III. Topics for discussion.
Exercise 4. Go through the following items and say which in your opinion the film is most concerned with,
a) family andfriendship values;
b) deep personal relationship;
c) boys and girls' friendship;
d) race discrimination;
e) Jamal's moral values and his talent;
f) Professor Robert Crawford's 'priorities';
g) the life of a hermit
h) 'Finding Forrester1 is the rediscovered outside world by the writer.
Exercise 5. Answer the questions.
1) In what family is Jamal brought up?
2) When does he begin to put down his thoughts in his small diary books?
3) Why do the boys refer to the window over the basketball court so often?
4) What does Jamal once do in a dare?
5) Why does he leave his backpack behind while leaving 'the haunted house'?
6) When Jamal's diaries are retuned what does he find in them?
7) Do you think these are the first seed the boy and the old man's collaboration?
8) Why did the talented author quit writing?
9) Why does 'writing and publishing become a cruel reminder of the public's infatuation with
celebrity'? (the episode in the morgue)
10) On what condition does Forrester agree to help Jamal learn to write?
11) Why is Jamal offered a scholarship to a prestigious private school?
12) How does Jamal win the battle with Professor Crawford?
13)Why do you think Jamal loses the championship basketball game with 2 free throws though he is known as an expert three-thrower?
14) How does Jamal manage to make W. Forrester overcome his fear of leaving his apartment
and embracing life once again?
15) What is the climatic scene of the film?
16) Is W. Forrester reading his own piece of writing in the class?
17) Why do you think W. Forrester decides to leave Jamal alone?
18) What does Jamal learn about the writer from his lawyer?
19) When Jamal opens the box the lawyer gives him, the script BHW, "Inside was a
completed manuscript, a new novel written by Forrester and on the title page was written, "
Foreword by Jamal Wallace." How do you account for this?
Exercise 6. Topics for discussion. Young and old people can be great friends. The right way to bring up a young talent is...
Exercise 7, Debate
Can anything make you live a reclusive life? Exercise8. Write a review of the film
Фильм: Sommersby
I. Answer the following questions:
1. How does Laurel Sommersby meet her husband when he returns from prison?
2. Is Robert happy to see his father again? Account for his behavior.
3. What are the relations between the Sommersbys like? How does Jack react to his
wife's coldness?
4. Why does Laurel's attitude to her husband change? Speak about the change.
5. Why does Jack decide to bend his land, tools, and fertilizer? How d his neighbours
react to this generous offer?
6. Why does Laurel decide to give away her brooch to buy seeds and tools? How does
her deed affect other people?
7. What do people feel when they give all their money to Jack and hr doesn't return for
several days?
8. When do you first suspect that something is wrong with Jack
Sommersby? Indicate the episodes when his behaviour seems strange.
9. Who is the first person to understand that Jack is a imposter? Describe he man's
feelings.
10. What does Jack feel when he takes his daughter in his arms for the first time?
11 .Why is Jack arrested? What does his wife feel at the moment?
12. Why does Laurel Sommersby witness against her husband in court?
13.Why does Jack insist that he is Laurel's husband though he is under the sentence of
death?
14. Why does Laurel agree that Jack is her husband? Is it easy for her? What would you
feel in her place? 15. What is the most touching episode in the film?
II. Make a review of the film.
III. Topics for discussion.
1. Give your idea of happiness.
2. Is it difficult to make sacrifice for someone you love? Have you ever done it?
3. Give your idea of love. What do people feel when they are in love?
3. IV. Write a paragraph on the following topic: 'Our life would be boring and dull without intense feelings'
Фильм: Dead Poets’ Society
1. In what year does the film take place?
2. Which of the following were the four pillars? What do these four qualities tell you about the school?
a. loyalty с tradition e. discipline g. excellence
b. honour d. fair-play f. knowledge
3. What type of school was it?
4. Who said to the students 'Seize the day!” What is the meaning of the saying? Why did it become the class’s motto?
5. Circle the true statements and correct the false ones.
a. The boys were seventeen years old
b. Neil was chosen lo play Oberon.
c The play was Shakespeare's 'Midsummer Night's Dream."
d, The meeting was held in a cave
e. There were sixboys at the first meeting.
f. Tod got a desk set for his birthday
6. Who said "I stand on my desk to remind myself that we must constantly look at things in a different way"? What does he mean by that?
7. At one point in the film a teacher punishes a student corporally. What are your feelings about this incident? What kind of punishment should students receive if they break the school regulations?
8. Go through the following items and say which in your opinion the film is most concerned with:
a. showing the true meaning of education
a stressing the importance of friendship
с emphasising the need to understand ourselves and our needs
d doing away with corporal punishment at school
e. making parents realise that they must let their children decide on their career
t changing the way sublets are taught at school
g telling the story of an original revolutionary teacher
h. telling the story of a group of school friends in the 50’s
i. showing the relationship between parents and their children
j suggesting that teachers can help form a student’s personality
9. Tick any of the following. What I was really impressed by in this film is ...
a. the photography. c. the atmosphere. e. the plot g. the message.
b. the acting. d the music f. the end.
Topics for discussion
1. Which character in the film do you identify with the most.
2. Have you ever been taught by a teacher such as Mr Keating? Describe him/her.
3. If you were the head teacher of a school, how would you react to a teacher who wanted to change the rules?
Debate
"People must always be prepared to try out new ideas whatever these might be."