1、Unit 4 Stage and screen-WritingLearning Objectives:After this period of learning, students are expected to be able to:1. summarize the structure of a movie review.2. make critical judgments on the criteria of good movie.3. write a movie review in present tense. 课时学习目标课时学习目标How can I recommend it? Th
2、e Princess Diaries 1. What is the movie about?2. Who is the main character?3. What is the most memorable scene in the movie?4. What does the viewer think of the movie?Read the movie review of The Princess Diaries.title score viewerdate BeginningThe main bodyEndingA Movie ReviewHow many parts can thi
3、s passage be divided into?Structure of movie reviewEndingBeginningMain Body?What is the beginning ? The beginning part should be a general introduction about the movie, including the name, type, feature, director,release date etc. The introduction should be accurate and concise.How to write a good b
4、eginning?This film is about a 15-year-old ordinary school girl finding out her royal descent all of a sudden.A fun story about an awkward and unpopular 15 year old girl who discovers that she is the princess to the small, fictional kingdom named Genovia, and has to deal with all the adjustments that
5、 requires.Example 1Example 2How to write a good beginning？The film, Climber, directed by famous director named Li Rengang, has been well received. The film Climber, starring Zhang Ziyi and Wu Jing, is based on real events.Example 3Example 4general introductionBeginning of a Movie ReviewIt is a movie
6、 about.Starring ., it is definitely a movie.The main character is.Useful Expressions:The film is directed by.What is the body part? The characters and the plots should be involved in the main body.Both the stunning character and the unexpected plot could be attractive. typical personality of charact
7、ers the meaningful development of the story.The final intention is to emphasize on the theme of the movie. Or of course, to show respect for a specific actor or actress.How to write the body part ? Example 1introduce the general plot personalitiesmain characters-How to write the body part ? Example
8、2point out the theme personalitiesmain charactersHow to write the body part ? Example 3climaxmost memorable plotmain charactermemorable sceneBody Part of a Movie Reviewthememain plotUseful Expressions:The movie explores theme of . in a . way. The most memorable scene is.The film centres on three gen
9、erations. The movie presents a traditional tale of.What is an Ending ? The first two parts of the review are the fixed things, which could be more or less called the facts.Whereas the final part is the dominant ingredient of expressing ones opinions of for or against. In fact, the variable comments
10、filled with emotive words and expressions play important role in conveying true feelings.Comments and conclusion (supported with examples and facts from the story, announcing whether the filmmaker was successful in his/her purpose, explain how the movie was helpful for a deeper understanding of the
11、theme.)comments and opinionshighlight the themeEnding of a Movie Reviewa deeper understanding of the themeHow to write the ending part ? successful in the filmmakers purposeExample 1How to write the ending part ? Example 2 comments and opinions educational and worthyThinking:What tense should we use
12、?Present TenseThinking:How can we make our writing coherent?Linking wordsReviewEndingBeginningMain Bodymain charactermain plotmemorable scenegeneral introductioncomments and conclusion themedetailslanguagescostumesmusic.Present TenseLinking wordsMovie ReviewWhat are the criteria of a good movie?Thin
13、king：The movie is good or bad?predictableunoriginalfrownformulaicConsumers have different recognition tendency and agreement towards movies.forcedWhat can you see from these reviews? moviedishown tastessugar addictsspicy loversOne mans meat is another mans poisoncommercialrecognition tendencyparticular consumer groupparticular consumer groupbox oficeD i s n e y m o v i eteenager childrenmaturestrict standardprofitableaffirmative conclusionexperiencedcriteriaAssignmentChoose a Chinese movie that you have seen recently and write a movie review.Thank you
