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Using F ilm in the Classroom

This short film titled "Teeth" features two men wearing false teeth. Explore how this changes the scene and use your imagination as the screenwriter. Describe the setting, appearance, and emotions of the men in the scene, as well as what happens. Use the sounds and soundtrack to help you in your description.

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Using F ilm in the Classroom

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  1. Using Film in the Classroom

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  8. PICTURE START

  9. Task 1 What can you hear? How many people are there? What is happening? Where is the scene set? Vision Off

  10. Task 2 The name of the short film is ‘Teeth’ and features two men with false teeth. Does this change how you imagined the scene to be? You are the screenwriter for this short film. Write a paragraph with your partner describing the scene. Describe: where the scene takes place the men in the scene (clothes, appearance, feelings) what happens in the scene Use the notes you made on the sounds to help you. Vision Off

  11. Task 1 describe the scene (soundtrack or sounds only) predicting (it might be… / it must be…) Task 2 Descriptions: vocabulary for appearance, character and emotions Use who, what, where, when, how questions Tense practice Can use scene with dialogue e.g. Bend it Like Beckham Vision Off

  12. Vision Off

  13. Pause & Predict

  14. Task What happens next? Exponent writing speaking Pause & Predict

  15. Tasks make up a dialogue complete a dialogue provide a voice-over describe the music Exponent integrated skills: prediction, writing, speaking (role play) Sound Off

  16. Dictogloss Play scene with sound for gist Repeat the scene. Ask Ss to take notes Ss share notes with partner Repeat the scene Ss fill in the gaps Role-play More information: http://www.englishraven.com/SLAC_dictogloss.html http://www.carla.umn.edu/cobaltt/modules/strategies/Dictogloss.pdf Freeze frame Pause a scene and ask Ss to describe the scene e.g. the character’s appearance, clothes, feelings, colours. Other techniques

  17. Who does what?

  18. Task Match the actions to the character Exponent describing & sequencing actions Who does what?

  19. Matching Match collocations Watch scene and find the odd-one-out Sequencing events Watch scene Put actions in order Watch and check Matching & Sequencing events

  20. Matching & Sequencing events

  21. Other techniques • Interview with a celebrity • Casting • Class Oscars best actor / best actress / who was the funniest? • Climax (Cause & Effect) • Missing scene • Wordhunt find all the words ending in –ed / -s / -ing all adjectives & adverbs • One-sided phone conversation similar to dialogue completion in Sound Off

  22. For more ideas • Watch Jamie Keddie’s seminar on the TeachingEnglish website: http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/seminars/using-video-elt-jamie-keddie

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