Lessons On Movies.com THE CROODS http://www.LessonsOnMovies.com/the_croods.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/the_croods.html The Croods is a 2013 American 3D computer-animated adventure comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation It features the voices of Nicolas Cage and Emma Stone The film is set in a prehistoric era known as The Croodaceous, a period which contains fantastical creatures The official DreamWorks website says: "The Croods…follows the world's first modern cave family as they embark on a journey of a lifetime when the cave that has always been their home is destroyed Travelling across a spectacular landscape, the Croods are rocked by generational clashes and seismic shifts as they discover an incredible world filled with fantastic creatures - and their outlook is changed forever." The Croods has received generally favourable reviews from critics Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 68% based on 123 reviews The site's critical consensus reads: "While it may not be as…evolved as the best modern animated fare, The Croods will prove solidly entertaining for families seeking a fast-paced, funny cartoon adventure." Peter Howell of the 'Toronto Star' gave the film a low score, saying: "The filmmakers may have misjudged their audience They aim low enough so that tots won’t be terrified, but adults, teens and older children may well be bored by the blandness." Claudia Puig of 'USA Today' said the film "is hampered by lackluster humor and a meandering story." Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Croods http://www.thecroodsmovie.com/ http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the-croods/ More free lessons, listenings and online quizzes at LessonsOnMovies.com Copyright © 2013 – Sean Banville TRAILER AND POSTER From: http://www.LessonsOnMovies.com/the_croods.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/zBdiFU6DgpE 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/the_croods.html SYNONYM MATCH features a point of view set b viewers era c stars embark d common view outlook e horrified generally f situated consensus g boring audience h period terrified i overall j start 10 lackluster PHRASE MATCH 3D computer- a favourable reviews The film is set in a b by the blandness they embark on a journey c animated adventure a spectacular d entertaining their outlook is e prehistoric era received generally f story solidly g landscape They aim low enough so that tots h changed forever bored i of a lifetime 10 a meandering j won’t be terrified More free lessons, listenings and online quizzes at LessonsOnMovies.com Copyright © 2013 – Sean Banville LISTENING / READING GAP FILL From: http://www.LessonsOnMovies.com/the_croods.html The Croods is a 2013 American (1) comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation It features the voices of Nicolas Cage and Emma Stone The film is set in a (2) The Croodaceous, a period which contains fantastical creatures The official DreamWorks website says: "The Croods…(3) cave family as they embark on (4) when the cave that has always been their home is destroyed Travelling (5) , the Croods are rocked by generational clashes and seismic shifts as they discover an incredible world (6) - and their outlook is changed forever." The Croods has (7) reviews from critics Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 68% based on 123 reviews The (8) : "While it may not be as…evolved as the best modern animated fare, The Croods will (9) families seeking a fast-paced, funny cartoon adventure." Peter Howell of the 'Toronto Star' gave the film a low score, saying: "The filmmakers may (10) They aim low enough so that tots won’t be terrified, but adults, teens and older children may well (11) ." Claudia Puig of 'USA Today' said the film "is (12) and a meandering story." More free lessons, listenings and online quizzes at LessonsOnMovies.com Copyright © 2013 – Sean Banville CORRECT THE SPELLING From: http://www.LessonsOnMovies.com/the_croods.html Paragraph 1 computer-aitnmade set in a oprithreics era a period which contains fantastical ruseatrce embark on a yjruone of a lifetime a cepclstruaa landscape their uloootk is changed forever Paragraph critical ssoescnun The Croods will prove ylsdloi entertaining misjudged their eiaeundc 10 bored by the enbdslnsa 11 pdemearh by lackluster humor 12 a nreeaidngm story 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/the_croods.html the croods is a 2013 american 3d computer-animated adventure