The first meeting

1st Twilight class


General lesson aim:
Learn language in a context where all learning styles can benefit from; by understanding the main idea of the book, they can understand the movie better and explore other themes, like: vampire world in fiction movies and books, habits, geographic and weather differences from US states – Arizona and Washington states. Other topics can be also explored – high school system in the US, life in school, prom, etc.

Language target:
• Talking about the writer, the main characters and the movie stars’ personal information;
• Describing the characters appearance;
• Using “can” to describe what vampires can do and compare with Twilight version of them;
• Being introduced to the following structure “If.. I would…”

Age group: 12 upwards

Material needed:
Multimedia room
Computer for presentations
Project and DVD
Twilight DVDs
Books or any other visual resource
Students’ worksheets

Class development:
Pre-story tasks: Introducing the title “Twilight” by showing the PPT 1.
Has anyone watched the movie? or read the book? How many books are there? (5 - Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking down, Midnight sun) Don’t show the book covers yet. This step is just to find out what they know about the SAGA and if they know the names in English. Teach them later…
If anyone read the book or watched the movie, did you like it? Do you like the book? What do you prefer the book or the movie? (5-10 mins)

Activity 1- True or false chart: Dictate the sentences. (15 mins) PPT 2
Sts hear, check and then create a question to find out if they are correct or not. They can work in groups and for each right question they can get a point. I will only answer if the question is correct.
1- Charlie is Bella’s father. → → → → Is Charlie Bella’s father?
2- Bella’s father is a police officer. → → → Is Bella’s father a police officer?
3- Bella loves a vampire. → → → → → Does Bella love a vampire?
4- Bella is 15 years old. → → → → → Is Bella 15 years old?
5- Jacob doesn’t like Bella. → → → → Does Jacob like Bella?
6- Edward has 3 sisters. → → → → → Does Edward have 3 sisters?
7- There are 3 nomadic vampires. → → → Are there 3 nomadic vampires? \nō-‘ma-dik\
8- James is a violent vampire. → → → → Is James a violent vampire?
9- Carlisle is a respectful doctor. → → → Is Carlisle a respectful doctor?
10- Bella and Edward meet at the school cafeteria. → Do they meet at the school cafeteria?

Activity 2: What is the story about? (10 mins) PPT 3 e 4
It's about a seventeen-year-old girl that falls in love with a vampire.
• Show a picture of Bella and Edward. Work with the slides to present the main idea of the story. Allow them time to try to write a description themselves and discuss.

Who wrote the book? (5mins) PPT 5
• show a picture of Stephanie Meyer and the book cover. Tell a little bit of her story. See her website for input. http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/index.html

Activity 3: Twilight profile. (30 mins) PPT 5- 7
Give students time to look at the pictures and try to add as much information as they can. And give as homework a research task for next class. (Students will have next class about 15 minutes to present their favorite characters orally.) For those who doesn’t do it, I will keep a card record to be used at the end of the semester as assessment resource.

Twilight song: DECODE – 5:10 mins. PPT 8
Play the DVD and allow them to enjoy it.
Hand in worksheet. Movie soundtrack Decode from Paramore.

How can I decide what`s right,
When you`re clouding up my mind?
I can`t win your losing fight,
All the time.

How can I ever own what`s mine,
When you`re always taking sides?
But you won`t take away my pride,
No not this time
Not this time

(chorus)
How did we get here
When I used to know you so well
But how did we get here
I think I know

The truth is hiding in your eyes
And its hanging on your tongue
Just boiling in my blood
But you think that I can’t see
What kind of man that you are,
If you`re a man at all
Well I will figure this one
Out on my own
(I'm screaming I love you so)
On my own
(my thoughts you can't decode)
(chorus)
How did we get here
When I used to know you so well
But how did we get here
I think I know
do you see what we`ve done
We`re gonna make such fools of ourselves
Do you see what we`ve done
We`re gonna make such fools of ourselves
(chorus)
How did we get here
When I used to know you so well
But how did we get here
I think I know
there is something i see in you
It might kill me
I want it to be true

Activity 1: Allow them to do the matching activities of the key words in pairs, emulate a race.
Practice pronunciation, rhythm, linking sounds by singing along with them. (20 mins)

Change the focus from the story to the vampire topic.
• What do you think about vampires. (discuss with a partner and write down as many sentences as possible in English), then share with the class. (class discussion) (5 mins – allow them time to make a list in Portuguese what they know about Vampires) PPT 9
• Show the slide shows about Vampires. PPT 10-12
• What do vampires do? ( give students a list of possible actions after they try to start the list themselves- prepare it.) PPT 13
• How would you react if you saw a vampire? ( prepare a list of verbs possible and teach them use of would in this situation. ask them to use would + verb to express the conditional: If I saw a vampire I would run/shout/scream/call for help/do nothing/freeze/and so on....) PPT 14


References:
http://iteslj.org/Techniques/Sasson-LowerLevelJHS.html
http://www.readkwik.com/RT%20BRAIN-GESTALT%20DROPDOWN%20DOC.pdf

The Twilight SAGA – Class 1!!!!

