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CITIZEN

KANE

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CONTENTS

Listening / Reading Script 2 Mark The Spaces 9

Insert The Vowels 8

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THE LISTENING / READING SCRIPT

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Citizen Kane is a 1941 American drama film, directed by and

starring Orson Welles It was released by RKO Pictures, and was Welles’ first feature film The film was nominated for Academy Awards in nine categories; it won an Oscar for Best Writing

(Original Screenplay) Citizen Kane was voted the greatest film of

all time in five successive Sight & Sound's polls of critics, - a time span of five decades The movie is particularly praised for its innovative cinematography, music, and narrative structure Many

film critics consider Citizen Kane to be the best film ever made,

which has led legendary critic Roger Ebert to joke: "So it's

settled: Citizen Kane is the official greatest film of all time."

The story examines the life and legacy of Charles Foster Kane, played by Welles, a character based in part upon the American newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst It also follows Chicago tycoons Samuel Insull and Harold McCormick, and describes aspects of Welles' own life Upon its release, Hearst prohibited mention of the film in any of his newspapers Kane's career in the publishing world starts with an idea to provide a social service, but gradually evolves into a ruthless pursuit of power The story is told mainly through flashbacks A newsreel reporter wants to solve the mystery of the newspaper magnate's dying word: "Rosebud" and does so in showing old footage of Kane

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TRAILER AND POSTER

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POSTER

1 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

beginning, end, etc Change partners and share stories

3 CREDITS: Look at the credits on the poster (the actors, director, producer…) and talk about them with your partner(s).

4 MUST-SEE: Talk with your partner(s) about whether the poster and movie title are good and make you want to see the movie

about your role with your movie star partner(s)

TRAILER

You can watch a trailer at http://www.youtube.com

you saw to your partner(s)

3 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

4 VOCABULARY: Make a note of words in the trailer that you see or hear Talk about them with your partner(s)

might be good or bad Share your ideas with your partner(s)

MATCHING

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SYNONYM MATCH

PHRASE MATCH

2 five successive Sight & Sound's b mystery

3 praised for its innovative c film of all time

LISTENING / READING GAP FILL

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Citizen Kane is a 1941 American drama film, directed by and

starring Orson Welles (1) RKO Pictures, and was Welles’ (2) The film was nominated for Academy Awards in nine categories; it won an

Oscar for Best Writing (Original Screenplay) Citizen Kane was

voted the greatest film of all time (3) Sight & Sound's polls of critics, - (4) decades The movie is particularly praised for its innovative cinematography, music, (5) Many film

critics consider Citizen Kane to be the best film ever made, which

has (6) Roger Ebert to joke: "So it's

settled: Citizen Kane is the official greatest film of all time."

The story examines (7) of Charles Foster Kane, played by Welles, a (8) upon the American newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst

It also follows Chicago tycoons Samuel Insull and Harold McCormick, and (9) Welles' own life Upon its release, Hearst (10) the film in any of his newspapers Kane's career in the publishing world starts with an idea to provide a social service, but gradually evolves into a (11) power The story is told mainly through flashbacks A newsreel reporter wants to solve the mystery of the newspaper magnate's dying word:

"Rosebud" and does so in (12) of Kane

CORRECT THE SPELLING

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PUNCTUATE & PUT CAPITALS IN THE TEXT

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citizen kane is a 1941 american drama film directed by and

starring orson welles it was released by rko pictures and was welles’ first feature film the film was nominated for academy awards in nine categories it won an oscar for best writing (original

screenplay) citizen kane was voted the greatest film of all time in

five successive sight & sound's polls of critics - a time span of five decades the movie is particularly praised for its innovative cinematography music and narrative structure many film critics

consider citizen kane to be the best film ever made which has led legendary critic roger ebert to joke "so it's settled citizen kane is the official greatest film of all time"

the story examines the life and legacy of charles foster kane played by welles a character based in part upon the american newspaper magnate william randolph hearst it also follows chicago tycoons samuel insull and harold mccormick and describes aspects of welles' own life upon its release hearst prohibited mention of the film in any of his newspapers kane's career in the publishing world starts with an idea to provide a social service but gradually evolves into a ruthless pursuit of power the story is told mainly through flashbacks a newsreel reporter wants to solve the mystery of the newspaper magnate's dying word "rosebud" and does so in showing old footage of kane

INSERT THE VOWELS (a,e,i,o,u)

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C _ t _ z _ n K _ n _ _ s _ 1 9 4 1 _ m _ r _ c _ n d r _ m _ f _ l m ,

d _ r _ c t _ d b y _ n d s t _ r r _ n g _ r s _ n W _ l l _ s _ t w _ s r _ l _ _ s _ d

b y R K _ P _ c t _ r _ s , _ n d w _ s W _ l l _ s ’ f _ r s t f _ _ t _ r _ f _ l m

T h _ f _ l m w _ s n _ m _ n _ t _ d f _ r _ c _ d _ m y _ w _ r d s _ n n _ n _

c _ t _ g _ r _ _ s ; _ t w _ n _ n _ s c _ r f _ r B _ s t W r _ t _ n g ( _ r _ g _ n _ l S c r _ _ n p l _y ) C _ t _ z _ n K _ n _ w _ s v _ t _ d t h _

g r _ _ t _ s t f _ l m _ f _ l l t _ m _ _ n f _ v _ s _ c c _ s s _ v _ S _ g h t &

