1 ESO - UP! Watch it, complete the activities and write your film review

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Read the text, follow the instructions and use the dictionary if you need it

Carl is a shy, quiet boy. Ellie is his friend. They are fans of Muntz the explorer. They grow up and get married. Carl sells toy balloons and Ellie is a zookeeper. They want to save their money to visit Paradise Falls, but Ellie gets sick and dies.

(This is are some of my favourite scenes ;)

  

Later ....

Carl lives alone. He does not want to move out of his house into a retirement home. He turns his house into an airship.  He uses thousands of helium balloons to make it fly. A young boy called Russell goes with him.

                                                                                                                  There is a thunderstorm. The house is near a large ravine opposite Paradise Falls. They hope to reach the falls before the balloons deflate. They meet a large bird who is trying to reach her chicks, and a dog named Dug who has a special collar so he can speak.  Russell calls the bird Kevin.

* This is a joke because Kevin is a boy’s name.

* Dug is the past tense of dig. Doug is the correct spelling.

This is a joke because dogs dig holes.

Carl and Russell meet a pack of dogs. They go to the dogs’ master. He is a very old man. He is Muntz the explorer. Muntz is a bit crazy. He wants to catch Kevin the bird. 


They run away, but Muntz’s dogs chase them. Muntz catches Kevin the bird and Russell is angry.
Alone in his house Carl looks at some photos and finds a note from Ellie. She tells him to go on an adventure.

			Dear Carl, Go on an  adventure. Love Ellie

 






He looks for Russell, but Russell is floating away with some balloons to find Kevin. Many of the balloons on Carl’s house have burst, so Carl takes the furniture out of the house so it can float up again.

Russell is captured by Muntz, but Carl rescues him and Kevin. Kevin goes back to her chicks and Carl and Russell fly home to the city in the airship. The house lands on the cliff near Paradise Falls just as Ellie wanted. Russell wins a special badge for helping old people.

 Complete the following exercises:

A. What are their jobs? 1. Ellie .............................. 2. Carl .............................. B. Use the verb to be:  is /are 1. Carl ____ a shy quiet boy.

2. Ellie ____ his friend.
3. They ____ fans of Muntz the explorer.

C. Questions:
1. Where do Ellie and Carl want to visit? .................................................
2. What happens to Ellie? .......................................................................... 


D. True or False?
Carl lives alone. _____
Carl wants to leave his house. _______
Carl makes his house into an airship _____

E. Match the meanings in this story:
retirement home helium thunderstorm explorer airship fan deflate ravine to retire	heavy rain, thunder and lightning deep narrow valley blimp, dirigible an enthusiast, devotee adventurer home for old people stop working when old a gas lose gas or air, to go down

Carl uses thousands of balls to make his house fly. ______



  F. Adjectives: Find the best opposites for these words

					calm ordinary small alive sensible sinking well noisy outgoing heavy
			shy _________________ quiet ________________ sick _________________ dead _________________ angry ________________ floating ______________ light ________________ special _______________ crazy ________________ large ________________

 G. Carl finds a note from Ellie telling him to go on an adventure. Write a note for Russell telling him to go on an adventure with Carl. Sign your own name.

.......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... .......................................................... .........................................................

  

 F. Many of the helium balloons have burst. How does Carl make his house lighter so it will float again?

................................................................................................................................

......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

G. Collective Nouns: Words for groups of animals; flock, herd, pack, mob, pod, flock    

a....................of dogs              a .................. of sheep

a .................. of birds              a .................... of cattle

a ................... of kangaroos    a ................... of whales

Words for baby animals:  pup, kitten, duckling, joey, larva, chick, lamb, foal, calf, cub,       

Cat ..................................       horse ............................
Dog ................................        whale ............................
Bird ................................        bear ...............................
sheep ...............................       cow ..............................
kangaroo .........................       lion ..............................
insect .............................         duck ..............................

Now go to page 68 of your Student´s book, read Charle´s review of a the film. Answer the questions in exercise 3 and for homework write a review of your favourite movie:

Before you write, think of a film you like ... use the writing model in exercise 3, finally do not forget to check your writing!
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Extra practice 
Angry Birds video (you can find the link on the right in the spotlight zone) comparative and superlative adjectives

Video quiz questions 

1) Matilda is more ___________than Red.

• happier
• cheerful
• happiest

2) Red is as___________as Matilda

• tall
• taller
• tallest

3) Chuck is the _______________of all

• small
• smaller
• smallest

4) Bomb is ____________than Chuck.

• bigger
• big
• biggest

5) Matilda is the ________________of all.

• weird
• weirdest
• weirder

6) Chuck is the most ____________ of them.

• talkativer
• talkativest
• talkative

7) Chuck is _______________ than the police.

• faster
• fastest
• more fast

8) Chuck is more _______________ now.

• embarrasseder
• embarrassed
• embarrassedest

9) Terence is the _____________ of all birds.

• scary
• scarier
• scariest

10) Matilda is more ______________ now of Terence.

• terrified
• terrifider
• terrifidest

11) Bomb is the most ________________ of all birds.

• explosive
• explosiver
• explosivest

12) Matilda is the ________________.

• pretty
• most prettiest
• prettiest