city of god

After filming, it was too dangerous for the young actors to return to their old lives in the favelas and so help groups were set up for them to build lives elsewhere... SIX WORDS: Look

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CITY OF

GOD

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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

From: http://www.LessonsOnMovies.com/city_of_god.html

City of God is a 2002 Brazilian crime drama film directed by

Fernando Meirelles and co-directed by Kátia Lund The story was adapted by Bráulio Mantovani from the 1997 novel of the same name written by Paulo Lins However, the movie characters are not fictitious and the plot is based upon real events It follows the growth of organized crime in the Cidade de Deus suburb of Rio de Janeiro between the end of the 1960s and the beginning of the 1980s The end of the film shows the war between the drug

dealer Li'l Zé and the criminal Knockout Ned City of God was

ranked third in Film4's "50 Films to See Before You Die", and

No.6 on The Guardian's "The 25 Best Action Movies Ever"

The movie’s tagline is: "If you run, the beast catches you; if you stay, the beast eats you", (a Portuguese proverb similar to the English "Damned if you do, damned if you don't") It describes the hopelessness of being involved in criminal activity in Rio’s

favelas Most of the cast were from real-life favelas, including the

real-life City of God itself About a hundred children were hand-picked and placed into an "actors' workshop" for several months Their training focused on simulating authentic street-war scenes, such as a hold-up, a scuffle, a shoot-out, etc After filming, it was too dangerous for the young actors to return to their old lives in

the favelas and so help groups were set up for them to build lives

elsewhere

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_God_%282002_film%29

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TRAILER AND POSTER

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

2 STORY: Talk about what you think the story of the movie is – the start, 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

5 STARRING YOU: Imagine you are one of the stars of the movie Talk about your role with your movie star partner(s)

TRAILER

1 RETELL: Watch the trailer and retell what you saw to your partner(s)

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

2 CHUNKS: Watch 10-to-15 second chunks of the trailer and retell what 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)

5 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)

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MATCHING

SYNONYM MATCH

PHRASE MATCH

2 It follows the growth of organized b if you don't

3 the end of the 1960s and the c before you die

6 Damned if you do, damned f dealer

7 the hopelessness of being involved g set up for them

8 About a hundred children were hand- h elsewhere

9 help groups were i in criminal activity

10 build lives j beginning of the 1980s

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LISTENING / READING GAP FILL

City of God is a 2002 Brazilian crime drama film directed by

Fernando Meirelles (1) _ Kátia Lund The story was adapted by Bráulio Mantovani from the 1997 novel of the (2) _ Paulo Lins However, the movie characters are not fictitious and (3) real events It follows the growth (4) _ in the Cidade de Deus suburb of Rio de Janeiro between the end of the 1960s and (5) _ 1980s The end of the film shows the war between the drug dealer Li'l Zé and the

criminal Knockout Ned City of God (6) _

Film4's "50 Films to See Before You Die", and No.6 on The

Guardian's "The 25 Best Action Movies Ever"

The movie’s tagline is: "If you run, (7) _; if you stay, the beast eats you", (a Portuguese proverb similar to the English "Damned if you do, damned if you don't") It describes the hopelessness (8) _ criminal activity in Rio’s favelas (9) _ were from

real-life favelas, including the real-life City of God itself About a

hundred children (10) _ and placed into an

"actors' workshop" for several months Their training focused on simulating authentic street-war scenes, (11) ,

a scuffle, a shoot-out, etc After filming, it was too dangerous for

the young actors to return to their old lives in the favelas and so

help groups were (12) _ build lives elsewhere

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CORRECT THE SPELLING

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2 the movie characters are not sfiuttoiic

3 the roghtw of organized crime

4 the ieiggnnnb of the 1980s

6 the mliracin Knockout Ned

Paragraph 2

8 It sirbcsdee the hopelessness

9 Most of the cast were from lrae-file favelas

10 an actors' okhorwsp

11 simulating tituenhac street-war scenes

12 build lives eerlehsew

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PUNCTUATE & PUT CAPITALS IN THE TEXT

city of god is a 2002 brazilian crime drama film directed by

fernando meirelles and co-directed by kátia lund the story was adapted by bráulio mantovani from the 1997 novel of the same name written by paulo lins however the movie characters are not fictitious and the plot is based upon real events it follows the growth of organized crime in the cidade de deus suburb of rio de janeiro between the end of the 1960s and the beginning of the 1980s the end of the film shows the war between the drug dealer

li'l zé and the criminal knockout ned city of god was ranked third

in film4's "50 films to see before you die" and no6 on the

guardian's "the 25 best action movies ever"

the movie’s tagline is "if you run the beast catches you if you stay the beast eats you" (a portuguese proverb similar to the english

"damned if you do damned if you don't") it describes the

hopelessness of being involved in criminal activity in rio’s favelas

most of the cast were from real-life favelas including the real-life city of god itself about a hundred children were hand-picked and placed into an "actors' workshop" for several months their training focused on simulating authentic street-war scenes such

as a hold-up a scuffle a shoot-out etc after filming it was too dangerous for the young actors to return to their old lives in the

favelas and so help groups were set up for them to build lives

elsewhere

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

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K á t _ _ L _ n d T h _ s t _ r y w _ s _ d _ p t _ d b y B r á _ l _ _

