Lessons On Movies.com SKYFALL http://www.LessonsOnMovies.com/skyfall.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/skyfall.html Skyfall is the twenty-third film in the James Bond franchise, which dates back to 1962 It features Daniel Craig in his third performance as James Bond, and Javier Bardem as Raoul Silva, the film's bad guy The film was directed by Sam Mendes It centres on Bond investigating an attack on Britain's intelligence service MI6; the attack is part of a plot by former MI6 operative Raoul Silva to humiliate, discredit and kill M as revenge against her for betraying him Skyfall is the last film of the series for Judi Dench, who played M, a role that she had played in the previous six films Filming began in November 2011 and primarily took place in the United Kingdom, China and Turkey At the box office, Skyfall has earned $1.1 billion worldwide, and is the seventh-highest-grossing film of all time The movie received generally positive reviews from critics; Rotten Tomatoes sampled 290 reviewers and judged 92% of the reviews to be positive Kim Newman from 'Empire' concluded, "Skyfall is pretty much all you could want from a 21st Century Bond: cool but not camp, respectful of tradition but up to the moment, serious in its thrills and relatively complex in its characters but with the sense of fun that hasn't always been evident lately" Roger Ebert of the 'Chicago Sun-Times' gave the film out of stars, describing it as, "a full-blooded, joyous, intelligent celebration of a beloved cultural icon" Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyfall More free lessons, listenings and online quizzes at LessonsOnMovies.com Copyright © 2013 – Sean Banville TRAILER AND POSTER From: http://www.LessonsOnMovies.com/skyfall.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) The official trailer: http://youtu.be/6kw1UVovByw 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/skyfall.html SYNONYM MATCH features a earlier investigating b excitement plot c stars previous d ever primarily e obvious earned f mostly of all time g intense thrills h looking into evident i brought in 10 full-blooded j secret plan PHRASE MATCH …which dates a of the series Daniel Craig in his third b celebration the attack is part c place in the U.K the last film d grossing film of all time took e back to 1962 the seventh-highest- f cultural icon pretty much all g of a plot sense h performance as James Bond a full-blooded, joyous, intelligent i of fun 10 a beloved j you could want More free lessons, listenings and online quizzes at LessonsOnMovies.com Copyright © 2013 – Sean Banville LISTENING / READING GAP FILL From: http://www.LessonsOnMovies.com/skyfall.html Skyfall is the twenty-third film in the James Bond franchise, (1) It features Daniel Craig in his third performance as James Bond, and Javier Bardem as Raoul Silva, the film's bad guy The film was directed by Sam Mendes It centres on Bond (2) Britain's intelligence service MI6; the attack (3) _ MI6 operative Raoul Silva to humiliate, discredit and kill M as (4) him Skyfall is the last film of the series for Judi Dench, who played M, (5) in the previous six films Filming began in November 2011 and (6) United Kingdom, China and Turkey At the box office, Skyfall has earned $1.1 billion worldwide, and is the (7) received generally (8) all time The movie ; Rotten Tomatoes sampled 290 reviewers and judged 92% of the reviews to be positive Kim Newman from 'Empire' concluded, "Skyfall is (9) want from a 21st Century Bond: cool but not camp, (10) to the moment, serious in its thrills and relatively complex in its characters but (11) hasn't always been evident lately" Roger Ebert of the 'Chicago Sun-Times' gave the film out of stars, describing it as, "a full-blooded, joyous, intelligent (12) cultural icon" More free lessons, listenings and online quizzes at LessonsOnMovies.com Copyright © 2013 – Sean Banville CORRECT THE SPELLING From: http://www.LessonsOnMovies.com/skyfall.html Paragraph 1 the James Bond eacrnifsh his third erprnmeoacf as James Bond itnaieigntgvs an attack kill M as geeernv in the vipuesor six films lriimpray took place in the United Kingdom Paragraph naeder $1.1 billion worldwide received lyengearl positive reviews respectful of natordtii 10 artyvlliee complex 11 a full-blooded, joyous, intelligent lneoetbrica 12 a beloved lctualur icon 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/skyfall.html skyfall is the twenty-third film in the james bond franchise which dates back to 1962 it features daniel craig in his third performance as james bond and javier bardem as raoul silva the film's bad guy the film was directed by sam mendes it centres on bond investigating an attack on britain's intelligence service mi6 the attack is part of a plot by former mi6 operative raoul silva to humiliate discredit and kill m as revenge against her for betraying him skyfall is the last film of the series for judi dench who played m a role that she had played in the previous six films filming began in november 2011 and primarily took place in the united kingdom china and turkey at the box office skyfall has earned $11 billion worldwide and is the seventh-highest-grossing film of all time the movie received generally positive reviews from critics rotten tomatoes sampled 290 reviewers and judged 92% of the reviews to be positive kim newman from 'empire' concluded "skyfall is pretty much all you could want from a 21st century bond cool but not camp respectful of tradition but up to the moment serious in its thrills and relatively complex in its characters but with the sense of fun that hasn't always been evident lately" roger ebert of the 'chicago sun-times' gave the film out of stars describing it as "a fullblooded joyous intelligent celebration of a beloved cultural icon" 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/skyfall.html Skyf_ ll _s th_ fr_ nch_ s_ , D_ n_ _ l tw_ nty-th_ rd wh_ ch Cr_ _ g d_ t_ s _n h_ s f_ lm b_ ck _n t_ th_ rd th_ J_ m_ s 1962 _t p_ rf_ rm_ nc_ f_ _ t_ r_ s _s J_ m_ s B_ nd, _ nd J_ v_ _ r B_ rd_ m _ s R_ _ _ l S_ lv_ , th_ b_ d g_ y Th_ f_ lm w_ s d_ r_ ct_ d by S_ m B_ nd f_ lm's M_ nd_ s _t c_ ntr_ s _ n B_ nd _ nv_ st_ g_ t_ ng _ n _ tt_ ck _ n Br_ t_ _ n's _ nt_ ll_ g_ nc_ s_ rv_ c_ M_ 6; 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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 “SKYFALL” POSTER: Make a poster about “Skyfall” 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 “Skyfall” 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 “Skyfall” Share your findings with the class More free lessons, listenings and online quizzes at LessonsOnMovies.com Copyright © 2013 – Sean Banville 13 ANSWERS SYNONYM MATCH features a stars investigating b looking into plot c secret plan previous d earlier primarily e mostly earned f brought in of all time g ever thrills h excitement evident i obvious 10 full-blooded j intense 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