ r, _ G_ rm_ n b_ s_ n_ ssm_ n wh_ s_ v_ d th_ l_ v_ s _ f m_ r_ th_ n _ th_ _ s_ nd J_ w_ sh r_ f_ g_ _ s _ n P_ l_ nd d_ r_ ng th_ H_ l_ c_ _ st by _ mpl_ y_ ng th_ m _n h_ s f_ ct_ r_ _ s Th_ f_ lm w_ s d_ r_ ct_ d by St_ v_ n Sp_ _ lb_ rg, _ nd _ s b_ s_ d _n th_ n_ v_ l Sch_ ndl_ r's _ rk by _ _ str_ l_ _ n n_ v_ l_ st Th_ m_ s K_ n_ _ lly _ t st_ rs L_ _ m N_ _ s_ n _ s Sch_ ndl_ r, R_ lph F_ _ nn_ s _s SS _ ff_ c_ r _ m_ n Göth, _ nd B_ n K_ ngsl_ y _ s Sch_ ndl_ r's J_ w_ sh _ cc_ _ nt_ nt Th_ f_ lm w_ s _ h_ g_ b_ x _ ff_ c_ s_ cc_ ss _ nd w_ n s_ v_ n _ c_ d_ my _ w_ rds, B_ st _ ncl_ d_ ng _ r_ g_ n_ l _ nst_ t_ t_ B_ st Sc_ r_ r_ nk_ d th_ P_ ct_ r_ , _n 2007, B_ st th_ D_ r_ ct_ r, _ nd _ m_ r_ c_ n F_ lm f_ lm 8th _ n _ ts l_ st _ f th_ 100 b_ st _ m_ r_ c_ n f_ lms _ f _ ll t_ m_ Sch_ ndl_ r's L_ st w_ n gr_ _ t _ ccl_ _ m fr_ m m_ ny _f Sp_ _ lb_ rg's p_ _ rs F_ lmm_ k_ r B_ lly W_ ld_ r r_ p_ rt_ dly wr_ t_ _ l_ ng l_ tt_ r _ f th_ nks t_ Sp_ _ lb_ rg _ n wh_ ch h_ s_ _ d: "Th_ y c_ _ ldn't h_ v_ m_ v_ _ g_ tt_ n _ b_ tt_ r m_ n Th_ s _ s _ bs_ l_ t_ ly p_ rf_ ct_ _ n." 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Th_ f_ lm w_ s w_ ll r_ c_ _ v_ d _n _ sr_ _ l, wh_ r_ _t _s _ _ r_ d _n p_ bl_ c t_ l_ v_ s_ _ n _ v_ ry y_ _ r _ n H_ l_ c_ _ st M_ m_ r_ _ l D_ y, _ n_ d_ t_ d, _ nc_ ns_ r_ d _ nd w_ th_ _ t c_ mm_ rc_ _ l br_ _ ks More free lessons, listenings and online quizzes at LessonsOnMovies.com Copyright © 2013 – Sean Banville MARK THE SPACES From: http://www.LessonsOnMovies.com/schindlers_list.html Schindler'sListisa1993filmaboutOskarSchindler,aGermanbusiness manwhosavedthelivesofmorethanathousandJewishrefugeesinPolan dduringtheHolocaustbyemployingtheminhisfactories.Thefilmwasdir ectedbyStevenSpielberg,andisbasedonthenovelSchindler'sArkbyAu straliannovelistThomasKeneally.ItstarsLiamNeesonasSchindler,Ral phFiennesasSSofficerAmonGöth,andBenKingsleyasSchindler'sJewi shaccountant.ThefilmwasahugeboxofficesuccessandwonsevenAca demyAwards,includingBestPicture,BestDirector,andBestOriginalSc ore.In2007,theAmericanFilmInstituterankedthefilm8thonitslistofth e100bestAmericanfilmsofalltime.Schindler'sListwongreatacclaimfr ommanyofSpielberg'speers.FilmmakerBillyWilderreportedlywroteal ongletterofthankstoSpielberginwhichhesaid:"Theycouldn'thavegott enabetterman.Thismovieisabsolutelyperfection."FilmmakerQuenti nTarantinocommentedthatSchindler'sListlefthim"shaken"andthat" eventhoughIhaveseenmanyfilmsabouttheHolocaust,noneuptothat pointhadmanagedtogetatthefeelingofwhatitwasliketobeintheinside ofaconcentrationcamp."ThefilmwaswellreceivedinIsrael,whereitisai redonpublictelevisioneveryyearonHolocaustMemorialDay,unedited, uncensoredandwithoutcommercialbreaks More free lessons, listenings and online quizzes at LessonsOnMovies.com Copyright © 2013 – Sean Banville DISCUSSION (Write your own questions) STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B) Copyright © www.LessonsOnMovies.com -DISCUSSION (Write your own questions) STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A) More free lessons, listenings and online quizzes at LessonsOnMovies.com Copyright © 2013 – Sean Banville 10 SCHINDLER’S LIST SURVEY From: http://www.LessonsOnMovies.com/schindlers_list.html Write five GOOD questions about Schindler’s List in the table Do this in pairs Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper When you have finished, interview other students Write down their answers STUDENT STUDENT STUDENT _ _ _ Q.1 Q.2 Q.3 Q.4 Q.5 • Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found out Change partners often • Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings More free lessons, listenings and online quizzes at LessonsOnMovies.com Copyright © 2013 – Sean Banville 11 WRITING From: http://www.LessonsOnMovies.com/schindlers_list.html Write your own movie review Show your partner your letter Correct each other’s work More free lessons, listenings and online quizzes at LessonsOnMovies.com Copyright © 2013 – Sean Banville 12 HOMEWORK VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word INTERNET INFO: Search the Internet and find more information about “Schindler’s List” Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson MAGAZINE ARTICLE: “SCHINDLER’S Write a magazine article about “Schindler’s List” What are (did) critics and moviegoers saying (say) about it? How good were the actors’ performances? What was good and bad about the movie? Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson Give each other feedback on your articles LIST” POSTER: Make a poster about “Schindler’s List” Make sure you put tag lines, audience and critics’ reviews, why people should see it, etc Show it to your classmates in the next lesson Give each other feedback on your posters MY PREQUEL / SEQUEL: Make your own prequel or sequel for “Schindler’s List” Make sure there is a good mix of things to Find some good online activities Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson Give each other feedback CHARACTER STORY: Choose one of the characters from the movie Imagine you are that character Write your story about what you did in the movie Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson Give each other feedback ONLINE SHARING: Use your blog, wiki, Facebook page, Twitter stream, or any other social media tool to get opinions on “Schindler’s List” Share your findings with the class More free lessons, listenings and online quizzes at LessonsOnMovies.com Copyright © 2013 – Sean Banville 13 ANSWERS SYNONYM MATCH employing a using novelist b writer huge c enormous ranked d listed of all time e ever acclaim f praise peers g contemporaries absolutely h totally aired i broadcast j uncut 10 uncensored OTHER ACTIVITIES Please check for yourself by looking at the movie review on page (It's good for your English ;-) CREATIVE COMMONS Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_Creative_Commons_Attributi on-ShareAlike_3.0_Unported_License More free lessons, listenings and online quizzes at LessonsOnMovies.com Copyright © 2013 – Sean Banville 14