Level 2 Film Activity -
One flew over the cuckoo's nest - Part 4
DVD activity by Viv Quarry (www.vivquarry.com)
Part 4 (DVD scenes 16 - 26) Viewing time approx. 40 minutes (activity time 1 hour)
Pre-teach the
following vocabulary
Food
& drink (p.24f) Health
& body (p.26f)
(N)
Chewing gum (Juicy Fruit) (N)
Electro-shock treatment (EST)
(V) Bite sth/sb (irregular verb) (N)
Lobotomy
(ADJ) Committed
House
& home (p.28f) (ADJ)
Voluntary
(N) Fence
Sport & leisure (p.38f)
Idioms
and slang (p. 13b) (N) Gambling
(S) Booze
= alcoholic drinks (V+N)
Draw = tie
(I) Fool
sb = mislead sb
(intermediate +) Phrasal
verbs (p.19b) Word stress
(p.31b)
(S) Hassle (sb) (V+N) Get
out (of swh) Supervisor
(S) (Haven't) got the guts to do sth.
While the DVD is loading and the 'copyright' warning is on:
Speaking activity - Ask
the students:
What happened first in part three? (Mime voting - draw vote adjourned)
Then what happened next? (Mime climbing a fence)
What happened after that? (Smile and say "Are you crazy?" - He picked up his girlfriend)
Where did McMurphy take them? Why? (A marina or harbour / to go fishing)
What might happen to McMurphy because of what he did? (sent back to prison?)
Go to the film main menu, select 'Jump to a scene' and select scene
16 (I can help him)
Subtitles in English
(intermediate-) or No subtitles (intermediate+)
When the basketball
court appears subtitles off.
When the swimming pool
appears subtitles in students'
native language (English intermediate+).
When they arrive at the
disturbed ward subtitles in
English (off intermediate+)
When McMurphy is taken for Electro-shock treatment subtitles in students' native language.
When the lights flash on
and off to wake up the patients switch
subtitles off.
When McMurphy, standing
by the window says "Hey Billy! What's wrong?" Stop the film
Post-viewing activity: ask students for one adjective to describe each characters
Make sure students know how to ask "How do you say **** in English?" or use this exercise as a bi-lingual dictionary exercise. For identification, use 'special features - cast, Cheswick scene index 14.
McMurphy Confident / irreverent Cheswick insecure/ easily led
Chief Bromden Strong / silent Martini immature/ unintelligent
Billy Bibbet Shy / stutters Taber Aggressive/violent
Harding Intelligent/paranoid Nurse Ratched Domineering/cold/inhuman