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  Free Handout + MP3 + 8 Online Quizzes on 2001: A Space Odyssey

  GAMES:

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  • Flash cards
  • Sentence jumble
  • Missing words
  • No letters
  • Crossword puzzle

2001: A Space Odyssey is a 1968 science fiction film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick. The screenplay was co-written by Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke, and was partially inspired by Clarke's short story "The Sentinel". The story deals with a series of encounters between humans and mysterious, giant black stones that are apparently affecting human evolution, and a space voyage to Jupiter tracing a signal emitted by one such monolith found on the moon. Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood star as the two astronauts on this voyage, with Douglas Rain as the voice of the conscious computer HAL 9000, who has full control over their spaceship.

The film is frequently described as an "epic film", both for its length and scope, and for its similarity to classical epics. The film deals with human evolution, technology, artificial intelligence, and extra-terrestrial life. It is notable for its scientific accuracy, pioneering special effects, surreal imagery, sound in place of traditional narrative techniques, and minimal use of dialogue. Despite initially receiving mixed reactions from critics and audiences alike, 2001: A Space Odyssey built up a cult following and slowly became a box office hit. Today it is recognized by many critics, filmmakers, and audiences as one of the greatest and most influential films ever made.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001:_A_Space_Odyssey_%28film%29

  TRAILER AND POSTER

2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY POSTER

1. 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?       

2. STORY: Talk about what you think the story of the movie is – the start, beginning, end, etc. Change partners and share stories.

3. CREDITS: Look at the credits on the poster (the actors, director, producer…) and talk about them with your partner(s).

4. MUST-SEE: Talk with your partner(s) about whether the poster and movie title are good and make you want to see the movie.

5. STARRING YOU: Imagine you are one of the stars of the movie. Talk about your role with your movie star partner(s).

2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY TRAILER

1. RETELL: Watch the trailer and retell what you saw to your partner(s).        

2. CHUNKS: Watch 10-to-15 second chunks of the trailer and retell what you saw to your partner(s).

3. 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.

4. VOCABULARY: Make a note of words in the trailer that you see or hear. Talk about them with your partner(s).

5. 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).

  MATCHING

SYNONYM MATCH

1.	inspired	a.	sent
2	encounters	b.	correctness
3.	emitted	c.	journey
4.	voyage	d.	aware
5.	conscious	e.	motivated
6.	scope	f.	important
7.	accuracy	g.	accepted
8.	minimal	h.	meetings
9.	recognized	i.	tiniest
10.	influential	j.	range

PHRASE MATCH

1.	science	a.	from critics
2	partially inspired	b.	tracing a signal
3.	human	c.	conscious computer
4.	tracing	d.	hit
5.	the voice of the	e.	by Clarke's short story
6.	classical	f.	techniques
7.	pioneering special	g.	epics
8.	traditional narrative	h.	fiction
9.	mixed reactions	i.	effects
10.	a box office	j.	evolution

  LISTENING / READING GAP FILL

2001: A Space Odyssey is (1) ____________________ film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick. The screenplay was co-written by Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke, and was                (2) ____________________ Clarke's short story "The Sentinel". The story deals with (3) ____________________ between humans and mysterious, giant black stones that are apparently (4) ____________________, and a space voyage to Jupiter     (5) ____________________ one such monolith found on the moon. Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood star as the two astronauts on this voyage, with Douglas Rain as the voice of the conscious computer HAL 9000, (6) ___________________ their spaceship.

The film is (7) ____________________ "epic film", both for its length and scope, and for its (8) ____________________. The film deals with human evolution, technology, artificial intelligence, and extra-terrestrial life. It (9) ____________________ accuracy, pioneering special effects, surreal imagery, sound in place of (10) _________________________, and minimal use of dialogue. Despite (11) ____________________ reactions from critics and audiences alike, 2001: A Space Odyssey built up a cult following and slowly became a box office hit. Today it is recognized by many critics, filmmakers, and audiences as one of the greatest and (12) ____________________ made.

