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Part 1: Defining Popular Culture
- Students define the word “popular” by giving examples
- They categorise pictures of “popular” and “classic” culture
- They do a survey of pop culture preferences in their class or school
- They write a brief definition of popular culture in Hong Kong
01_a_Introduction to pop culture.doc |
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Part 2: Introducing heroes and villains
- Students categorise photos of famous people. These can be categorized in different ways, eg good vs bad, male vs female, real vs fictional, dead vs alive etc. They may also match them in pairs, or identify those who don't fall into the main categories.
02_a_categorization.doc
- The teacher draws out the concept of heroes and villains, real and fictitious and teaches these words. Teachers may also discuss the fact that it is easier to categorise fictional characters as good or bad than it is real people.
- Students identify those heroes and villains who come from comic books and movies.
- They read an article about superheroes and identify commonalities in their stories
02_b_Superheroes article.doc
- They read information on a superhero and invent a superhero/heroine/villain of their own
02_c_Invent your own superhero.doc |
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Part 3: Comic strips
- Students learn about the features of comic strips
03_a_Features of comic strips.ppt
- They create a comic strip featuring the hero they created. They may work in groups, pairs or individually.
03_b_Planning sheet for comic strip.doc |
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Part 4: Superhero movie discussion
- Students watch “Spiderman” and do worksheets/discussions focused on characters, plot etc.
04_a_Spiderman.ppt
04_b_Spiderman worksheets and discussion.doc
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Introduction
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Describing characters
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Group discussion
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Summary of discussion
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- The teacher uses PowerPoint to review characters and plot in “The Incredibles”
04_c_The Incredibles.ppt
- Students watch a group of students discussing Spiderman and the Incredibles and give comments on their performance. The video is available on HKEdCity
04_d_Watching a student interaction.doc
- They read a review of Spiderman and complete exercises on the organization, vocabulary and expressions in the text.
04_e_Spiderman review.doc
- They choose another hero movie to watch (they may do this in groups) and have a discussion comparing this movie with Spiderman
04_f_SBA Group Interaction Task.doc
- Students write a review of their chosen movie. Teachers with weak classes may choose to use the guided questions version of the movie review plan
04_h_Movie review plan - mind map version.doc
04_h_Movie review plan guided questions version.doc |
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Part 5: Real life heroes and villains
- Students discuss what makes someone a real life hero or villain, using examples from the photos used before, or choosing to talk about someone they admire.
- They watch an interview with Li Lai Shan and read an article about her. They answer questions on the content, organization and language structures of the article and interview.
05_a_Lee Lai shan biography.doc
05_b_Lee Lai-Shan.wvx
05_c_Lee Lai Shan interview.doc
- They choose a real life hero, heroine or villain and write a short biography of the person. (The choice of person may be based on the reading of a non-fiction text)
05_d_Writing a biography.doc
- They watch an example presentation and evaluate it using the SBA criteria.
05_e_Presentation Ang Lee.wmv
05_e_Script Ang Lee.doc
08_e_Assessing an SBA Individual Presentation.doc
- They choose a famous person in whom they are interested or whom they have read about and prepare and give a presentation about that person.
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Part 6: Advertising and movie trailers
- The teacher introduces the topic of advertising by using pictures of famous people advertising products
06_a_Advertising and Movie Trailers.ppt
- Students read about advertising techniques and view some ads to identify the techniques used.
06_b_Advertisements.doc
- Students analyse a movie trailer and the accompanying voice-over.
06_c_Movie Trailer.doc
- They create the voice over for another trailer and share with classmates.
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Part 7: Final task
07_a_Final Task Instructions.doc
- Students write the outline for a movie of their own. The topic may be about superheroes or about a real person who seems to them a hero or a villain.
- Students prepare an outline of a story for a movie.
07_b_Plot outline template.doc
- Students watch a clip from the movie “Spiderman” and observe how camera angles, music and sound effects are used to enhance the presentation of the film.
07_c_Analysing a clip from the movie Spiderman.doc
The film “Coffee or Tea?” is recommended.
07_d_Assessing a student movie.doc
- Students write a script for a scene or section of the movie outlined before. The best idea from each class will be selected by teachers, and students will film the scene for showing in the post exam period.
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