Are you a twilighter? Listen to the sentences, then check true or false, then ask questions to find out IF you are a twilight fan!!

True False
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4
5
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7
8
9
10
Write the questions for each sentence you hear.
1- ____________________________________________________________
2- ____________________________________________________________
3- ____________________________________________________________
4-____________________________________________________________
5-____________________________________________________________
6-____________________________________________________________
7-____________________________________________________________
8-____________________________________________________________
9-____________________________________________________________
10-___________________________________________________________


What is the story about?
_____________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

The twilight profile


Name: _____________________________________________
From: _____________________________________________
occupation: _______________________________________________
Live in:____________________________________________
Eyes:______________________________________________
Hair: ______________________________________________
Hobbies: __________________________________________
Marital status: Married ( ) single ( ) divorced ( )
Children: ( )yes ( ) no if yes, how many: ____________


Character’s name:_________________________________
From: _____________________________________________
occupation: _______________________________________
Live in:_____________________________________________
Eyes:______________________________________________
Hair: ______________________________________________
Hobbies: __________________________________________
Marital status: Married ( ) single ( ) divorced ( )
Brother/Sisters:_____________________________________

Character’s name:_________________________________
From: _____________________________________________
occupation: _______________________________________
Live in:_____________________________________________
Eyes:______________________________________________
Hair: ______________________________________________
Hobbies: __________________________________________
Marital status: Married ( ) single ( ) divorced ( )
Brother/Sisters: _____________________________________
Character’s name:_________________________________
From: _____________________________________________
occupation: _______________________________________
Live in:_____________________________________________
Eyes:______________________________________________
Hair: ______________________________________________
Hobbies: __________________________________________
Marital status: Married ( ) single ( ) divorced ( )
Brother/Sisters:_______________________________________
Character’s name:_________________________________
From: _____________________________________________
occupation: _______________________________________
Live in:_____________________________________________
Eyes:______________________________________________
Hair: ______________________________________________
Hobbies: __________________________________________
Marital status: Married ( ) single ( ) divorced ( )
Brother/Sisters:_______________________________________



Character’s name:_________________________________
From: _____________________________________________
occupation: _______________________________________
Live in:_____________________________________________
Eyes:______________________________________________
Hair: ______________________________________________
Hobbies: __________________________________________
Marital status: Married ( ) single ( ) divorced ( )
Brother/Sisters:_______________________________________

Character’s name:_________________________________
From: _____________________________________________
occupation: _______________________________________
Live in:_____________________________________________
Eyes:______________________________________________
Hair: ______________________________________________
Hobbies: __________________________________________
Marital status: Married ( ) single ( ) divorced ( )
Brother/Sisters:_______________________________________
Character’s name:_________________________________
From: _____________________________________________
occupation: _______________________________________
Live in:_____________________________________________
Eyes:______________________________________________
Hair: ______________________________________________
Hobbies: __________________________________________
Marital status: Married ( ) single ( ) divorced ( )
Children: ( )yes ( ) no if yes, how many: ____________

Character’s name:_________________________________
From: _____________________________________________
occupation: _______________________________________
Live in:_____________________________________________
Eyes:______________________________________________
Hair: ______________________________________________
Hobbies: __________________________________________
Marital status: Married ( ) single ( ) divorced ( )
Children: ( )yes ( ) no if yes, how many: ____________
For more information on the movie characters check out this webpage: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Twilight_characters
For more information about Stephanie Meyer check out this webpage:
http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/index.html


Research
Now you know a little bit about the twilight characters and Stephanie meyer, the writer. Look for more information on websites about twilight or access the webpages above. Choose one of the characters and prepare a presentation for our next class. Bring photos if you can, and tell us about your favorite one(s)!!!!

Rose Bard © 2009 EFL worksheets – Twilight project for teens