  CORRECT THE SPELLING

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  PUNCTUATE & PUT CAPITALS IN THE TEXT

2001 a space odyssey is a 1968 science fiction film produced and directed by stanley kubrick the screenplay was co-written by kubrick and arthur c clarke and was partially inspired by clarke's short story "the sentinel" the story deals with a series of encounters between humans and mysterious giant black stones that are apparently affecting human evolution and a space voyage to jupiter tracing a signal emitted by one such monolith found on the moon keir dullea and gary lockwood star as the two astronauts on this voyage with douglas rain as the voice of the conscious computer hal 9000 who has full control over their spaceship

the film is frequently described as an "epic film" both for its length and scope and for its similarity to classical epics the film deals with human evolution technology artificial intelligence and extra-terrestrial life it is notable for its scientific accuracy pioneering special effects surreal imagery sound in place of traditional narrative techniques and minimal use of dialogue despite initially receiving mixed reactions from critics and audiences alike 2001 a space odyssey built up a cult following and slowly became a box office hit today it is recognized by many critics filmmakers and audiences as one of the greatest and most influential films ever made

  INSERT THE VOWELS

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  MARK THE SPACES

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dbyStanleyKubrick.Thescreenplaywasco-writtenbyKubrickandArthurC.Clarke,andwaspartiallyinspiredbyClar
ke'sshortstory"TheSentinel".Thestorydealswithaseriesofencounter
sbetweenhumansandmysterious,giantblackstonesthatareapparentl
yaffectinghumanevolution,andaspacevoyagetoJupitertracingasign
alemittedbyonesuchmonolithfoundonthemoon.KeirDulleaandGaryL
ockwoodstarasthetwoastronautsonthisvoyage,withDouglasRainast
hevoiceoftheconsciouscomputerHAL9000,whohasfullcontroloverth
eirspaceship.Thefilmisfrequentlydescribedasan"epicfilm",bothforits
lengthandscope,andforitssimilaritytoclassicalepics.Thefilmdealswit
hhumanevolution,technology,artificialintelligence,andextra-
terrestriallife.Itisnotableforitsscientificaccuracy,pioneeringspeciale
ffects,surrealimagery,soundinplaceoftraditionalnarrativetechnique
s,andminimaluseofdialogue.Despiteinitiallyreceivingmixedreaction
sfromcriticsandaudiencesalike,2001:ASpaceOdysseybuiltupacultfol
lowingandslowlybecameaboxofficehit.Todayitisrecognizedbymanyc
ritics,filmmakers,andaudiencesasoneofthegreatestandmostinfluent
ialfilmsevermade.

  DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
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STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
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  2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY SURVEY

Write five GOOD questions about 2001: A Space Odyssey 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 1 __________	Student 2 __________	Student 3 __________
Q1.
Q2.
Q3.
Q4.
Q5.

• 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.

  WRITING

Write your own movie review. Show your partner your letter. Correct each other's work.

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  HOMEWORK

1. 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.

2. INTERNET INFO: Search the Internet and find more information about "2001: A Space Odyssey". Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.

3. MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about "2001: A Space Odyssey". 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.

4. "2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY" POSTER: Make a poster about "2001: A Space Odyssey". 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.

5. MY PREQUEL / SEQUEL: Make your own prequel or sequel for  "2001: A Space Odyssey". Make sure there is a good mix of things to do. Find some good online activities. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback.

6. 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.

7. ONLINE SHARING: Use your blog, wiki, Facebook page, Twitter stream, or any other social media tool to get opinions on "2001: A Space Odyssey". Share your findings with the class.

  ANSWERS

SYNONYM MATCH

1.	inspired	a.	motivated
2	encounters	b.	meetings
3.	emitted	c.	sent
4.	voyage	d.	journey
5.	conscious	e.	aware
6.	scope	f.	range
7.	accuracy	g.	correctness
8.	minimal	h.	tiniest
9.	recognized	i.	accepted
10.	influential	j.	important

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Please check for yourself by looking at the movie review article at the top of the page.
(It's good for your English ;-)