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THE LISTENING / READING SCRIPT The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring is a 2001 epic fantasy film directed by Peter Jackson.. The movie is set in Middle-Earth and tells the

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THE LORD OF THE RINGS –

THE FELLOWSHIP

OF THE RING

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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

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring is a 2001 epic

fantasy film directed by Peter Jackson It is based on the first

volume of J R R Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings It was followed

by two sequels - The Two Towers (2002) and The Return of the

King (2003), the second and third parts of Tolkein’s trilogy The

movie is set in Middle-Earth and tells the story of the Dark Lord Sauron, who is seeking the One Ring The Ring has found its way

to the young hobbit Frodo Baggins (played by Elijah Wood) The fate of Middle-Earth rests with Frodo and his eight companions, who form the Fellowship of the Ring They begin their journey to

Mount Doom - the only place where the Ring can be destroyed

The film was released on 10 December, 2001 and was highly acclaimed by critics and fans alike, especially as many people judged it to be a faithful adaptation of the original story It was a major box office success, earning over $870 million worldwide It was also the second highest-grossing film of 2001 in the U.S and

worldwide (behind Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone) It

won four Academy Awards and five BAFTAs, including Best Film and Best Director The cast wore a total of 19,000 specially made

costumes In 2007, The Fellowship of the Ring was voted number

50 on the American Film Institute's list of 100 greatest American films The AFI also voted it the second greatest fantasy film of all time

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings:_The_Fellowship_of_the_Ring

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)

MATCHING

SYNONYM MATCH

PHRASE MATCH

1 a 2001 epic fantasy film a adaptation of the original

2 It was followed by b the Ring can be destroyed

3 the second and third parts c specially made costumes

4 Frodo and his d two sequels

5 the only place where e film of all time

6 acclaimed by critics and fans f of Tolkein’s trilogy

7 people judged it to be a faithful g directed by Peter Jackson

9 The cast wore a total of 19,000 i eight companions

10 the second greatest fantasy j office success

LISTENING / READING GAP FILL

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring is a 2001 epic

fantasy film directed by Peter Jackson (1)

volume of J R R Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings It was followed

by two sequels - The Two Towers (2002) and The Return of the

King (2003), the second and third (2) The

movie is set in Middle-Earth and tells the story of the Dark Lord Sauron, (3) One Ring The Ring has found its way to the young hobbit Frodo Baggins (played by Elijah Wood) (4) -Earth rests with Frodo and his eight (5) the Fellowship of the Ring They begin their journey to Mount Doom - (6)

the Ring can be destroyed

The film was released on 10 December, 2001 and was highly acclaimed by (7) , especially as many people judged it to be (8) of the original story It was a major box office success, earning over $870 million worldwide It was also the second (9)

2001 in the U.S and worldwide (behind Harry Potter and the

Philosopher's Stone) It won four Academy Awards and five

BAFTAs, including Best Film and Best Director The cast wore a

total of 19,000 (10) In 2007, The

Fellowship of the Ring was voted number 50 on the American

Film (11) greatest American films The AFI also voted it the second greatest (12)

CORRECT THE SPELLING

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PUNCTUATE & PUT CAPITALS IN THE TEXT

the lord of the rings the fellowship of the ring is a 2001 epic

fantasy film directed by peter jackson it is based on the first

volume of j r r tolkien's the lord of the rings it was followed by two sequels - the two towers (2002) and the return of the king (2003) the second and third parts of tolkein’s trilogy the movie is

set in middle-earth and tells the story of the dark lord sauron who

is seeking the one ring the ring has found its way to the young hobbit frodo baggins (played by elijah wood) the fate of middle-earth rests with frodo and his eight companions who form the fellowship of the ring they begin their journey to mount doom -

the only place where the ring can be destroyed

the film was released on 10 december 2001 and was highly acclaimed by critics and fans alike especially as many people judged it to be a faithful adaptation of the original story it was a major box office success earning over $870 million worldwide it was also the second highest-grossing film of 2001 in the us and

worldwide (behind harry potter and the philosopher's stone) it

won four academy awards and five baftas including best film and best director the cast wore a total of 19000 specially made

costumes in 2007 the fellowship of the ring was voted number 50

on the american film institute's list of 100 greatest american films the afi also voted it the second greatest fantasy film of all time

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MARK THE SPACES

TheLordoftheRings:TheFellowshipoftheRingisa2001epicfantasyfilm

directedbyPeterJackson.ItisbasedonthefirstvolumeofJ.R.R.Tolkien'

sTheLordoftheRings.Itwasfollowedbytwosequels-TheTwoTowers(2002)andTheReturnoftheKing(2003),thesecondan

dthirdpartsofTolkein’strilogy.ThemovieissetinMiddle-EarthandtellsthestoryoftheDarkLordSauron,whoisseekingtheOneRi ng.TheRinghasfounditswaytotheyounghobbitFrodoBaggins(played

byElijahWood).ThefateofMiddle-EarthrestswithFrodoandhiseightcompanions,whoformtheFellowshi

poftheRing.TheybegintheirjourneytoMountDoom-theonlyplacewheretheRingcanbedestroyed.Thefilmwasreleasedon1 0December,2001andwashighlyacclaimedbycriticsandfansalike,esp eciallyasmanypeoplejudgedittobeafaithfuladaptationoftheoriginalst ory.Itwasamajorboxofficesuccess,earningover$870millionworldwid

e.Itwasalsothesecondhighest-grossingfilmof2001intheU.S.andworldwide(behindHarryPotterandt

hePhilosopher'sStone).ItwonfourAcademyAwardsandfiveBAFTAs,in

cludingBestFilmandBestDirector.Thecastworeatotalof19,000special

lymadecostumes.In2007,TheFellowshipoftheRingwasvotednumber

50ontheAmericanFilmInstitute'slistof100greatestAmericanfilms.Th

eAFIalsovoteditthesecondgreatestfantasyfilmofalltime

DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

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

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DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

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

THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING SURVEY

Write five GOOD questions about The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

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

WRITING

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

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 “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring ” Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson

3 MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about “The Lord

of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring ” 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 “THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING” POSTER: Make a poster about “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring ” 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

“The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring ” 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 “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring ” Share your findings with the