Lessons On Movies.com THE LORD OF THE RINGS – THE TWO TOWERS http://www.LessonsOnMovies.com/the_lord_of_the_rings_the_two_towers.html CONTENTS Listening / Reading Script Mark The Spaces Poster / Trailer Discussion 10 Synonym / Phrase Match Survey 11 Listening Gap Fill Writing 12 Correct The Spelling Homework 13 Punctuate The Text Answers 14 Insert The Vowels Follow Sean Banville on Twitter twitter.com/SeanBanville Facebook www.facebook.com/pages/BreakingNewsEnglish/155625444452176 Google + plus.google.com/110990608764591804698/posts More free lessons, listenings and online quizzes at LessonsOnMovies.com Copyright © 2013 – Sean Banville THE LISTENING / READING SCRIPT From: http://www.LessonsOnMovies.com/the_lord_of_the_rings_the_two_towers.html The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers is a 2002 epic fantasy directed by Peter Jackson It is based on the second volume of J R R Tolkien's novel “The Lord of the Rings” It is the second film in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, preceded by “The Fellowship of the Ring” (2001) and concluding with “The Return of the King” (2003) It continues the plot of “The Fellowship of the Ring” as Frodo and Sam continue their journey towards Mordor to destroy the One Ring They meet with and are joined by Gollum, the ring's former owner, and other characters They come to help defend the war-torn nation of Rohan before fighting at the Battle of Helm's Deep They then help to plan an attack on Isengard The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers met with high critical acclaim and was an enormous box-office success, earning over $900 million worldwide The film received mostly positive reviews On the review website Rotten Tomatoes.com, the film has a 96% rating, along with an average score of 8.4/10 It also has a 100% rating when narrowed to only professional critics The Battle of Helm's Deep has been named as one of the greatest screen battles of all time Gollum was named as the third favorite computer generated film character by Entertainment Weekly in 2007 The film won two Academy Awards - Best Visual Effects and Best Sound Editing Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Two_Towers_%28film%29 More free lessons, listenings and online quizzes at LessonsOnMovies.com Copyright © 2013 – Sean Banville TRAILER AND POSTER From: http://www.LessonsOnMovies.com/the_lord_of_the_rings_the_two_towers.html POSTER SIX WORDS: Look at the poster and write down six words (more if you like) that you think of as you look at it Share the words with your partner(s) Why did you choose them? You can find posters for this movie at www.wikipedia.com or www.imbd.com - just type the name of the movie in the search field STORY: Talk about what you think the story of the movie is – the start, beginning, end, etc Change partners and share stories CREDITS: Look at the credits on the poster (the actors, director, producer…) and talk about them with your partner(s) MUST-SEE: Talk with your partner(s) about whether the poster and movie title are good and make you want to see the movie STARRING YOU: Imagine you are one of the stars of the movie Talk about your role with your movie star partner(s) TRAILER RETELL: Watch the trailer and retell what you saw to your partner(s) You can watch a trailer at http://www.youtube.com CHUNKS: Watch 10-to-15 second chunks of the trailer and retell what you saw to your partner(s) QUIZ: Watch the trailer and write down some quiz questions for your partner(s) Watch a second time to find the answers to the questions VOCABULARY: Make a note of words in the trailer that you see or hear Talk about them with your partner(s) GOOD / BAD: Watch the trailer and write down why you think the film might be good or bad Share your ideas with your partner(s) More free lessons, listenings and online quizzes at LessonsOnMovies.com Copyright © 2013 – Sean Banville MATCHING From: http://www.LessonsOnMovies.com/the_lord_of_the_rings_the_two_towers.html SYNONYM MATCH epic a ever volume b previous concluding c scooped plot d book former e praise acclaim f blockbuster enormous g making earning h finishing of all time i huge j story 10 won PHRASE MATCH a 2002 epic a journey the second film in The Lord of the Rings b battles of all time continue their c torn nation of Rohan the ring's former d film character defend