Aim: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to get knowledge about the history of cinema and use the words they learn in speaking and writing.
UNIT 13: FILMS AND CINEMA
Reading Lesson Plan
Do you want to see a film at the cinema or on TV?
Why?


WARM UP
Can you name some films you like?
pre-stage
an actor (n)
nam dien vien
an actress (n)
Nu dien vien
Columbus found out America.
discover (v)
Kham pha
Audience (n)
Khan gia
How do you call a person who makes films?
A film maker
A film makor
A film makist
a
Nguoi lam phim
(n)
An actor (n)
An actress (n)
to discover
Audience (n)
A film maker (n)
while-stage
Task 1

Decide which of the options below is the best title for the passage.

The Story of a Film Maker
B. A Brief History of Cinema
C. The History of the Film Industry

Task 3

Work in pairs. Answer these questions
1. When did the history of cinema begin?

2. What did scientists discover at that time?

3. Did films in the early days have sound?

4. When were audiences able to see long films?

5. When was sound introduced?

6. What form of films appeared as the old silent films were being replaced by spoken ones?


1. The history of cinema began in the early 19th century
2. At that time, scientists discovered that when a sequence of still pictures were set in motion, they could give the feeling of movement.

3. No, they didn’t.

4.In the early 1910s, audiences were able to enjoy the first long film.


5. Sound was introduced at the end of the 1920s.

6. As the old silent films were being replaced by spoken ones on the screen, a new cinema form appeared, the musical cinema.
When did the history of cinema begin?
The history of cinema began in the early 19th century

2. What did scientists discover at that time?
At that time, scientists discovered that when a sequence of still pictures were set in motion, they could give the feeling of movement.

3. Did films in the early days have sound?
No, they didn’t.

4. When were audiences able to see long films?
In the early 1910s, audiences were able to enjoy the first long film.

5. When was sound introduced?
Sound was introduced at the end of the 1920s.

6. What form of films appeared as the old silent films were being replaced by spoken ones?
As the old silent films were being replaced by spoken ones on the screen, a new cinema form appeared, the musical cinema.
cinema
sequence
decade
rapidly
scene
character
post-stage


Match each title with an appropriate kind of film
Time abundant: Ask students to talk about their favorite films.
Lack of time: Ask students to write about their favorite films at home.
Possibility