Robin Hood

Robin of Locksley an English nobleman who joined Richard the Lionheart in the Third Crusade, is imprisoned in Jerusalemalong with his comrade Peter. Robin escapes, saving the life of a Moor named Azeem in the process. Peter dies while escaping and has Robin swear to protect his sister Marian. Robin returns to England with Azeem, who vows to accompany Robin until the debt of saving his life is repaid.
In England, with King Richard still away, the cruel Sheriff of Nottingham rules over the land, aided by his cousin, Guy of Gisbourne , along with the witch Mortianna and the corrupt Bishop of Hereford . At Locksley castle, Robin's father is killed by the Sheriff's men after refusing to join them

CRASH

A Brentwood housewife and her DA husband. A Persian store owner. Two police detectives who are also lovers. An African-American TV director and his wife. A Mexican locksmith. Two carjackers. A rookie cop. A middle-aged Korean couple...

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They all live in LA. and during the next 36 hours, they will all collide.

ACTIVITIES:

step 1: watch the trailer

step 2: write down any new words you learnt.

ditch --> rasa
gather ---> reunir
kneel --> agellonar
bullets --> bales
closest --> més proper
citizen --> ciutadà
mud --> fang
snort --> esbufec
sidewalk --> vorera
bucks --> dòlars

the film website

STEP 3:write down the characters' names and THE different stories in the film.

Sandra Bullock
Don Cheadle
Matt Dillon
Jennifer Esposito
William Fichtner
Brendan Fraser
Terrence Howard
Chris "Ludacris" Bridges
Thandie Newton
Ryan Phillippe
Larenz Tate
Michael Pena
Shaun Toub

STEP 4: GO TO CRASH WIKI
You'll have 1 of the stories.
Write a summary of the story.
Describe the characters in the story:
How do they look like? How are they?
What's the relationship between them?
How do they feel at the beginning?
How do they react in the story?
Do they change? Why? Why not?
Give your opinion.
Choose one character in the story.
Describe the story using past tenses and expressions: past simple, past continuous, present perfect.
Podcast your story.

Dangerous minds

PART 2: THE SONG: GANSGTA'S PARADISE
WHAT'S THE SONG ABOUT?
The song talks about the live of the children in their neighborhoods of criminals.

New word:

neighborhoods -> barris





THE ESCENE OF THE RESTAURANT



PART 3:ROLE-PLAY/PODCAST A SCENE YOU LIKE
Choose a scene in the film.
Write the lines down. read aloud and practice the pronounciation and intonation.
Podcast it and publish in your blog

DIALOGUE AT THE RESTAURANT

R:     Hey, are you sure they got chicken?
 Mm-hmm.

L:May I tell you a little
about this evening's specials?

W:The chef is featuring foie gras with smoked
duck and figs on a hill of bulgar.

W:Uh, salmon tartar
in potato gaufrette

W:over wild mushrooms,
and fennel salad.

w:Uh, for the entree
we're featuring

W:a complex shellfish
pan roast with orso,

W:a touch of comfit and a broth
thickened with lobster shell oil.

W:All very, very good.

L:Could we have a few minutes, please?
W:Ah, yes.

R:Thank you.

R:Are you sure they got chicken?
L:Yes.

L:Here. See, it's right there,
sweetie. You see? Poulet.



L:And when the waiter comes back,
you may as well talk to him.

L:lt'll be good practice
for your summer job interviews.

R:I can't talk to that guy. He probably
thinks I'm weird or something.

L:He does not. He can't help
but notice your natural charm.

L:You just look him straight in the eye and
you talk to him like you would anyone else.

L:Now, go ahead and call him over.

L:Go ahead. Just give him
a little nod.

W:Are we ready?
R:Okay, I'll have the chicken.

R:A whole one.

L:And I'll have the same.

L:And one to go, please.

W:One to go. Thank you.

PART 4: WRITING:GIVING YOUR OPINION

30% students in Catalonia don't get ESO Certificate.
Is our educational system being effective enough? Well, I think that the schools should be harder
Are students working hard enough? Depend of the students
Are parents helping in the educational process? Yes, they should do that
What's the average in your class? I don't know. I think a 7
Where's the problem? have you got any suggestions? In my opinion the problem is that the students aren't motivated.

