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  Free Handout + MP3 + 8 Online Quizzes on Seven

  GAMES:

  • Fill-in-the-blank
  • Matching
  • Hangman
  • Flash cards
  • Sentence jumble
  • Missing words
  • No letters
  • Crossword puzzle

Seven (also known as Se7en) is a 1995 American thriller and horror film, with dark, disturbing scenes. It was written by Andrew Kevin Walker and directed by David Fincher. It stars Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman, with Gwyneth Paltrow and Kevin Spacey in supporting roles. The film opens in an un-named city of near-constant rain and urban decay. The newly-transferred David Mills (Pitt) and the soon-to-retire William Somerset (Freeman) are homicide detectives who become deeply involved in the case of a sadistic serial killer. Each carefully-planned murder corresponds to one of the seven deadly sins: gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, pride, lust, and envy. Mills becomes the unsuspecting performer of the final sin.

The film was highly acclaimed by critics and currently has an 85% rating on the movie review site Rotten Tomatoes. Gary Arnold of The Washington Times praised the cast: "The film's [winning formula] is the personal appeal generated by Mr Freeman as the mature, [thinking] cop and Mr Pitt as the young, headstrong cop." Sheila Johnston, in her review for The Independent, praised Freeman's performance: "The film belongs to Freeman and his quiet, carefully detailed portrayal of the jaded, older man who learns not to give up the fight," she wrote. In his review for Sight and Sound, John Wrathall wrote: " Seven has the scariest ending." The film is frequently in the top ten in lists of the best ever movies.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Se7en

  TRAILER AND POSTER

SEVEN 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).

SEVEN 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.	disturbing	a.	classification
2	roles	b.	stubborn
3.	decay	c.	unaware
4.	corresponds to	d.	performance
5.	unsuspecting	e.	upsetting
6.	acclaimed	f.	matches
7.	rating	g.	regularly
8.	headstrong	h.	parts
9.	portrayal	i.	praised
10.	frequently	j.	decline

PHRASE MATCH

1.	dark,	a.	a sadistic serial killer
2	… in supporting	b.	give up the fight
3.	an un-named city of near-	c.	roles
4.	deeply involved in the case of	d.	of the final sin
5.	the unsuspecting performer	e.	disturbing scenes
6.	The film was highly	f.	ending
7.	winning	g.	headstrong cop
8.	Mr Pitt as the young,	h.	acclaimed by critics
9.	… who learns not to	i.	constant rain
10.	the scariest	j.	formula

  LISTENING / READING GAP FILL

Seven (also known as Se7en) is a 1995 American thriller and horror film, with (1) ______________________. It was written by Andrew Kevin Walker and directed by David Fincher. It stars Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman, with Gwyneth Paltrow and Kevin Spacey (2) ______________________. The film opens in an un-named city of near-constant (3) ______________________. The newly-transferred David Mills (Pitt) and the soon-to-retire William Somerset (Freeman) are (4) ______________________ who become deeply involved in (5) ______________________ serial killer. Each carefully-planned murder corresponds to one of the seven deadly sins: gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, pride, lust, and envy. Mills becomes the (6) ______________________ of the final sin.

The film was (7) ______________________ critics and currently has an 85% rating on the movie review site Rotten Tomatoes. Gary Arnold of The Washington Times (8) __________________: "The film's [winning formula] is the personal appeal generated by Mr Freeman as the (9) ______________________ and Mr Pitt as the young, headstrong cop." Sheila Johnston, in her review for The Independent, praised Freeman's performance: "The film belongs to Freeman and his quiet, (10) ____________________ of the jaded, older man who learns (11) __________________ fight," she wrote. In his review for Sight and Sound, John Wrathall wrote: " Seven (12) ______________________." The film is frequently in the top ten in lists of the best ever movies.