the war- e high critical acclaim The Two Towers met with f fantasy The film received mostly g film trilogy n average score h positive reviews one of the greatest screen i owner 10 computer generated j of 8.4/10 More free lessons, listenings and online quizzes at LessonsOnMovies.com Copyright © 2013 – Sean Banville LISTENING / READING GAP FILL From: http://www.LessonsOnMovies.com/the_lord_of_the_rings_the_two_towers.html The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers is a (1) directed by Peter Jackson It (2) second volume of J R R Tolkien's novel “The Lord of the Rings” It is the second film in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, preceded by “The Fellowship of the Ring” (2001) (3) “The Return of the King” (2003) It (4) _ of “The Fellowship of the Ring” as Frodo and Sam continue their journey towards Mordor to destroy the One Ring They meet with and are joined by Gollum, the (5) _, and other characters They come to help defend the war-torn nation of Rohan before fighting at the Battle of Helm's Deep They then help to (6) _ Isengard The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (7) _ acclaim and was an enormous box-office success, earning over $900 million worldwide The film (8) _ reviews On the review website Rotten Tomatoes.com, the film has a 96% rating, along with (9) 8.4/10 It also has a 100% rating when narrowed to only professional critics The Battle of Helm's Deep has (10) of the greatest screen battles of all time Gollum was named as the third favorite (11) film character by Entertainment Weekly in 2007 The film won two Academy Awards - Best Visual Effects and (12) _ More free lessons, listenings and online quizzes at LessonsOnMovies.com Copyright © 2013 – Sean Banville CORRECT THE SPELLING From: http://www.LessonsOnMovies.com/the_lord_of_the_rings_the_two_towers.html Paragraph 1 a 2002 epic nysaatf directed by Peter Jackson The Lord of the Rings film oriylgt nulicngodc with “The Return of the King” Frodo and Sam continue their uoeyrnj the ring's morerf owner ndfdee the war-torn nation of Rohan Paragraph They then help to plan an tkatca The Two Towers met with high ltircica acclaim The film received mostly evsoiitp reviews 10 an avgraee score of 8.4/10 11 computer arngdeeet film character 12 Best Sound intidEg More free lessons, listenings and online quizzes at LessonsOnMovies.com Copyright © 2013 – Sean Banville PUNCTUATE & PUT CAPITALS IN THE TEXT From: http://www.LessonsOnMovies.com/the_lord_of_the_rings_the_two_towers.html the lord of the rings the two towers is a 2002 epic fantasy directed by peter jackson it is based on the second volume of j r r tolkien's novel “the lord of the rings” it is the second film in the lord of the rings film trilogy preceded by “the fellowship of the ring” (2001) and concluding with “the return of the king” (2003) it continues the plot of “the fellowship of the ring” as frodo and sam continue their journey towards mordor to destroy the one ring they meet with and are joined by gollum the ring's former owner and other characters they come to help defend the wartorn nation of rohan before fighting at the battle of helm's deep they then help to plan an attack on isengard the lord of the rings the two towers met with high critical acclaim and was an enormous box-office success earning over $900 million worldwide the film received mostly positive reviews on the review website rotten tomatoescom the film has a 96% rating along with an average score of 84/10 it also has a 100% rating when narrowed to only professional critics the battle of helm's deep has been named as one of the greatest screen battles of all time gollum was named as the third favorite computer generated film character by entertainment weekly in 2007 the film won two academy awards - 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B_ st V_ s_ _ l _ ff_ cts _ nd B_ st S_ _ nd _ d_ t_ ng More free lessons, listenings and online quizzes at LessonsOnMovies.com Copyright © 2013 – Sean Banville MARK THE SPACES From: http://www.LessonsOnMovies.com/the_lord_of_the_rings_the_two_towers.html TheLordoftheRings:TheTwoTowersisa2002epicfantasydirectedbyPe terJackson.ItisbasedonthesecondvolumeofJ.R.R.Tolkien'snovel“Th eLordoftheRings”.ItisthesecondfilminTheLordoftheRingsfilmtrilogy, precededby“TheFellowshipoftheRing”(2001)andconcludingwith“Th