An opinion

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Synopsis:

LouAnne Johnson (Michelle Pfeiffer), a retired U.S Marine, applies for a teaching job at Parkmont High School in California, and is surprised and pleased to be offered the position with immediate effect. Turning up the next day to begin teaching, however, she finds herself confronted with a classroom of tough, sullen teenagers, all from lower-class and underprivileged backgrounds, involved in gang warfare and drug pushing, flatly refusing to engage with anything.

PART 1
1. Who are the main characters in the film?

LouAnne: She's the the most important character in the film and she's a teacher
Emilio: Student at Parkmount High School, East Paco Alto, California. He is a trouble-maker in Louanne Johnson's class, but everyone listens to him.

Raúl: In the movie, the character Raul was just as bad as everyone else. He had many problems with school and everyone else. One of his decisions was when he fought Emilio and then later ended up in a police car. This problem was solved because the teacher went to Raul’s house and she explained to his parents that it wasn’t his fault

2. Why does Lou Anne accept the job?

Because she think that she'll teach clever students

3. Is Lou Anne getting the student's attention? How?

Yes, with karate and prices like candy bars.
PART 2

1. ANSWER THE QUESTIONS:
1. Are the students learning poetry?How?

Yes, with Bob Dylan's poems, with prices and with an A

2. What's the prize for the contest?

it's a dinner in a very good restaurant

3. Whoa are the winners?

Durrell, Raúl n' Emilio

4. Who's finally going?

Emilio

5. What do they have for dinner?

2 chickens

6. What's Raul's problem?

He hasn't got money

7. What's Lou Anne's offer?

She give money to Raul

6. What's Callie's problem?

She's pregnant

7. What's Emilio's problem?

Someone want to kill him

8. How is Lou Anne helping Callie?



9. How is Lou Anne helping Emilio?

She said to Emilio that he should say it to the police

10. Is Emilio asking for help to the principal?

No, he isn't

11. What happens to Emilio?

He died in the end of the film

12. Is Lou Anne leaving the job? Why?

No, because her students insisted a lot that she shouldn't leave

1. WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT SHAKESPEARE?
William Shakespeare was born in 1564 and he died in 1616.
He was married with Anne Hathaway. He was an English poet and playwright. He wrote a lot of plays like: Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet...
2. THEATER AT SHAKESPEARE TIMES: THE GLOBE.

Theater at Shakespeare times there weren't actresses.
The Globe was built in 1599 in London by Shakespeare's playing company and was destroyed by fire on 29 June 1613. A second Globe Theater was built on the same site by June 1614 and closed in 1642

3. ROMEO AND JULIET. PLOT SUMMARY.
This work has as its main theme the love of two teenagers, Romeo and Juliet, who are conditioned by the enmity that maintain their families.

The play, set in Verona, begins with a street brawl between Montague and Capulet supporters who are sworn enemies. The Prince of Verona intervenes and declares that further breach of the peace will be punishable by death. Later, Count Paris talks to Capulet about marrying his daughter, but Capulet is wary of the request because Juliet is only thirteen. Capulet asks Paris to wait another two years and invites him to attend a planned Capulet ball. Lady Capulet and Juliet's nurse try to persuade Juliet to accept Paris's courtship.

Can you find any similarities with the film?

Yes, of course, there are a lot of similarities.



THE FILM:
1. Summary. write a summary of the film. Podcast it.

The film centres around the forbidden love of Will Shakespeare and Viola de Lesseps the daughter of a wealthy merchant. A young man named Thomas Kent is cast in the role after impressing Shakespeare with his performance and his love of Shakespeare's previous work. Unknown to Shakespeare and the rest of the theatre company, Kent is actually young Viola de Lesseps, who desires to act, but must disguise herself as a young man to fulfill her dream, since women are barred from the stage.
Inspired by Viola, Shakespeare begins writing feverishly.Shakespeare and de Lesseps know that their romance is doomed.
Inspired by Viola and their final goodbye, Shakespeare begins his new story, Twelfth Night, Or What You Will, with a sinking ship, its sole survivor a lady "whose soul is greater than the ocean.






2. Main characters description. Images:

Will Shakespeare






Viola de Lesseps

Queen Elisabeth











Lord Wessex









Edmund Tildey

3. What's your favourite scene/s? Why?


4. Roleplay a dialogue in the film. Audiovisual optional: images and your voices recorded.