  CORRECT THE SPELLING

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3.	an un-named city of near-tnaonsct rain
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5.	gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, perdi, lust, and envy
6.	the unsuspecting froreemrp of the final sin
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7.	highly alcamecid by critics
8.	The film's winning moarufl
9.	the young, etndhgsaor cop
10.	the daejd, older man
11.	Seven has the sartices ending
12.	The film is efqluynrte in the top ten

  PUNCTUATE & PUT CAPITALS IN THE TEXT

seven (also known as se7en) is a 1995 american thriller and horror film with dark disturbing scenes it was written by andrew kevin walker and directed by david fincher it stars brad pitt and morgan freeman with gwyneth paltrow and kevin spacey in supporting roles the film opens in an un-named city of near-constant rain and urban decay the newly-transferred david mills (pitt) and the soon-to-retire william somerset (freeman) are homicide detectives who become deeply involved in the case of a sadistic serial killer each carefully-planned murder corresponds to one of the seven deadly sins gluttony greed sloth wrath pride lust and envy mills becomes the unsuspecting performer of the final sin

the film was highly acclaimed by critics and currently has an 85% rating on the movie review site rotten tomatoes gary arnold of the washington times praised the cast "the film's [winning formula] is the personal appeal generated by mr freeman as the mature [thinking] cop and mr pitt as the young headstrong cop" sheila johnston in her review for the independent praised freeman's performance "the film belongs to freeman and his quiet carefully detailed portrayal of the jaded older man who learns not to give up the fight" she wrote in his review for sight and sound john wrathall wrote "seven has the scariest ending" the film is frequently in the top ten in lists of the best ever movies

  INSERT THE VOWELS

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  MARK THE SPACES

Seven(alsoknownasSe7en)isa1995Americanthrillerandhorrorfilm,
withdark,disturbingscenes.ItwaswrittenbyAndrewKevinWalkerand
directedbyDavidFincher.ItstarsBradPittandMorganFreeman,withG
wynethPaltrowandKevinSpaceyinsupportingroles.Thefilmopensina
nunnamedcityofnearconstantrainandurbandecay.Thenewlytransfer
redDavidMills(Pitt)andthesoontoretireWilliamSomerset(Freeman)a
rehomicidedetectiveswhobecomedeeplyinvolvedinthecaseofasadist
icserialkiller.Eachcarefullyplannedmurdercorrespondstooneofthese
vendeadlysins:gluttony,greed,sloth,wrath,pride,lust,andenvy.Mills
becomestheunsuspectingperformerofthefinalsin.Thefilmwashighly
acclaimedbycriticsandcurrentlyhasan85%ratingonthemoviereview
siteRottenTomatoes.GaryArnoldofTheWashingtonTimespraisedthe
cast:"Thefilm's[winningformula]isthepersonalappealgeneratedbyM
rFreemanasthemature,[thinking]copandMrPittastheyoung,headstr
ongcop."SheilaJohnston,inherreviewforTheIndependent,praisedFr
eeman'sperformance:"ThefilmbelongstoFreemanandhisquiet,caref
ullydetailedportrayalofthejaded,oldermanwholearnsnottogiveupth
efight,"shewrote.InhisreviewforSightandSound,JohnWrathallwrote
:"Sevenhasthescariestending."Thefilmisfrequentlyinthetopteninlist
softhebestevermovies.

  DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
1.	__________________________________________________________________
2.	__________________________________________________________________
3.	__________________________________________________________________
4.	__________________________________________________________________
5.	__________________________________________________________________
6.	__________________________________________________________________

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STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
1.	__________________________________________________________________
2.	__________________________________________________________________
3.	__________________________________________________________________
4.	__________________________________________________________________
5.	__________________________________________________________________
6.	__________________________________________________________________

  SEVEN SURVEY

Write five GOOD questions about Seven 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 "Seven". Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.

3. MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about "Seven". 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. "SEVEN" POSTER: Make a poster about "Seven". 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  "Seven". 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 "Seven". Share your findings with the class.

  ANSWERS

SYNONYM MATCH

1.	disturbing	a.	upsetting
2	roles	b.	parts
3.	decay	c.	decline
4.	corresponds to	d.	matches
5.	unsuspecting	e.	unaware
6.	acclaimed	f.	praised
7.	rating	g.	classification
8.	mature	h.	stubborn
9.	portrayal	i.	performance
10.	frequently	j.	regularly

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 ;-)