Movie worksheet Excerpt 1 1.15 to 11.38 LEVEL: Pre-Intermediate & Up The students will be working on a number of short successive scenes doing different activities. The number of minutes is expressed in boxes. Bella is the protagonist of the following scenes. As preliminary activity you should ask students to watch the complete scenes before you ask them to do the separate activities found below. EXCERPT 1 * Watch scene 1: 1.15 to 2.30 (minutes to be found at the bottom) Activity one: Students watch the scene and fill in the blanks with words from the box. Rainy plane Phoenix - mother Dad - husband road - Forks 1. At the beginning of the scene she is in, Arizona. 2. She will miss her who has a new.. 3. They want to go on the.. 4. So Bella is going to spend some time with her 5. She has to hurry because she has a.to catch. 6. After her flight she arrives in., Washington. It is not hot in this town, it is cold and. 1
Bella has just arrived in Forks. He will be staying with her Dad * Watch scene 2: 2.30 to 5.40 (minutes to be found at the bottom) Activity 2: Answer 1. What s her Dad s name? 2. What does he do? 3. What did she use to do every summer? 4. They get home. Describe the house. 5. Where do they go? 6. What has he bought for her? 7. Does she like purple? 8. What do you think He doesn t hover means? 9. Who is with her Dad when she goes down to the garden? 10. What s the young man s name? 11. Are Charlie and Billy in a good mood? 12. What is Bella s home-coming present? 13. Does she like it? What does she say? 14. Will Bella and Jacob go to school together? 15. Where does he go to school? * Watch scene 3: 5.45 to 11.38 (minutes to be found at the bottom) Activity 3: Sound Off: Watch the scene without sound and say if the statements below are True or False. Circle the correct one a) Outside the school 1. It is cold and has rained. True - False 2. Bella is driving her truck into the school garage True - False 3. Her truck is bright orange True - False 4. The students outside are wearing thick clothes True - False 5. When she stops her truck some girls stare at it True - False 6. They re probably talking about Bella True - False 7. She has a large black backpack True - False b) In the school corridors 1. She s reading a book True - False 2. A girl with oriental features approaches her and starts talking True - False 3. They seem to have a friendly talk True - False 2
c) In the gym 1. The girls are playing basket ball True - False 2. Bella is wearing a grey T-shirt and brownish pants True - False 3. Bella punches a ball and hits a girl True - False 4. She approaches to apologize True - False 5. The boy seems upset True - False 6. They introduce each other True - False 7. A girl with a big, nice smile comes over and talks to Bella True - False 8. They have a nice chat and then the boy leaves True - False d) in the school canteen 1. Bella and a group of kids are preparing their classes True - False 2. A new boy, dressed in green, removes the chair from under Bella s chair True - False 3. The girls, now alone, chat True - False 4. A girl with glasses approaches and takes a snapshot True - False 5. The oriental boy leaves True - False 6. While the girls are talking some teacher appear True - False e) The Cullens enter the canteen 1. Bella sees some weird young guys, all chalky pale, about to enter the canteen True - False 2. The first couple to enter are both black-haired True - False 3. She is dressed in white and her lips are dark red True - False 4. He is dressed in white and has short hair True - False 5. The second couple are also tall and peculiar looking True - False 6. The girls seem to have a lot to say about them True - False 7. The last person to enter is also white chalk pale and wears a red T-shirt True - False 8. Bella stares at all the five people sitting at the nearby table True - False 9. The last boy to enter stares back at her in a most peculiar manner True False f) Bella and friends enter a classroom 1. The air conditioner is on True - False 2. Bella and the weird boy stare at each other True - False 3. They are in the Geography class True - False 4. Bella smells her hair True - False 5. Bella seems uncomfortable and leaves True - False 3
* Watch scene 3 again: 5.45 to 11.38 (minutes to be found at the bottom) Activity 4: Sound on. Listen carefully and choose the right option b.- In the school corridors You're Isabella Swan, the new girl/student. Hi. I'm Eric. The eyes and ears of this school/place. Anything you need. Tour guide, lunch date, shoulder to cry on. I'm really kind of the more suffer-in-silence type. Great/Good headline for your feature - I'm on the paper, and you're news, baby, front/principal page. Please don t have any sort of.. Whoa,relax. No feature. Cool? c.- In the gym Ow! (hurries to him, embarrassed) I m sorry I warned them not to make me play/stay. No way. No, no no. That s that s don t (Mike grins and she smiles, relieved. A BELL RINGS, class over.) You're Isabella, right/yes? Just Bella. Yeah Yeah, I'm Mike. Newton. 4
(He looks at her a second too long, clearly taken by her - Suddenly, Jessica appears, stepping between them. Subtle, but possessive as she nudges Mike.) Bella Nice to meet you She's got a great spike, huh? (to Bella) So, you're from Arizona, right? Aren't people/girls supposed to look really tan? Yeah, Maybe that's why they kicked me off/out. Mike (laughs, and because he does, Jessica does. Bella just feels uncomfortable with the attention..) You re good! That s so funny d.- in the school canteen Hey, Mikey, you met my home girl Bella. Your home girl? That s My girl! (black boy kisses Bella, Mike runs after him) (to Bella) Oh my God It s like first grade/class all over again, and you're the shiny new toy. (Bella smiles awkwardly.) Smile!!!! (Suddenly, a FLASHBULB blinds Bella. She looks up at the photographer,, Jessica's sweet, low key, insecure friend.) Sorry, needed a candid for the feature Feature's dead, Angela. Don't bring it 5
up again. (to Bella) I got your back, baby. (disappointed) Guess we'll just run another editorial on teen drinking. You can always go for eating/sleeping disorders, or Speedo padding on the swim team Kirk. Right? That s exactly what I thought. --Actually, that's a good one We re talking Olympic size. e.- The Cullens enter the canteen Who are they? The Cullens. (Jessica leans in, swinging into gossip mode.) Doctor and Mrs. Cullen's foster kids. They all moved down here from Alaska like a few years/months ago. They kind of keep to themselves. Enter Rosalie and Emmett Because they're all together. Like, together together. The blonde girl, that s Rosalie, and the big dark-haired guy, Emmett..... they're a hit/thing. I'm not even sure that's legal. Jess, they're not actually related. Yes, but it s weird But they study/live together. And the little dark haired girl, Alice, she's really weird... 6
... she's with Jasper, the blonde who looks like he's in pain/jail. I mean, Dr. Cullen's like this foster dad slash match maker. Maybe he'll adopt me. (Bella laughs, liking her... then sees the last Cullen to enter EDWARD, 17. Lanky, with untidy, bronze colored hair. He seems inwardly turned, mysterious. More boyish than the others. But the most striking of all. Bella can't take her eyes off him.) Who's he? He s/that's Edward Cullen. (Suddenly, Edward looks over, as if he heard Jessica from across the room. His eyes meet Bella's. But he seems.. confused. Bella quickly looks away.) He's totally gorgeous, obviously. But apparently, no one here is good enough for him. Like I care. (she obviously does) So, seriously, like don't waste your time/life. I wasn't planning on it. More activities on this film and other excellent movies like Duplicity, The Reader, Ice Age 3, Prime (Secretos de Divan),Little Miss Sunshine, Something s gotta give, Bridget Jones, Match Point can be found in the soon coming CDRom containing worksheets with activities Teach with Films 3 7