Recommendations with Movie Vocabulary
A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS
Words and phrases to describe films speaking and vocabulary brainstorming, also good for the language of recommendations practice.
Lesson Plan Content:
Recommendations with movie vocabulary
Ask for, give and respond to recommendations on movies like those below small groups.
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type/ kind/ genre |
adjectives |
other vocabulary |
situations |
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action movie animation art house movie biopic Bollywood movie comedy cop movie costume drama documentary domestic drama fantasy movie horror indie movie kids’ movie literary adaptation melodrama murder mystery/ whodunit musical Nollywood movie romance rom-com sci-fi/ science fiction spy movie superhero movie thriller (spaghetti) western YA
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acclaimed amusing arty avant-garde awe-inspiring beautiful/ stunning challenging confusing dramatic educational entertaining/ fun exciting exotic famous fast-paced – slow frightening/ scary funny/ witty gripping/ thrilling heart-breaking heart-wrenching hilarious important impressive inspiring interesting memorable mind-boggling moving original/ unique petrifying/ terrifying popular realistic recent relaxing sad sentimental silly/ ridiculous strange/ odd/ weird surprising/ shocking surreal unforgettable unpredictable uplifting |
12 certificate 15 certificate 18 certificate 1960s 1970s/ 1980s 1990s 2000s Australian British DVD Hollywood IMAX PG certificate U certificate award winning big budget black and white blockbuster car chase classic domestic dubbed foreign live action plot remake sequel/ prequel SFX short silent slapstick (TV) spinoff subtitled surprise ending
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babies bored (first) date date night depressed different ages learning English likes comics married couple not much time old people on a laptop on a smartphone on the plane pets pre-school kids teenager toddlers too much time whole family |
Share one good recommendation you received with the class.
Ask about anything in the table above that you couldn’t understand, couldn’t use, etc, working together to make related recommendations each time.
Brainstorming movie vocabulary stage
Without looking above, write suitable words related to films in the spaces below. Many things not above are also possible.
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type/ kind/ genre of movie |
adjectives for describing movies |
other movie vocabulary |
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Look above, brainstorm more, then compare your extra ideas as a class.
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