Level 2 Film Activity - One flew over the cuckoo's nest - Part 3

 

DVD activity by Viv Quarry (www.vivquarry.com)

 

Part 3 (DVD scenes 10 - 15 ) Viewing time 30 minutes (total activity time approx. 45 mins.)

 

Pre-teach the following vocabulary

General vocab. (p.4f)                                    Revise vocab. for 'crazy' (see part 1).

(N) bow (and arrow) /BO/

(V+N) Bow /BAU/ - = lower your head          I use red to highlight these homonyms in the students'

(N) The bow /BAU/ = front of a ship   notebooks to highlight these homonyms.

 

Finance & business (p.22f)                          Revise:             raise your left/right hand

(V) adjourn a meeting                                                 raise your arms ('Simon says' game possible)

 

Sport & leisure (p.38f)

Create a table with five columns and around 15 rows (Sport/activity, verb, person, place, equipment)

Fill it with 'fishing', 'go', angler*, the sea/a river, a rod, hook & bait*

Add angler, fishing rod, hook and bait to Sport & leisure with the meanings, and 'fisherman' to shops and professions.

*I explain that an angler goes fishing for sport and for a fisherman it's his job.

 

While the DVD is loading and the 'copyright' warning is on:

Speaking activity - Ask the students:

 

What happened first in part two? (Mime playing basketball, tried to teach Indian to play basketball)

Then what happened next? (Mime playing cards + loud music)

What happened after that? (Mime taking medicine and spitting it out)

Why did they have a vote in the group therapy session? What happened? (world series, mime vote & touch hair, like Harding, or arms around head like Martini)

Why did McMurphy try to lift the water station? (to throw it through the window and go to a bar)

 

Go to the film main menu, select 'Jump to a scene' and select scene 10 (Getting out vote)

without subtitles (intermediate+) or subtitles in English (intermediate-).

 

After Nurse Ratched shuts the nurses station window, change to students' native language.

 

After Ratched shuts the nurses station window (when McMurphy sits by himself in front of the tv) select subtitles in students' native language.

 

When the outside of the hospital appears (after the interview with Dr Spivey) select no subtitles

 

When the psychiatrist says "I think he's dangerous." Stop the film

 

Post-viewing activity:

 

Choose from Level 1, part 3 post-viewing activity (intermediate-)

or

Choose from Level 3, part 3 post-viewing activity (intermediate+)

 

ASK STUDENTS TO BRING DICTIONARIES TO NEXT CLASS.

 

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