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w r _ t t _ n b y P _ _ l _ L _ n s H _ w _ v _ r , t h _ m _ v _ _ c h _ r _ c t _ r s

_ r _ n _ t f _ c t _ t _ _ _ s _ n d t h _ p l _ t _ s b _ s _ d _ p _ n r _ _ l

_ v _ n t s _ t f _ l l _ w s t h _ g r _ w t h _ f _ r g _ n _ z _ d c r _ m _ _ n

t h _ C _ d _ d _ d _ D _ _ s s _ b _ r b _ f R _ _ d _ J _ n _ _ r _ b _ t w _ _ n

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d _ _ l _ r L _ ' l Z é _ n d t h _ c r _ m _ n _ l K n _ c k _ _ t N _d C _ t y _ f

G _ d w_ s r _ n k _ d t h _ r d _ n F _ l m 4 ' s " 5 0 F _ l m s t _ S _ _

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B _ s t _ c t _ _ n M _ v _ _ s _ v _r "

T h _ m _ v _ _ ’ s t _ g l _ n _ _ s : " _ f y _ _ r _ n , t h _ b _ _ s t c _ t c h _ s

y _ _ ; _ f y _ _ s t _ y , t h _ b _ _ s t _ _ t s y _ _ " , ( _ P _ r t _ g _ _ s _

p r _ v _ r b s _ m _ l _ r t _ t h _ _ n g l _ s h " D _ m n _ d _ f y _ _ d _ ,

d _ m n _ d _ f y _ _ d _ n ' t " ) _ t d _ s c r _ b _ s t h _ h _ p _ l _ s s n _ s s

_ f b _ _ n g _ n v _ l v _ d _ n c r _ m _ n _ l _ c t _ v _ t y _ n R _ _ ’ s

f _ v _ l _ s M_ s t _ f t h _ c _ s t w _ r _ f r _ m r _ _ l - l _ f _ f _ v _ l _ s ,

_ n c l _ d _ n g t h _ r _ _ l - l _ f _ C _ t y _ f G _ d _ t s _ l f _ b _ _ t _

h _ n d r _ d c h _ l d r _ n w _ r _ h _ n d - p _ c k _ d _ n d p l _ c _ d _ n t _ _ n

" _ c t _ r s ' w _ r k s h _ p " f _ r s _ v _ r _ l m _ n t h s T h _ _ r t r _ _ n _ n g

f _ c _ s _ d _ n s _ m _ l _ t _ n g _ _ t h _ n t _ c s t r _ _ t - w _ r s c _ n _ s ,

s _ c h _ s _ h _ l d - _ p , _ s c _ f f l _ , _ s h _ _ t - _ _ t , _ t c _ f t _ r

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

r _ t _ r n t _ t h _ _ r _ l d l _ v _ s _ n t h _ f _ v _ l _ s _ n d s _ h _ l p

g r _ _ p s w _ r _ s _ t _ p f _ r t h _ m t _ b _ _ l d l _ v _ s _ l s _ w h _ r _

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MARK THE SPACES

CityofGodisa2002BraziliancrimedramafilmdirectedbyFernandoMeir

ellesandco-directedbyKátiaLund.ThestorywasadaptedbyBráulioMantovanifrom the1997novelofthesamenamewrittenbyPauloLins.However,themov iecharactersarenotfictitiousandtheplotisbaseduponrealevents.Itfoll owsthegrowthoforganizedcrimeintheCidadedeDeussuburbofRiodeJ aneirobetweentheendofthe1960sandthebeginningofthe1980s.Thee ndofthefilmshowsthewarbetweenthedrugdealerLi'lZéandthecrimina

lKnockoutNed.CityofGodwasrankedthirdinFilm4's"50FilmstoSeeBef

oreYouDie",andNo.6onTheGuardian's"The25BestActionMoviesEver

".Themovie’staglineis:"Ifyourun,thebeastcatchesyou;ifyoustay,the beasteatsyou",(aPortugueseproverbsimilartotheEnglish"Damnedif youdo,damnedifyoudon't").Itdescribesthehopelessnessofbeinginvo

lvedincriminalactivityinRio’sfavelas.Mostofthecastwerefromreal-

lifefavelas,includingthereal-

lifeCityofGoditself.Aboutahundredchildrenwerehand-pickedandplacedintoan"actors'workshop"forseveralmonths.Theirtr

ainingfocusedonsimulatingauthenticstreet-

warscenes,suchasahold-up,ascuffle,ashoot-out,etc.Afterfilming,itwastoodangerousfortheyoungactorstoreturnt

otheiroldlivesinthefavelasandsohelpgroupsweresetupforthemtobuil dliveselsewhere

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DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

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STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

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CITY OF GOD SURVEY

Write five GOOD questions about City of God 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 _

STUDENT 2 _

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

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WRITING

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

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HOMEWORK

1 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

2 INTERNET INFO: Search the Internet and find more information about “City of God” Talk about what you discover with your partner(s)

in the next lesson

3 MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about “City of God” 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

4 “CITY OF GOD” POSTER: Make a poster about “City of God” 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

5 MY PREQUEL / SEQUEL: Make your own prequel or sequel for

“City of God” 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

6 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

7 ONLINE SHARING: Use your blog, wiki, Facebook page, Twitter

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

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