Unit 3: films and cinema

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Tuesday, 9th March, 2010
Plan maker: Triệu Thị Hiền
Unit 13: Films and Cinema
period 79: Reading
I. Educational aim: Students should know more about the development of the cinema from the old silent films to musicals

II. Knowledge:
- General knowledge: - Through this unit, students know the history of the cinema and some kinds of films
New words: Words related to films and cinema

III Skills: Reading for identifying the main idea and specific information

IV. Method: Integrated, mainly communicative
V. Teaching aids: Real objects, pictures, English textbook 10, hand-outs
I. Before you read
1, Do you want to see a film at the cinema or on TV ? why?
Yes, I do. Because it makes me relax.
2, Can you name some of films you have seen?
Yes, I can. They are Ba chi em gai, vo tac thien, trai tim mua thu,….
3, What kind of films do you like to see? why?
I like detective film because I find them exciting.
II. While you read
Vocabulary:
history: lịch sử
discover(v): khám phá,phát hiện
sequence(n):sự kế tục, sự kế tiếp,nối tiếp
In motion: khởi động
decade(n): thập kỷ, thập niên
Scene(n): kịch bản, cảnh quay
Character: nhân vật
Silent: im lặng,câm lặng
Task 1: Find the words in the passage that can match with the definition on the right column.
1.cinema
2.sequence
3. decade
4. rapidly
5.scene
6.character
Task 2: Answer the questions

1. When did the history of cinema begin?
The history of cinema began in the early 19th century.
2. What did scientists discover at that time?
At that time scientists discovered that when a sequence of still pictures were set in motion, they could give the feeling of movement.
3. Did films in the early days have sound?
No, they didn’t
4. When were audiences able to see long films?
Audiences were able to see long films in the early 1920s.
5. When was sound introduced?
The sound was introduced at the end of the 1920s.
6. What form of films appeared as the old silent films were being replaced by spoken ones?
As the old silent films were being replaced by spoken ones, the musical cinema appeared.

III. Post –reading


Base on the reading passage to give the infomation for the time:

19th century:
1905:
1910s:
1915:
1920s


IV. Homework
- Do task 3.
-Do exercises in workbook, part 2,reading
That all for today.




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