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  Free Handout + MP3 + 8 Online Quizzes on The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

  GAMES:

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

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

  TRAILER AND POSTER

THE LORD OF THE RINGS - THE TWO TOWERS 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 LORD OF THE RINGS - THE TWO TOWERS 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.	ever
2	volume	b.	previous
3.	concluding	c.	scooped
4.	plot	d.	book
5.	former	e.	praise
6.	acclaim	f.	blockbuster
7.	enormous	g.	making
8.	earning	h.	finishing
9.	of all time	i.	huge
10.	won	j.	story

PHRASE MATCH

1.	a 2002 epic	a.	journey
2	the second film in The Lord of the Rings	b.	battles of all time
3.	continue their	c.	torn nation of Rohan
4.	the ring's former	d.	film character
5.	defend the war-	e.	high critical acclaim
6.	The Two Towers met with	f.	fantasy
7.	The film received mostly	g.	film trilogy
8.	n average score	h.	positive reviews
9.	one of the greatest screen	i.	owner
10.	computer generated	j.	of 8.4/10

  LISTENING / READING GAP FILL

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) _________________.

  CORRECT THE SPELLING

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  PUNCTUATE & PUT CAPITALS IN THE TEXT

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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 - best visual effects and best sound editing

  INSERT THE VOWELS

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  MARK THE SPACES

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  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 LORD OF THE RINGS - THE TWO TOWERS SURVEY

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 1 __________	Student 2 __________	Student 3 __________
Q1.
Q2.
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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 Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers". Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.

3. 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.

4. "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.

5. 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 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 Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers". Share your findings with the class.

  ANSWERS

SYNONYM MATCH

1.	epic	a.	blockbuster
2	volume	b.	book
3.	concluding	c.	finishing
4.	plot	d.	story
5.	former	e.	previous
6.	acclaim	f.	praise
7.	enormous	g.	huge
8.	earning	h.	making
9.	of all time	i.	ever
10.	won	j.	scooped

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 ;-)