Did you have a great December? Short Movies slides

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1. Did you have a great December?
Please, share what has happened
2. A few words about the film
WORKING PLAN:
3. Pre-watching activities:
vocabulary list & expressions ~ 20
mins
4. A movie: ~ 14 mins
5. Post-watching activities: personal
opinions, group work, feedback,
plans for 2021
6. Happy New Year!
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BEST CHRISTMAS FILMS!
• 1. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
• 2. Tangerine (2015)
• 3. Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
• 4. A Christmas Carol (a.k.a. Scrooge) (1951)
• 5. The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
• 6. A Christmas Story (1983)
• 7. Bad Santa (2003)
• 8. Die Hard (1988)
• 9. Carol (2015)
• 10. Comfort and Joy (1984)
• 11. Peace on Earth (1939)
• 12. Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
• 13. It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947)
• 14. 3 Godfathers (1948)
• 15. Edward Scissorhands (1990)
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A FEW FACTS ABOUT THE MOVIE
One Christmas Eve (Holiday Short
Film)
A modern day “scrooge story”. When
Tam (Robert Thompson) mouths off to
the wrong individual, his life is forever
changed…
Issued in 2017, directed by Chris Lee
A Christmas Carol recounts
the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an
elderly miser who is visited by the ghost
of his former business partner and the
Spirits of Christmas Past, Present and
Yet to Come. After their
visits, Scrooge is transformed into a
kinder, gentler man.
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ONE CHRISTMAS EVE / VOCABULARY (1)
1) She’s not going to get the treat that she wants a special and enjoyable occasion or experience E.g. We're going to Italy for the weekend it's my birthday treat. As a special treat, I'll take you to my favourite restaurant.
2) This is gonna define your life –
to say exactly what something means, or what someone or something is like E.g.
Your duties are clearly defined in the contract.
3) You are not management material – do you know? What kind of connotation
can you feel behind?
4) We are done here – what does it mean?
5) There’s no need for name-calling –
to use impolite or unpleasant words to describe someone
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ONE CHRISTMAS EVE / VOCABULARY (2)
6) We’re collecting for a Salvation Army –
an international Christian organization whose members have ranks and uniforms like
an army, hold meetings with music, and work to help poor people E.g. a
Salvation Army hostel for homeless men and women
7) Jackass, watch where you’re walking –
old-fashioned, informal: a person who behaves in a silly way E.g. Why is
Russ behaving like such a jackass?
8) Considering your hatred for indifference – can you explain?
9) Let me see your pure disbelief in Santa Claus – what does it mean?
10) This is a vision - an idea or mental image of something E.g. We see in
his novels his sinister, almost apocalyptic, vision of the future.
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ONE CHRISTMAS EVE / VOCABULARY (3)
11) Swashbuckling – behaving in a brave and exciting way, esp. like a fighter in the
past E.g. a swashbuckling hero/pirate. The players displayed a swashbuckling
confidence.
12) Engage in daring and romantic adventures with ostentatious bravado or
flamboyance – Ostentatious - too obviously showing your money, possessions,
or power, in an attempt to make other people notice and admire you E.g.
They criticized the ostentatious lifestyle of their leaders.
Bravado - a show of courage, esp. when unnecessary and dangerous, to make
people admire you E.g. It was an act of bravado that made him ask his boss to resign.
Flamboyance - the quality of being very confident in your behaviour, and liking
to be noticed by other people, for example because of the way you dress or talk
E.g. Her flamboyance annoys some people but delights.
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ONE CHRISTMAS EVE / VOCABULARY (4)
13) Thank you for knocking me out – do you know?
14) I was incredibly mean to you –
Mean - not willing to give or share things, esp. money E.g. He's too mean
to buy her a ring. My landlord's very mean with the heating - it's only on for
two hours each day.
15) That goes without saying – do you know?
16) I’m sorry for our interaction – please find synonyms
Interaction - an occasion when two or more people or things communicate
with or react to each other E.g. Language games are usually intended to encourage
student interaction.
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THE MOVIE WITH SUBTITLES: 12 MINS
One Christmas Eve (Holiday
Short Film) - YouTube
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TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION:
1) Do you feel smth special when Christmas (or any
other holiday) comes? Why/ why not?
2) Do you feel any kind of obligation to help people and
do smth good on Christmas? Please, share
3) Do you believe that the transformations of people
can take place (like the one in the film)?
4) Was it a Christian movie for you? What is a Christian
movie?
5) Do you still believe in miracles that happen on
Christmas Eve? What miracles would you expect? ;-)
Thanks for your contribution!
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Thanks for your contribution!
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