Lesson 3: Science Fiction

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Lesson 3 - Science Fiction

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Agenda
Dictation & review: 15 mins
Genres and Techniques: 10 mins
Listening practice - Science Fiction: 25 mins
Speaking Assignment and presentations - 30 mins

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Genres
Made up genres
Romcom
Futuristic
Drama
Horror
Cowboy movies
Animation 
Action
Comedy 
Sci-fi

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Let students try the assignment first, without the explanation
What is a Genre?
Definition: 
A movie genre is a category where a particular movie can be placed based on the setting, characters, plot, mood, tone, and theme
What do these terms mean? Look them up! 
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Slide 4 - Tekstslide

Let the students find the definitions of setting, characters, plot, mood, tone and theme. Discuss in class, try to apply them to the films they have watched recently
What is a Technique?
Is a way or manner used to produce a type of movie
Examples of technique:
- Animation
- 3D(-movies) 
- Black and white

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Which setting do you think works best in a Horror movie and why?

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How is a stereotypical character in a comedy movie?

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What are classic plots and themes in a horror movie?

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00:25
Futurists are hired by important people and companies to predict the future
A
True
B
False

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01:13
How do futurists come up with their predictions?
A
By analyzing trends of thought and behavior
B
By studying statistics
C
By reading fiction writing pieces
D
By talking to world leaders and corporations

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01:45
What is being said about Uranium 235?
A
That it was discovered in the 19th century
B
That it enables time travel
C
That it can generate enough electricity for a whole city
D
That it is dangerous because it can explode

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02:09
Why is it not possible for the 19th century physicist to imagine these things?

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02:50
What is the narrator saying about our capacities to predict the future?
A
It is easier now to imagine the future
B
Because of technology, it is difficult to imagine the future
C
We know everything about the future already
D
Imagining the future is impossible

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03:30
What was said about authors and storytellers and the future?

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03:57
Which three things were predicted by sci-fi literature according to the video?

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05:06
What is the conclusion of the video?
A
Sci-fi helps us protect the future
B
Futurists believe in sci-fi authors
C
Humans are responsible for the future of the world
D
Humans cannot change the future

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Science fiction

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Reviewing the video in the previous activity, have a class discussion on what science fiction is, what they think a movie like this looks like, where directors and writers get. 
Ask students to describe the picture in detail, maybe make a word web. What do they see? Which stories can they make up? Do they recognize this from somewhere?
Which Sci-fi movies do you know?

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Listen and explain
1. Secretly choose one science fiction movie and look up the trailer (individually). Make notes and summarize what the movie is about.
2. Find a pair and try to explain to that person what your movie is about, without telling the name. Can they guess? 
3. Note down: Plot of the movie, main characters, theme and important moments

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Slide 20 - Tekstslide

Students find a scifi movie and listen and watch the trailers and any fragments if they find some. suggestions? from the mind map before. 
Then they explain what they listened to to their pair. The other person tries to guess the movie, and then explains theirs. 
Information gap speaking assignment.
Then, share info with the class, ask other BC members
Sci-fi Scene
Choose one of the following prompts and create a 4 minute scene. Act it out with your BC. Let the others guess which one you chose! 
Everyone must speak and participate!



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Prompts
  • Our dreams are actually a portal into a parallel universe. 
  • A family discovers a space ship buried in their backyard.
  • Someone wakes up in a strange spaceship with no recollection of how they got there.
  • Our reality is actually the imagination of an alien being writing a story. 
  • Humans have been cloned by scientists for decades. 

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Presentations

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