unit 13 reading

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Unit 13 :

Film and Cinema

Period 1 : Reading

Tom and Jerry Full house Conan

Kingkong Harry porter

- Cartoon - -Romantic film - Detective film

- Horror film - Action film

-I Warm up:

II Before you read:

1 New vocabulary:

2 New structure:

III While you read:

1 Task 1:

2 Task 2:

3 Task 3:

IV After you read:

V Homework:

Vocabulary:

New structure:

+ Form: It was not until time that clause

+ Meaning: This structure means the same as not…before Eg: It was not until last year that we began this program=

We did not begin this program before last year=We

began this program last year.

+ Use: This structure is used to emphasize the

commencement point of an action or event in the past.

III While you read:

Task 1:You are going to read the passage about the

history of cinema silently and then do Task 1

1………….………

2………

3………

4………

5………

6………

Film-making industry Series of related events or actions

A period of ten years Quickly and in a short time Part of a film

A person in a film

Cinema

Sequence

Decade

Rapidly

Scene

Character

Task 2:You are to read the passage again and answer

the questions in the book:

1 When did the history of cinema begin?

2 What did scientists discover at that time?

At that time the scientists discovered that when

sequence of still pictures was set in motion, they could give the feeling of movement (line 2-3)

3 Did films in the early days have sound?

No, they didn’t (line 5,line 13-15)

4 When were audiences able to see long films?

In the early 1910s.(line 9)

5 When was sound introduced?

At the end of the 1920s.(line 14)

6 What form of films appeared as the old silent films were being replaced by spoken ones?

The musical cinema (line 17)

Task 3: Read the passage one more time and find the

most suitable title for it

A The story of Film Maker.

B A Brief History of Cinema.

C The History of the Film Industry.

B

After you read:

Work in groups: Talk about the passage, using

the cues below:

1905

1910s

1915

1920s

History of cinema began

Films were about 5-10minutes long

The first long films were made

Films became even longer and better Cinemas were first built

Sound was introduced and old silent films were replaced by the

spoken ones

* Make sentences with new words

* Write a summary of the passage using your note taken for the “After you read” task

Class is over.

Thank you!