Bend it like Beckham: Writing assignment

Jesminder (Jess) is an 18 year old British Indian girl from a family with traditional ideas. Jess loves football and her favorite football star, David Beckham. But her parents are unhappy that their daughter runs around in shorts chasing a ball. They want her to study to become a lawyer, learn to cook Indian food and marry a nice Indian boy. Will Jess follow her dream of becoming a professional footballer? 

Words from the movie: https://quizlet.com/242509748/bend-it-like-beckham-flash-cards/ 

Writing assignment after watching the movie: 

Now that you have seen the movie Bend it like Beckham, you are going to write a text about it. Down below you have topics to choose from. You are free to choose which one you would like to write about, but you need to write at least 250 words.

1)   A movie review: Give a short summary of the movie and write about your opinion of it. 

  You can practice writing a movie review and see the structure of it here: https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/writing/elementary-a2-writing/film-review

2)  A journal entry: Write about the day in the life of one of the characters in the movie.

Dear diary,

Today I… 

3) Describe an event: Choose one of the things that happened in the movie and describe it as well as you can.  

One of the events that I remember from the movie…

 

Halloween

                             

• Read this text: http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/read-uk/halloween and do the activities for it. 
• ... and read this text to learn even more about the history behind Halloween: http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/holidays/halloweenhistory.htm 
• Halloween (kimstudies.com)

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Work with words from the movie here: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Flashcards | Quizlet

Now that we have seen the movie Charlie and the chocolate factory, you are going to write a text about it. Down below you have topics to choose from. You are free to choose which one you would like to write about. Write as much as you can.  

 

1)   A movie review: Give a short summary of the movie and write about your opinion of it.  

 You can practice writing a movie review and see the structure of it here: http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/writing-skills-practice/film-review  

 

2) Write what would have happened if Willy Wonka gave his factory to August, Veruca, Violet or Mike? What changes would they make? Choose one of theese characters and write a different ending of the movie, explaining what they did to the factory. 

 

3)  Choose one or two characters and describe them very well. 

 
Good luck 🙂 

 

British Isles: Food in Britain and Ireland

 Today we are going to work with Food in Britain on this page: http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/video-uk/food-britain 

and have a look at Irish food here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/indulge-in-ireland/top-traditional-irish-foods/ 

British Isles: Food in Britain and Ireland

Today we are going to work with Food in Britain on this page: http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/video-uk/food-britain 

and have a look at Irish food here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/indulge-in-ireland/top-traditional-irish-foods/ 

The British Isles; Wales and Northern Ireland

 Read this text about Wales : http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/read-uk/wales

Do the preparation activity by clicking on the purple bar above the text, where it says
> Preparation .

Then read the text. Look up any words you do not understand on tyda.se  After you have read the text about Wales, do the four activities underneath the text.

Read about Northern Ireland on the following link: http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/read-uk/northern-ireland 

Just like you did with the text about Wales, you are going to do the preparation activity first, then read the text and look up any words that you do not understand, and after that do the three activities that can be found underneath the text.

The British Isles; Wales and Northern Ireland

Read this text about Wales : http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/read-uk/wales

Do the preparation activity by clicking on the purple bar above the text, where it says
> Preparation .

Then read the text. Look up any words you do not understand on tyda.se  After you have read the text about Wales, do the four activities underneath the text.

Read about Northern Ireland on the following link: http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/read-uk/northern-ireland 

Just like you did with the text about Wales, you are going to do the preparation activity first, then read the text and look up any words that you do not understand, and after that do the three activities that can be found underneath the text.