eReturnoftheKing”(2003).Itcontinuestheplotof“TheFellowshipofthe Ring”asFrodoandSamcontinuetheirjourneytowardsMordortodestro ytheOneRing.TheymeetwithandarejoinedbyGollum,thering'sformer owner,andothercharacters.TheycometohelpdefendthewartornnationofRohanbeforefightingattheBattleofHelm'sDeep.Theythe nhelptoplananattackonIsengard.TheLordoftheRings:TheTwoTower smetwithhighcriticalacclaimandwasanenormousboxofficesuccess,earningover$900millionworldwide.Thefilmreceivedm ostlypositivereviews.OnthereviewwebsiteRottenTomatoes.com,the filmhasa96%rating,alongwithanaveragescoreof8.4/10.Italsohasa1 00%ratingwhennarrowedtoonlyprofessionalcritics.TheBattleofHel m'sDeephasbeennamedasoneofthegreatestscreenbattlesofalltime Gollumwasnamedasthethirdfavoritecomputergeneratedfilmcharact erbyEntertainmentWeeklyin2007.ThefilmwontwoAcademyAwardsBestVisualEffectsandBestSoundEditing More free lessons, listenings and online quizzes at LessonsOnMovies.com Copyright © 2013 – Sean Banville DISCUSSION (Write your own questions) STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B) Copyright © www.LessonsOnMovies.com -DISCUSSION (Write your own questions) STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A) More free lessons, listenings and online quizzes at LessonsOnMovies.com Copyright © 2013 – Sean Banville 10 THE TWO TOWERS SURVEY From: http://www.LessonsOnMovies.com/the_lord_of_the_rings_the_two_towers.html Write five GOOD questions about The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers in the table Do this in pairs Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper When you have finished, interview other students Write down their answers STUDENT STUDENT STUDENT _ _ _ Q.1 Q.2 Q.3 Q.4 Q.5 • Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found out Change partners often • Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings More free lessons, listenings and online quizzes at LessonsOnMovies.com Copyright © 2013 – Sean Banville 11 WRITING From: http://www.LessonsOnMovies.com/the_lord_of_the_rings_the_two_towers.html Write your own movie review Show your partner your letter Correct each other’s work More free lessons, listenings and online quizzes at LessonsOnMovies.com Copyright © 2013 – Sean Banville 12 HOMEWORK VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word INTERNET INFO: Search the Internet and find more information about “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” What are (did) critics and moviegoers saying (say) about it? How good were the actors’ performances? What was good and bad about the movie? Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson Give each other feedback on your articles “THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS” POSTER: Make a poster about “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” Make sure you put tag lines, audience and critics’ reviews, why people should see it, etc Show it to your classmates in the next lesson Give each other feedback on your posters MY PREQUEL / SEQUEL: Make your own prequel or sequel for “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” Make sure there is a good mix of things to Find some good online activities Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson Give each other feedback CHARACTER STORY: Choose one of the characters from the movie Imagine you are that character Write your story about what you did in the movie Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson Give each other feedback ONLINE SHARING: Use your blog, wiki, Facebook page, Twitter stream, or any other social media tool to get opinions on “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” Share your findings with the class More free lessons, listenings and online quizzes at LessonsOnMovies.com Copyright © 2013 – Sean Banville 13 ANSWERS SYNONYM MATCH epic a blockbuster volume b book concluding c finishing plot d story former e previous acclaim f praise enormous g huge earning h making of all time i ever j scooped 10 won OTHER ACTIVITIES Please check for yourself by looking at the movie review on page (It's good for your English ;-) CREATIVE COMMONS Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_Creative_Commons_Attributi on-ShareAlike_3.0_Unported_License More free lessons, listenings and online quizzes at LessonsOnMovies.com Copyright © 2013 – Sean Banville 14