Lessons On Movies.com SEVEN SAMURAI http://www.LessonsOnMovies.com/seven_samurai.html CONTENTS Listening / Reading Script Mark The Spaces Poster / Trailer Discussion 10 Synonym / Phrase Match Survey 11 Listening Gap Fill Writing 12 Correct The Spelling Homework 13 Punctuate The Text Answers 14 Insert The Vowels Follow Sean Banville on Twitter twitter.com/SeanBanville Facebook www.facebook.com/pages/BreakingNewsEnglish/155625444452176 Google + plus.google.com/110990608764591804698/posts More free lessons, listenings and online quizzes at LessonsOnMovies.com Copyright © 2013 – Sean Banville THE LISTENING / READING SCRIPT From: http://www.LessonsOnMovies.com/seven_samurai.html Seven Samurai is a 1954 Japanese adventure drama co-written, edited, and directed by Akira Kurosawa The film takes place in 1587 during a time when many states in Japan were at war It follows the story of a village of farmers that hire seven masterless samurai (ronin) to fight bandits who steal their crops The film was the first samurai movie that Kurosawa ever directed He had originally wanted to direct a film about a single day in the life of a samurai but later discovered in his research a story about samurai defending farmers The film was originally going to be called Six Samurai until Kurosawa decided to create a seventh character who was a little different and had an appealing, zany personality Seven Samurai is described as one of the greatest and most influential films ever made It is one of a select few Japanese films to become widely known in the West and was voted onto Sight & Sound's list of the ten greatest films of all time in 1982 It ranked #1 in Empire magazine’s "The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema" in 2010 It was the single largest movie ever made by a Japanese filmmaker at the time and was a technical and creative masterpiece At 207 minutes long, it was the longest picture of Kurosawa's career Its influence can be clearly witnessed in many Hollywood movies that have been made since, especially those that have a group of heroes all fighting for the same cause Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Samurai More free lessons, listenings and online quizzes at LessonsOnMovies.com Copyright © 2013 – Sean Banville TRAILER AND POSTER From: http://www.LessonsOnMovies.com/seven_samurai.html POSTER 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 STORY: Talk about what you think the story of the movie is – the start, beginning, end, etc Change partners and share stories CREDITS: Look at the credits on the poster (the actors, director, producer…) and talk about them with your partner(s) MUST-SEE: Talk with your partner(s) about whether the poster and movie title are good and make you want to see the movie STARRING YOU: Imagine you are one of the stars of the movie Talk about your role with your movie star partner(s) TRAILER RETELL: Watch the trailer and retell what you saw to your partner(s) You can watch a trailer at http://www.youtube.com CHUNKS: Watch 10-to-15 second chunks of the trailer and retell what you saw to your partner(s) 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 VOCABULARY: Make a note of words in the trailer that you see or hear Talk about them with your partner(s) 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) More free lessons, listenings and online quizzes at LessonsOnMovies.com Copyright © 2013 – Sean Banville MATCHING From: http://www.LessonsOnMovies.com/seven_samurai.html SYNONYM MATCH takes place a broadly hire b found originally c reason discovered d is set zany e work of art influential f take on widely g important masterpiece h crazy witnessed i initially j seen 10 cause PHRASE MATCH The film takes a influential films ever made during a time when many b fight bandits who steal c masterpiece The film was originally going to d states in Japan were at war an appealing, e their crops one of the greatest and most f for the same cause one of a select g place in 1587 a technical and creative h in many Hollywood movies Its influence can be clearly witnessed i be called Six Samurai 10 a group of heroes all fighting j few Japanese films zany personality More free lessons, listenings and online quizzes at LessonsOnMovies.com Copyright © 2013 – Sean Banville LISTENING / READING GAP FILL From: http://www.LessonsOnMovies.com/seven_samurai.html Seven Samurai is a 1954 Japanese (1) -written, edited, and directed by Akira Kurosawa The film takes place in 1587 (2) when many states in Japan were at war It follows the story of a (3) that hire seven masterless samurai (ronin) to fight bandits who steal their crops The film was the first samurai movie that Kurosawa ever directed (4) wanted to direct a film about a single day in the life of a samurai but later discovered in his research a story about (5) _ The film was originally going to be called Six Samurai until Kurosawa decided to create a seventh character who was a little different (6) , zany