ENGLISH LEVELING UP ACTIVITY
FIRST SESSION
11TH GRADE
COLEGIO SAN JOSÉ I.E.D.
General Objective: Identify main ideas: Understand basic vocabulary, recognize specific information,
understand simple sentence structures, Make simple inferences, and Answer comprehension questions in
superficial English texts A2 English level.
Evaluation:
✓ Writing Evaluation (50%)
✓ Workshop (30%)
✓ Interview (20)
History Of Cinematography
Cinema is much younger than theatre. It was born at the end of the
19th century. The first people who showed the first movies to a paying
public were the Lumiere Brothers of France. They did this on the 20th
February 1896 at the Grand Cafe, Boulevard des Capucines, Paris. This
was the first cinema show and it was quickly followed by many others in
all parts of the world. All the 1996 we celebrated the hundredth
anniversary of cinematography.
The first films showed moving people and transport or newsreels of
processions and wars, and short comedies. In 1901 France was the first
country to produce a dramatic
film, The Story of a Crime,
which was followed by The Great Train Robbery in the
United States in 1903.
At first, films were shown anywhere: in music halls,
clubs and shops. By 1908, special film theatres were
built to give regular programmes. At this time cinema
rapidly developed in both the New and the Old World.
Charlie Chaplin made his first film, Making a living, in
1914 in the USA. At that time the world was crazy about Charlie, Charlie Spencer Chaplin created
that. His Charlie, small and clumsy yet kind-hearted, generous and brave, has attracted the
hearts of simple people in different countries. Sometimes they stood in long queues to see a film
with their favourite actor. The first films in the West were mainly melodramas or comedies.Then,
in 1927, Warner Brothers in Hollywood made the first film in which an actor sang and spoke. The
film was called Jazz Singer. It opened a new era in films - the era of the “talkies”. The film
mostly told its story with titles, but it had three songs and a short dialogue. There were long
lines of people in front of the Warner Theatre in New York. The silent film was dead within a
year. The first one hundred percent sound film, “Lights of New York”, appeared in 1928.
The first colour films were made in the 1930s, but the black-and-white films are made even
today.
Task 1: Write the base form of the verbs in bold
Base Form Past Form Base Form Past Form Base Form Past Form
Task 2: Match words with meaning
1. paying public a) special date on which an event occurred in some previous year
2. to follow b) people who pay for some activity
3. anniversary c) to go or come after in the same direction
4. to appear d) quickly
5. robbery e) to like something very much
6. rapidly f) to become available, be published
7. to be crazy about g) a line of people waiting for something
8. clumsy h) without noise and sounds
9. queue i) act of stealing something
10. silent j) lacking in skill or physical coordination, who falls very often
Task 3: Complete sentences with the words: Follow, anniversary, silent, clumsy, queue, crazy,
robbery, appear
1. We have to be ________ when teacher’s talking at the lesson.
2. Though Charley Chaplin was _______ and fell all the time, public loved him.
3. My friend loves Harry Potter, he is ________ about the first movie.
4. I don’t like waiting in ______ at the supermarket, it takes so much time.
5. ________ of the bank is bad idea, you’ll be caught by police.
6. We celebrated mom’s 35 year ________ this year.
7. The fisrt dramatic movie “The Story of a Crime” was ________ by “The Great Train Robbery”.
8. The first cinema _______ in the USA in 1908.
Task 4: Answer the questions according to the text.
1. When was the cinema born?
2. Who showed the first movie?
3. Where and when was the first movie shown?
4. What were the first films about?
5. Which country produced the first dramatic film?
6. When was the first cinema built?
7. Who is Charley Chaplin?
8. Who made the first “talkie” film?
9. When did the first 100% sound film appeared?
10. When did the first colour film appeared?
Task 5: Write about your favorite movie! At least 200 hundred words
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Task 6: Interview 20%
1. What is your favorite movie?
2. Why do you like this movie so much?
3. Who is your favorite character in the movie?
4. What genre is the movie (e.g., action, comedy, drama)?
5. When did you first watch the movie?
6. Have you watched it more than once? Why or why not?
7. What is the plot or story of the movie?
8. Where does the movie take place (e.g., a specific city, country, or fantasy world)?
9. Who are the main actors or actresses in the movie?
10. What is your favorite scene or moment from the movie?
