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  Free Handout + MP3 + 8 Online Quizzes on The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

  GAMES:

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

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is an epic spaghetti western released in 1966. It was directed by Sergio Leone, and starred Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, and Eli Wallach in the title roles. Director of photography Tonino Delli Colli was responsible for the film's sweeping widescreen cinematography and Ennio Morricone composed the famous film score, including its main theme. It is the third film in the Dollars Trilogy following A Fistful of Dollars (1964) and For a Few Dollars More (1965). The plot revolves around three gunslingers competing to find a fortune in buried gold amid the violent chaos of gunfights, hangings, American Civil War battles and prison camps in 19th-century America.

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly was criticized for how much violence it showed. Leone explains that "the killings in my films are exaggerated because I wanted to make a tongue-in-cheek satire on run-of-the-mill [ordinary] westerns". He added: "The west was made by violent, uncomplicated men, and it is this strength and simplicity that I try to recapture in my pictures." The film is still one of the most popular and well-known westerns ever and is considered to be one of the greatest of its genre. It is in Time magazine's "100 Greatest Movies of the Last Century". Quentin Tarantino has called it "the best-directed film of all time" and "the greatest achievement in the history of cinema".

Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Good,_The_Bad_%26_The_Ugly

  TRAILER AND POSTER

THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY 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).

THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY 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.	epic	a.	centres
2	roles	b.	panned
3.	revolves	c.	among
4.	amid	d.	blockbuster
5.	chaos	e.	over the top
6.	criticized	f.	spoof
7.	exaggerated	g.	parts
8.	satire	h.	accomplishment
9.	genre	i.	mayhem
10.	achievement	j.	category

PHRASE MATCH

1.	an epic	a.	of gunfights
2	in the title	b.	mill [ordinary] westerns
3.	Ennio Morricone composed the	c.	the history of cinema
4.	find a fortune	d.	spaghetti western
5.	amid the violent chaos	e.	cheek satire
6.	criticized for how much	f.	roles
7.	a tongue-in-	g.	genre
8.	run-of-the-	h.	in buried gold
9.	the greatest of its	i.	violence it showed
10.	the greatest achievement in	j.	famous film score

  LISTENING / READING GAP FILL

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1) _____________________ western released in 1966. It was directed by Sergio Leone, and starred Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, and Eli Wallach in the title roles. Director of photography Tonino Delli Colli was responsible for the (2) _____________________ cinematography and Ennio Morricone composed (3) _____________________, including its main theme. It is the third film in the Dollars Trilogy following A Fistful of Dollars (1964) and For a Few Dollars More (1965). The (4) _____________________ three gunslingers competing to find a fortune (5) _____________________ the violent chaos of gunfights, hangings, American Civil War (6) _________________ in 19th-century America.

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly was criticized for how much (7) _____________________. Leone explains that "the killings in my films are exaggerated because I wanted to make a tongue-in-cheek (8) _____________________the-mill [ordinary] westerns". He added: "The west was made by violent, uncomplicated men, and it is this (9) _____________________ that I try to recapture in my pictures." The film is still one of the most (10) _____________________ westerns ever and is considered to be one of the (11) _____________________. It is in Time magazine's "100 Greatest Movies of the Last Century". Quentin Tarantino has called it "the best-directed film of all time" and "the (12) _____________________ in the history of cinema".

  CORRECT THE SPELLING

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6.	amid the violent ahosc of gunfights
Paragraph 2
7.	ztciieicrd for how much violence it showed
8.	I wanted to make a tegoun-in-cheek satire
9.	violent, docmtaeinuplc men
10.	strength and mtciispyil
11.	one of the greatest of its nerge
12.	the etstrgae achievement

  PUNCTUATE & PUT CAPITALS IN THE TEXT

the good the bad and the ugly is an epic spaghetti western released in 1966 it was directed by sergio leone and starred clint eastwood lee van cleef and eli wallach in the title roles director of photography tonino delli colli was responsible for the film's sweeping widescreen cinematography and ennio morricone composed the famous film score including its main theme it is the third film in the dollars trilogy following a fistful of dollars (1964) and for a few dollars more (1965) the plot revolves around three gunslingers competing to find a fortune in buried gold amid the violent chaos of gunfights hangings american civil war battles and prison camps in 19th-century america

the good the bad and the ugly was criticized for how much violence it showed leone explains that "the killings in my films are exaggerated because i wanted to make a tongue-in-cheek satire on run-of-the-mill [ordinary] westerns" he added "the west was made by violent uncomplicated men and it is this strength and simplicity that i try to recapture in my pictures" the film is still one of the most popular and well-known westerns ever and is considered to be one of the greatest of its genre it is in time magazine's "100 greatest movies of the last century" quentin tarantino has called it "the best-directed film of all time" and "the greatest achievement in the history of cinema"

  INSERT THE VOWELS

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  MARK THE SPACES

TheGood,theBadandtheUglyisanepicspaghettiwesternreleasedin19
66.ItwasdirectedbySergioLeone,andstarredClintEastwood,LeeVan
Cleef,andEliWallachinthetitleroles.DirectorofphotographyToninoDel
liColliwasresponsibleforthefilm'ssweepingwidescreencinematograp
hyandEnnioMorriconecomposedthefamousfilmscore,includingitsma
intheme.ItisthethirdfilmintheDollarsTrilogyfollowingAFistfulofDollar
s(1964)andForaFewDollarsMore(1965).Theplotrevolvesaroundthre
egunslingerscompetingtofindafortuneinburiedgoldamidtheviolentc
haosofgunfights,hangings,AmericanCivilWarbattlesandprisoncamp
sin19thcenturyAmerica.TheGood,theBadandtheUglywascriticizedfor
howmuchviolenceitshowed.Leoneexplainsthat"thekillingsinmyfilms
areexaggeratedbecauseIwantedtomakeatongueincheeksatireonru
nofthemill[ordinary]westerns".Headded:"Thewestwasmadebyviole
nt,uncomplicatedmen,anditisthisstrengthandsimplicitythatItrytore
captureinmypictures."Thefilmisstilloneofthemostpopularandwellkn
ownwesternseverandisconsideredtobeoneofthegreatestofitsgenre.
ItisinTimemagazine's"100GreatestMoviesoftheLastCentury".Quent
inTarantinohascalledit"thebestdirectedfilmofalltime"and"thegreate
stachievementinthehistoryofcinema".

  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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  THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY SURVEY

Write five GOOD questions about The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 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 "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly". Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.

3. MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly". 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. "THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY" POSTER: Make a poster about "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly". 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  "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly". 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 "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly". Share your findings with the class.

  ANSWERS

SYNONYM MATCH

1.	epic	a.	blockbuster
2	roles	b.	parts
3.	revolves	c.	centres
4.	amid	d.	among
5.	chaos	e.	mayhem
6.	criticized	f.	panned
7.	exaggerated	g.	over the top
8.	satire	h.	spoof
9.	genre	i.	category
10.	achievement	j.	accomplishment

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 ;-)