Movies are great! SUBJECT READING SKILL TEXT TYPE Culture ad People Uderstadig vocabulary i cotext Movie review Uderstadig vocabulary i cotext Withi a passage, words or phrases ca give clues to the meaig of other words. This meas you ca ofte guess the meaig of words you do ot kow by lookig at the ous, adjectives, verbs, etc., that you do kow. Usig these cotext clues is a importat skill. Cotext clues ca iclude syoyms (words that have the same meaig as aother word), atoyms (words that have the opposite meaig to aother word), examples or the geeral feelig of a setece (positive, egative, happy, sad, etc.). Whe you read, it is frustratig to have to look up too may words i a dictioary. It ca be demoralizig. If you ca make a good guess at the meaig of a word, you will ot have to ope a dictioary so ofte. This ca give studets cofidece to read higher level texts without feelig that they will ot be able to uderstad them. To help studets lear this skill, first idetify a word from a passage that studets do ot kow. Next, have them uderlie surroudig words or phrases that they do kow. The have studets braistorm what the ukow word could mea from the cotext clues. Aswers for Uit 2 Worksheet (p. 19) 1. d 2. a 3. c 1. Actors 2. The Story 14
Movies are gre at! What is your favorite movie? Discuss your aswers. Uderstadig vocabulary i cotext You ca ofte guess the meaig of words you do ot kow by lookig at the words or phrases you do kow. Check [ ] the word or phrase that helps you guess the meaig of the uderlied word. The mai characters i the movie are the childre: Peter, Susa, Edmud ad Lucy. The actors who play these 1 roles are very good, ad that is oe of the reasos why the movie is so 2 fatastic! 1 characters movie reasos very good 2 mai childre very good oe of the reasos 13 15
5 Read the movie review. The Chroicles of Naria: The Lio, the Witch ad the Wardrobe A movie review by Sam The Story A wicked wicked witch has ha s chaged ch ged the th magicall lad of Naria Na ia so it is always witer. It seems the frost will last foreve ver ad Naria willll ever be warm agai. But the creature res i Naria be believee th that at four huma humas will come ad d sa save them fr from om the the evil evil wo woma. ma. The four four hu huma mas s tur out to be childre. With help from the wise lio As Asla, they ey soo de defeat feat the witch. Asla is really clever! er! This Th is excitig g stuf stuff! The Characters The mai characters i the movie are the childre: Peter, Susa, Su Edmud Edmud ad Lu Lucy. The ac actors who play these roles are very good good, ad that is oe of thee re reasoss why th the movie is so fatastic! Best Parts of the Movie The part where Lucy opes the wardrobe robe for the th first time me is quite scary I put my hads over my eyes i th had that at sce scee! e! Th The creatures i th the movie are awesome. Th They ca talk lk lilike ke humas huma ad d they th lo look ok great. Worst Parts of the Movie The story is a little borig at the start. It could have bee more iterestig. Hit or miss? De tely a HIT! This is the best movie Defii of the year. ye You ve got to see it! Aswer the questios. 14 16 1 What Wh at di did d th the e wi witc tch h do to Na Nar ria ia?? She chaged Naria so it is always wit witer er er. 2 Who is Asla? A wise lio. 3 What Wh at ca th the e cr crea eatu tures res i the the mo movi vie e do? do? They ca talk like humas.
Uderlie the word that helps you guess the meaig of the circled word. 1 A wicked witch has chaged the magical lad of Naria so it is alwa ys witer. It seems the fr ost will last forever... 2 A wicked witch has chaged the magical lad of Naria so it is alwa ys witer. It seems the frost will last fo rever... 3 However, with help from the wi se lio Asla, they soo defeat the witch. Asla is really clever! 4 The creatures i the movie are aw esome. e. They ca talk like humas ad they look great. L ew wor Match the word with its defiitio. 1 actor a a piece of actio i a movie or book 2 believe b someoe who perfor ms i a play or movie 3 defeat c a perso 4 defii tely d the cause for somethig that happes; why somethig happes 5 huma e v to wi over someoe; to beat 6 reaso f v to make someoe or somethig safe from dager or harm 7 save g v to thik that somethig is true eve whe you are ot sure 8 scee h adv certaily 15 17
6 Liste ad complete the movie review. The Lord of the Rigs: The Retur of the Kig The Story Frodo odo ad Sam travel to Mordor to fight Sauro s Sa armies. (1) destroy Sauro s evil rig. Their frieds The Characters The mai characters char are the four hobbits (2) Frodo, Sam, Pippi ad d Merry, Me ad their frieds Aragor, agor, Gimli, Giml Lego Legolas ad Gadalf alff the al (3) wizard Best Parts of the Movie The ba battles are (4) fatastic! My favo favorite part is at the ed whe e they (5) defeat Sauro. Worst Parts of the Movie It is a bit borig bori whe Frodo ad Sam are wa walkig through Mordor. Hit or miss? I thi thikk this this movi moviee is a (6) hitt hi! Write a review for a movie you saw recetly. y Movie title: Charlie ad the Chocolate Factory Charlie arlie fi fids ds the last last gold ticket i a chocolate ba bar. r. The Th e stor story: y: Ch He wis a trip to visit Willy lly Woka s s mysterious my chocolate factory. or ory. ters are Charlie, arlie, Gradpa Joe ad Willy lly Woka. The characters: The mai characters rite part pa is whe Violet turs ito a blueberry. y. Best parts of the movie: My favorite Loompa sogs. Worst parts of the movie: I did ot like the Oompa Loompas is movie is a hit. It is fuy y ad it has a ice edig edig. Hit or miss? This Preset your movie review to the class. 16 18.
Uit 2 Worksheet Name: Class: Date: Harry Potter ad the Order of the Phoeix Cast: Daiel Radcliffe, Rupert Grit, Emma Watso, Michael Gambo, Robbie Coltrae, Ralph Fiees, Gary Oldma, Ala Rickma, Maggie Smith, Tom Felto The Plot: At the start of the movie, Professor Dumbledore ad Harry Potter kow that the wicked Lord Voldemort has retured. However, o oe believes them. The Miistry of Magic eve tries to make Harry ad Dumbledore look like liars, istead of lookig for the evil wizard. Back at Hogwarts, Harry is ow i his difficult fifth year. He has to study harder tha ever to pass the demadig exams. Professor Dumbledore has goe ad there is a ew teacher. This ew teacher does ot like Harry ad tries everythig she ca to get rid of him. The etire school are treatig Harry like he has goe mad. With the whole place out of cotrol because of the ew teacher, maybe Harry will thik he actually is goig crazy! Circle the correct aswer. 1 You ca guess the meaig of wicked from a liars. b retured. c o oe. d evil. 2 You ca guess the meaig of demadig from a difficult. b mad. c crazy. d ever. 3 You ca guess the meaig of etire from a out of cotrol. b everythig. c whole. d goe mad. Write ew headigs for the parts of the movie review. 1 (Cast) 2 (The Plot) Photocopiable Pearso Educatio Asia Limited 2007 Boost! Readig 1 19