S _ _ n d ' s p _ l l s _ f c r _ t _ c s , - _ t _ m _ s p _ n _ f f _ v _

d _ c _ d _ s T h _ m _ v _ _ _ s p _ r t _ c _ l _ r l y p r _ _ s _ d f _ r _ t s _ n n _ v _ t _ v _ c _ n _ m _ t _ g r _ p h y , m _ s _ c , _ n d n _ r r _ t _ v _

s t r _ c t _ r _ M _ n y f _ l m c r _ t _ c s c _ n s _ d _r C _ t _ z _ n K _ n _ t _

b _ t h _ b _ s t f _ l m _ v _ r m _ d _ , w h _ c h h _ s l _ d l _ g _ n d _ r y

c r _ t _ c R _ g _ r _ b _ r t t _ j _ k _ : " S _ _ t ' s s _ t t l _d : C _ t _ z _ n

K _ n _ _ s t h _ _ f f _ c _ _ l g r _ _ t _ s t f _ l m _ f _ l l t _ m _ "

T h _ s t _ r y _ x _ m _ n _ s t h _ l _ f _ _ n d l _ g _ c y _ f C h _ r l _ s

F _ s t _ r K _ n _ , p l _ y _ d b y W _ l l _ s , _ c h _ r _ c t _ r b _ s _ d _ n

p _ r t _ p _ n t h _ _ m _ r _ c _ n n _ w s p _ p _ r m _ g n _ t _ W _ l l _ _ m

R _ n d _ l p h H _ _ r s t _ t _ l s _ f _ l l _ w s C h _ c _ g _ t y c _ _ n s

S _ m _ _ l _ n s _ l l _ n d H _ r _ l d M c C _ r m _ c k , _ n d d _ s c r _ b _ s _ s p _ c t s _ f W _ l l _ s ' _ w n l _ f _ _ p _ n _ t s r _ l _ _ s _ , H _ _ r s t

p r _ h _ b _ t _ d m _ n t _ _ n _ f t h _ f _ l m _ n _ n y _ f h _ s

n _ w s p _ p _ r s K _ n _ ' s c _ r _ _ r _ n t h _ p _ b l _ s h _ n g w _ r l d

s t _ r t s w _ t h _ n _ d _ _ t _ p r _ v _ d _ _ s _ c _ _ l s _ r v _ c _ , b _ t

g r _ d _ _ l l y _ v _ l v _ s _ n t _ _ r _ t h l _ s s p _ r s _ _ t _ f p _ w _ r

T h _ s t _ r y _ s t _ l d m _ _ n l y t h r _ _ g h f l _ s h b _ c k s _

n _ w s r _ _ l r _ p _ r t _ r w _ n t s t _ s _ l v _ t h _ m y s t _ r y _ f t h _

n _ w s p _ p _ r m _ g n _ t _ ' s d y _ n g w _ r d : " R _ s _ b _ d " _ n d d _ _ s

s _ _ n s h _ w _ n g _ l d f _ _ t _ g _ _ f K _ n _

MARK THE SPACES

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CitizenKaneisa1941Americandramafilm,directedbyandstarringOrso

nWelles.ItwasreleasedbyRKOPictures,andwasWelles’firstfeaturefil m.ThefilmwasnominatedforAcademyAwardsinninecategories;itwon

anOscarforBestWriting(OriginalScreenplay).CitizenKanewasvotedt

hegreatestfilmofalltimeinfivesuccessiveSight&Sound'spollsofcritics

,-atimespanoffivedecades.Themovieisparticularlypraisedforitsinnova tivecinematography,music,andnarrativestructure.Manyfilmcriticsc

onsiderCitizenKanetobethebestfilmevermade,whichhasledlegendar ycriticRogerEberttojoke:"Soit'ssettled:CitizenKaneistheofficialgrea

testfilmofalltime."ThestoryexaminesthelifeandlegacyofCharlesFost erKane,playedbyWelles,acharacterbasedinpartupontheAmericanne wspapermagnateWilliamRandolphHearst.ItalsofollowsChicagotyco onsSamuelInsullandHaroldMcCormick,anddescribesaspectsofWelle s'ownlife.Uponitsrelease,Hearstprohibitedmentionofthefilminanyof hisnewspapers.Kane'scareerinthepublishingworldstartswithanideat oprovideasocialservice,butgraduallyevolvesintoaruthlesspursuitofp ower.Thestoryistoldmainlythroughflashbacks.Anewsreelreporterw antstosolvethemysteryofthenewspapermagnate'sdyingword:"Rose

bud"anddoessoinshowingoldfootageofKane

DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

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CITIZEN KANE SURVEY

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Write five GOOD questions about Citizen Kane 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 1 _

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STUDENT 3 _ 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

WRITING

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Write your own movie review Show your partner your letter Correct each other’s work

HOMEWORK

the text Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word

about “Citizen Kane” Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson

Kane” 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

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

“Citizen Kane” Make sure there is a good mix of things to do Find some good online activities Read what you wrote to your classmates

in the next lesson Give each other feedback

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

stream, or any other social media tool to get opinions on “Citizen Kane” Share your findings with the class