personality Seven Samurai is (7) of the greatest and most influential films ever made It is one of a select few Japanese films to (8) in the West and was voted onto Sight & Sound's list of the ten greatest films of all time in 1982 It ranked #1 in Empire magazine’s "The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema" in 2010 It was the single largest movie ever made by a Japanese filmmaker (9) was a technical and (10) At 207 minutes long, it was the longest picture of Kurosawa's career Its influence can be (11) _ many Hollywood movies that have been made since, especially those that (12) heroes all fighting for the same cause More free lessons, listenings and online quizzes at LessonsOnMovies.com Copyright © 2013 – Sean Banville CORRECT THE SPELLING From: http://www.LessonsOnMovies.com/seven_samurai.html Paragraph 1 co-riwtent, edited, and directed by Akira Kurosawa fight adsntib who steal their crops the first samurai movie that Kurosawa ever ieddretc vrddseocei in his research The film was yinorllaig going to be called Six Samurai an appealing, zany styprleoain Paragraph one of the greatest and most ieltunflian films ever made one of a 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SevenSamuraiisa1954Japaneseadventuredramacowritten,edited,anddirectedbyAkiraKurosawa.Thefilmtakesplacein1 587duringatimewhenmanystatesinJapanwereatwar.Itfollowsthesto ryofavillageoffarmersthathiresevenmasterlesssamurai(ronin)tofigh tbanditswhostealtheircrops.ThefilmwasthefirstsamuraimoviethatK urosawaeverdirected.Hehadoriginallywantedtodirectafilmaboutasi ngledayinthelifeofasamuraibutlaterdiscoveredinhisresearchastorya boutsamuraidefendingfarmers.Thefilmwasoriginallygoingtobecalle dSixSamuraiuntilKurosawadecidedtocreateaseventhcharacterwho wasalittledifferentandhadanappealing,zanypersonality.SevenSamu raiisdescribedasoneofthegreatestandmostinfluentialfilmsevermade ItisoneofaselectfewJapanesefilmstobecomewidelyknownintheWes tandwasvotedontoSight&Sound'slistofthetengreatestfilmsofalltimei n1982.Itranked#1inEmpiremagazine’s"The100BestFilmsOfWorldCi nema"in2010.ItwasthesinglelargestmovieevermadebyaJapanesefil mmakeratthetimeandwasatechnicalandcreativemasterpiece.At207 minuteslong,itwasthelongestpictureofKurosawa'scareer.Itsinfluenc ecanbeclearlywitnessedinmanyHollywoodmoviesthathavebeenmad esince,especiallythosethathaveagroupofheroesallfightingforthesa mecause More free lessons, listenings and online quizzes at LessonsOnMovies.com Copyright © 2013 – Sean Banville DISCUSSION (Write your own questions) STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B) Copyright © www.LessonsOnMovies.com -DISCUSSION (Write your own questions) STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A) More free lessons, listenings and online quizzes at LessonsOnMovies.com Copyright © 2013 – Sean Banville 10 SEVEN SAMURAI SURVEY From: http://www.LessonsOnMovies.com/seven_samurai.html Write five GOOD questions about Seven Samurai 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 STUDENT STUDENT _ _ _ 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 More free lessons, listenings and online quizzes at LessonsOnMovies.com Copyright © 2013 – Sean Banville 11 WRITING From: http://www.LessonsOnMovies.com/seven_samurai.html Write your own movie review Show your partner your letter Correct each other’s work More free lessons, listenings and online quizzes at LessonsOnMovies.com Copyright © 2013 – Sean Banville 12 HOMEWORK 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 INTERNET INFO: Search the Internet and find more information about “Seven Samurai” Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about “Seven Samurai” 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 “SEVEN SAMURAI” POSTER: Make a poster about “Seven Samurai” 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 MY PREQUEL / SEQUEL: Make your own prequel or sequel for “Seven Samurai” Make sure there is a good mix of things to Find some good online activities Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson Give each other feedback 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 ONLINE SHARING: Use your blog, wiki, Facebook page, Twitter stream, or any other social media tool to get opinions on “Seven Samurai” Share your findings with the class More free lessons, listenings and online quizzes at LessonsOnMovies.com Copyright © 2013 – Sean Banville 13 ANSWERS SYNONYM MATCH takes place a is set hire b take on originally c initially discovered d found zany e crazy influential f important widely g broadly masterpiece h work of art witnessed i seen j reason 10 cause OTHER ACTIVITIES Please check for yourself by looking at the movie review on page2 (It's good for your English ;-) CREATIVE COMMONS Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_Creative_Commons_Attributi on-ShareAlike_3.0_Unported_License More free lessons, listenings and online quizzes at LessonsOnMovies.com Copyright © 2013 – Sean Banville 14