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  Free Handout + MP3 + 8 Online Quizzes on Skyfall

  GAMES:

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

Skyfall is the twenty-third film in the James Bond franchise, which dates back to 1962. It features Daniel Craig in his third performance as James Bond, and Javier Bardem as Raoul Silva, the film's bad guy. The film was directed by Sam Mendes. It centres on Bond investigating an attack on Britain's intelligence service MI6; the attack is part of a plot by former MI6 operative Raoul Silva to humiliate, discredit and kill M as revenge against her for betraying him. Skyfall is the last film of the series for Judi Dench, who played M, a role that she had played in the previous six films. Filming began in November 2011 and primarily took place in the United Kingdom, China and Turkey.

At the box office, Skyfall has earned $1.1 billion worldwide, and is the seventh-highest-grossing film of all time. The movie received generally positive reviews from critics; Rotten Tomatoes sampled 290 reviewers and judged 92% of the reviews to be positive. Kim Newman from 'Empire' concluded, "Skyfall is pretty much all you could want from a 21st Century Bond: cool but not camp, respectful of tradition but up to the moment, serious in its thrills and relatively complex in its characters but with the sense of fun that hasn't always been evident lately". Roger Ebert of the 'Chicago Sun-Times' gave the film 4 out of 4 stars, describing it as, "a full-blooded, joyous, intelligent celebration of a beloved cultural icon".

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

  TRAILER AND POSTER

SKYFALL POSTER (Find a nice one from the Internet Movie Database (imbd.com).

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).

SKYFALL 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.	features	a.	earlier
2	investigating	b.	excitement
3.	plot	c.	stars
4.	previous	d.	ever
5.	primarily	e.	obvious
6.	earned	f.	mostly
7.	of all time	g.	intense
8.	thrills	h.	looking into
9.	evident	i.	brought in
10.	full-blooded	j.	secret plan

PHRASE MATCH

1.	…which dates	a.	of the series
2	Daniel Craig in his third	b.	celebration
3.	the attack is part	c.	place in the U.K.
4.	the last film	d.	grossing film of all time
5.	took	e.	back to 1962
6.	the seventh-highest-	f.	cultural icon
7.	pretty much all	g.	of a plot
8.	sense	h.	performance as James Bond
9.	a full-blooded, joyous, intelligent	i.	of fun
10.	a beloved	j.	you could want

  LISTENING / READING GAP FILL

Skyfall is the twenty-third film in the James Bond franchise,      (1) ________________________ . It features Daniel Craig in his third performance as James Bond, and Javier Bardem as Raoul Silva, the film's bad guy. The film was directed by Sam Mendes. It centres on Bond (2) ________________________ Britain's intelligence service MI6; the attack (3) _____________________ MI6 operative Raoul Silva to humiliate, discredit and kill M as   (4) ________________________ him. Skyfall is the last film of the series for Judi Dench, who played M, (5) ________________ in the previous six films. Filming began in November 2011 and   (6) ________________________ United Kingdom, China and Turkey.

At the box office, Skyfall has earned $1.1 billion worldwide, and is the (7) ________________________ all time. The movie received generally (8) ________________________; Rotten Tomatoes sampled 290 reviewers and judged 92% of the reviews to be positive. Kim Newman from 'Empire' concluded, "Skyfall is (9) ________________________ want from a 21st Century Bond: cool but not camp, (10) ________________________ to the moment, serious in its thrills and relatively complex in its characters but (11) ________________________ hasn't always been evident lately". Roger Ebert of the 'Chicago Sun-Times' gave the film 4 out of 4 stars, describing it as, "a full-blooded, joyous, intelligent (12) ________________________ cultural icon".

  CORRECT THE SPELLING

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  PUNCTUATE & PUT CAPITALS IN THE TEXT

skyfall is the twenty-third film in the james bond franchise which dates back to 1962 it features daniel craig in his third performance as james bond and javier bardem as raoul silva the film's bad guy the film was directed by sam mendes it centres on bond investigating an attack on britain's intelligence service mi6 the attack is part of a plot by former mi6 operative raoul silva to humiliate discredit and kill m as revenge against her for betraying him skyfall is the last film of the series for judi dench who played m a role that she had played in the previous six films filming began in november 2011 and primarily took place in the united kingdom china and turkey

at the box office skyfall has earned $11 billion worldwide and is the seventh-highest-grossing film of all time the movie received generally positive reviews from critics rotten tomatoes sampled 290 reviewers and judged 92% of the reviews to be positive kim newman from 'empire' concluded "skyfall is pretty much all you could want from a 21st century bond cool but not camp respectful of tradition but up to the moment serious in its thrills and relatively complex in its characters but with the sense of fun that hasn't always been evident lately" roger ebert of the 'chicago sun-times' gave the film 4 out of 4 stars describing it as "a full-blooded joyous intelligent celebration of a beloved cultural icon"

  INSERT THE VOWELS

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  MARK THE SPACES

SkyfallisthetwentythirdfilmintheJamesBondfranchise,whichdatesba
ckto1962.ItfeaturesDanielCraiginhisthirdperformanceasJamesBon
d,andJavierBardemasRaoulSilva,thefilm'sbadguy.Thefilmwasdirect
edbySamMendes.ItcentresonBondinvestigatinganattackonBritain's
intelligenceserviceMI6;theattackispartofaplotbyformerMI6operativ
eRaoulSilvatohumiliate,discreditandkillMasrevengeagainstherforbe
trayinghim.SkyfallisthelastfilmoftheseriesforJudiDench,whoplayed
M,arolethatshehadplayedintheprevioussixfilms.FilmingbeganinNov
ember2011andprimarilytookplaceintheUnitedKingdom,ChinaandTu
rkey.Attheboxoffice,Skyfallhasearned$1.1billionworldwide,andisth
eseventhhighestgrossingfilmofalltime.Themoviereceivedgenerallyp
ositivereviewsfromcritics;RottenTomatoessampled290reviewersan
djudged92%ofthereviewstobepositive.KimNewmanfrom'Empire'co
ncluded,"Skyfallisprettymuchallyoucouldwantfroma21stCenturyBo
nd:coolbutnotcamp,respectfuloftraditionbutuptothemoment,serious
sinitsthrillsandrelativelycomplexinitscharactersbutwiththesenseoff
unthathasn'talwaysbeenevidentlately".RogerEbertofthe'ChicagoSu
n-Times'gavethefilm4outof4stars,describingitas,"afull-
blooded,joyous,intelligentcelebrationofabelovedculturalicon".

  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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2.	__________________________________________________________________
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  SKYFALL SURVEY

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

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

  ANSWERS

SYNONYM MATCH

1.	features	a.	stars
2	investigating	b.	looking into
3.	plot	c.	secret plan
4.	previous	d.	earlier
5.	primarily	e.	mostly
6.	earned	f.	brought in
7.	of all time	g.	ever
8.	thrills	h.	excitement
9.	evident	i.	obvious
10.	full-blooded	j.	intense

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 ;-)