comedy film produced by dreamworks animation it features the voices of nicolas cage and emma stone the film is set in a prehistoric era known as the croodaceous a period which contains fantastical creatures the official dreamworks website says "the croods…follows the world's first modern cave family as they embark on a journey of a lifetime when the cave that has always been their home is destroyed travelling across a spectacular landscape the croods are rocked by generational clashes and seismic shifts as they discover an incredible world filled with fantastic creatures - and their outlook is changed forever" the croods has received generally favourable reviews from critics rotten tomatoes gives the film a score of 68% based on 123 reviews the site's critical consensus reads "while it may not be as…evolved as the best modern animated fare the croods will prove solidly entertaining for families seeking a fast-paced funny cartoon adventure" peter howell of the 'toronto star' gave the film a low score saying "the filmmakers may have misjudged their audience they aim low enough so that tots won’t be terrified but adults teens and older children may well be bored by the blandness" claudia puig of 'usa today' said the film "is hampered by lackluster humor and a meandering story" 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/the_croods.html Th_ Cr_ _ ds _ s _ 2013 _ m_ r_ c_ n 3D c_ mp_ t_ r-_ n_ m_ t_ d _ dv_ nt_ r_ c_ m_ dy _ n_ m_ t_ _ n _t f_ lm f_ _ t_ r_ s pr_ d_ c_ d th_ by v_ _ c_ s _f Dr_ _ mW_ rks N_ c_ l_ s C_ g_ _ nd _ mm_ St_ n_ Th_ f_ lm _ s s_ t _ n _ pr_ h_ st_ r_ c _ r_ kn_ wn _ s Th_ Cr_ _ d_ c_ _ _ s, _ p_ r_ _ d wh_ ch c_ nt_ _ ns f_ nt_ st_ c_ l w_ bs_ t_ cr_ _ t_ r_ s s_ ys: "Th_ Th_ _ ff_ c_ _ l Cr_ _ ds…f_ ll_ ws Dr_ _ mW_ rks th_ w_ rld's f_ rst m_ d_ rn c_ v_ f_ m_ ly _ s th_ y _ mb_ rk _ n _ j_ _ rn_ y _ f _ l_ f_ t_ m_ wh_ n h_ m_ d_ str_ y_ d _s l_ ndsc_ p_ , cl_ sh_ s th_ _ nd th_ c_ v_ th_ t h_ s Tr_ v_ ll_ ng Cr_ _ ds s_ _ sm_ c _ r_ sh_ fts _ lw_ ys _ cr_ ss r_ ck_ d _s _ by th_ y b_ _ n th_ _ r sp_ ct_ c_ l_ r g_ n_ r_ t_ _ n_ l d_ sc_ v_ r _n _ ncr_ d_ bl_ w_ rld f_ ll_ d w_ th f_ nt_ st_ c cr_ _ t_ r_ s - _ nd th_ _ r _ _ tl_ _ k _ s ch_ ng_ d f_ r_ v_ r." 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More free lessons, listenings and online quizzes at LessonsOnMovies.com Copyright © 2013 – Sean Banville MARK THE SPACES From: http://www.LessonsOnMovies.com/the_croods.html TheCroodsisa2013American3Dcomputeranimatedadventurecomed yfilmproducedbyDreamWorksAnimation.ItfeaturesthevoicesofNicol asCageandEmmaStone.ThefilmissetinaprehistoriceraknownasTheC roodaceous,aperiodwhichcontainsfantasticalcreatures.TheofficialD reamWorkswebsitesays:"TheCroods…followstheworld'sfirstmodern cavefamilyastheyembarkonajourneyofalifetimewhenthecavethatha salwaysbeentheirhomeisdestroyed.Travellingacrossaspectacularla ndscape,theCroodsarerockedbygenerationalclashesandseismicshift sastheydiscoveranincredibleworldfilledwithfantasticcreaturesandtheiroutlookischangedforever."TheCroodshasreceivedgenerally favourablereviewsfromcritics.RottenTomatoesgivesthefilmascoreof 68%basedon123reviews.Thesite'scriticalconsensusreads:"Whileit maynotbeas…evolvedasthebestmodernanimatedfare,TheCroodswil lprovesolidlyentertainingforfamiliesseekingafastpaced,funnycartoo nadventure."PeterHowellofthe'TorontoStar'gavethefilmalowscore,s aying:"Thefilmmakersmayhavemisjudgedtheiraudience.Theyaimlo wenoughsothattotswon’tbeterrified,butadults,teensandolderchildre nmaywellbeboredbytheblandness."ClaudiaPuigof'USAToday'saidth efilm"ishamperedbylacklusterhumorandameanderingstory." 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 THE CROODS SURVEY From: http://www.LessonsOnMovies.com/the_croods.html Write five GOOD questions about The Croods 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/the_croods.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 “The Croods ” Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about “The Croods ” 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 “THE CROODS ” POSTER: Make a poster about “The Croods ” 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 “The Croods ” 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 “The Croods ” 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 set b situated era c period embark d start outlook e point of view generally f overall consensus g common view audience h viewers terrified i horrified j boring 10 lackluster 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