Level 2 Film Activity -
One flew over the cuckoo's nest - Part 1
DVD activity by Viv Quarry (www.vivquarry.com)
Part 1 (DVD scenes 1 - 5 ) Viewing time approx. 25 minutes (activity time 45mins.)
Pre-teach the
following vocabulary
Health & body (p.26f*) (N) Mental institution / hospital
(ADJ+N) Deaf Mentally ill = insane = crazy = mad = nuts / wacko (USA)
(ADJ+N) Dumb (N) Patients /PAYSHUNTS/
(N) Group therapy (N) Ward
Sport & leisure (p.38f*)
Pack of cards Suits Hearts Ace Take a pack of cards into the classroom when you
Clubs King present this vocabulary. You can deal two cards
Diamonds Queen to each student and play '21'. Teach 'hit me',
Spades Jack 'stick' and 'bust'. Students say the cards they've got.
(V+N) Deal Exp. The jack of clubs.
(V+N) Shuffle
Intermediate + @ students pre-teach before watching the film:
Crime & criminals
(p.18f*) Describing people (p.20f*)
(V+N) Assault (ADJ)
Belligerent
(N) Statutory rape (ADJ)
Resentful
(N) Jail (ADJ)
Lazy
(EXP) Fake sth. = pretend
to be ill (ADJ) Willing
to do sth
to escape from sth. you don't want to do.
While the DVD is loading and the 'copyright' warning is on:
Tell the students that they are going to
watch a film, sometimes without subtitles, or with subtitles in English, and
that it isn't important that they understand every word. However, they must pay
careful attention because they will have to talk about what they've seen next
class.
Play the film from the
start with No subtitles.
When Mc Murphy leads Martini
away from the game of cards (before the interview with Dr Spivey) Either: Select
subtitles in students' native language (intermediate- students@)
and Select
subtitles in English (intermediate+ students)
When Nurse Ratched and
the patients appear doing fitness exercises.
Select subtitles in
students' native language
Watch the film until external buildings appear after the combative stare between
Nurse Ratched and Mc Murphy at the end of the first group therapy session
then
Stop the film.
Post-viewing activity: intermediate - see Level 1, intermediate+ see Level 3 post-viewing activity.
@ In my opinion, the intermediate level is the most critical of all. Those in the initial stages (intermediate-) will lack confidence when listening, and have a very limited vocabulary base. Students over half way through the course (intermediate+), will be more confident and, probably happy to attempt to follow the film with English subtitles. You can always ask the students to choose!
* Viv's vocabulary organisation - see Organising your student's notebook