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Title of the film: Click
Year of production: 2006
Name of director: Frank Coraci
Language: English / Portuguese
Summary of Click
The movie is about a man called Michael, who is given a remote control that can
control his life. He can fast forward to the time he wants. He can also skip things that
he does not want to experience by using the remote control. When he uses the remote
control to skip time, it will turn into pilot mode. However, he will not have any
memory on what has happened. At first, he thinks the remote control is a great
invention. Yet he does not know the consequences of skipping things that happened in
life.
Rationale of using Click
Click is a movie that is suitable for all ages which is suitable for teaching. Click is a
funny movie and carries a meaning behind it. It can be used to teach English with fun
and also teach students to treasure the time. Teaching English with a film does not
require to teach English only, but teach moral values is also important which can
maximize the students’ learning. Moreover, Click allows different aspects of learning
such as listening, reading and writing.
Level of students: Secondary Two students in a Band One school
Steps of teaching:
There are worksheets designed for pre-viewing, while-viewing and post-viewing for
the movie. The movies are divided into four parts for students to watch in order and
the worksheets would be done in order.
Remarks: The words in red in the worksheets are words for teachers for teaching.
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Worksheet 1: Pre-viewing activity
(Learning Vocabulary)
Teacher introduces different electricity appliances and asks students how would they
use a remote control that can control their lives. Then Click would be introduced that
a man was given a remote control that can control his life.
(Answer: 1. cooker; 2. fan; 3. toaster; 4. vacuum cleaner; 5. microwave; 6. fridge,
refrigerator; 7. mixer; 8. remote control)
Students’ version
Name the electricity appliances of the following pictures:
1. _______________
2. ________________________
3. _________________________
4. _________________________
5. _________________________
6. ________________________
7. _____________________
8._______________________
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While-viewing activity 1: Worksheet 2
(Pair Work: Speaking and reading Activity)
Excerpt 1: Characters are introduced and Michael left the house to look for a remote
control that can control all the appliances at home
Students’ Version
1. Visit the Kmart website: http://www.kmart.com/
2. Study the categories of things being sold in Kmart on the website
3. Work in pairs. Take turns to be staff of Kmart and customer. The customer goes to
Kmart to do some shopping but does not know where are the things. So the
customer asks the staff for help.
4. Visit the Wellcome website: http://shop.wellcome.com.hk/jsp/sys/Sf_render.jsp
5. Compare Kmart and Wellcome. Which categories can be seen in Kmart but not in
Wellcome?
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6. If you want to go shopping, which store would you prefer to visit? Why?
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7. Michael wanted to buy a remote control. Which category should he look for?
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8. If Michael suddenly wanted to buy materials and tools for constructing the tree
house for Ben and Samantha, which categories should he go?
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Teachers’ Version
3. Teacher walks around to check whether students are on task and listen to check
whether they speak correctly.
5. Kmart has the following categories that Wellcome doesn’t have:
Appliances, clothing, electronics, shoes, outdoors, toys, bed,
jewelry & watches, music, movies and games, fitness and sports
6. Free answer as students have their own preferences. Check tense and sentence
structure of answers.
7. Electronics
8. He should go to outdoors to buy tools and materials. He can also go to electronics
and appliances for more tools. He can also go to toys and games for extra toys to put
in the tree house.
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While-viewing activity 2: Worksheet 3: Character Analysis
(Speaking Activity)
Students Version
Work in groups of four to discuss the following questions:
1. Based on the first part of the film, describe the life of Michael and his character
2. How would you describe the relationship between Michael and his family?
3. Do you think Michael is successful? Why or why not?
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Teachers’ Version
Teacher chooses groups to present their results after discussing. There is no absolute
answer for each question. Here are the suggested answers:
1. Michael was a workaholic architect. He always worked hard to earn a living to
improve his family’s life. He was always busy working at home which made him
had little time to be with his family. He was under a lot of pressure that made him
a bad tempered person. He liked to eat junk food such as sweet roll buns and
would not see the doctor even if he were sick.
(Other answers are acceptable if it is true according to the movie)
2. His relationship with his children was far apart. The reason for this is that Michael
had too much work. He seldom had time for his kids that made him couldn’t
complete the tree house in 2 months. He did not even know which remote control
controls which appliance. His relationship with his wife was also not very good as
he often argues with his wife. He often thought that his wife did not understand
his workload and pressure. However, he did not care about his wife’s feelings,
workload and pressure at the same time.
(Other answers are acceptable if it is true according to the movie)
3. Michael is successful at work in some way as he was a good architect. Yet, he is
not a successful father and husband as his relationship with his children and wife
was not close and there were often misunderstandings and arguments.
Michael is successful as he had a family and a job that allowed promotion after
working hard for a certain period of time.
(Other answers are acceptable if it is true according to the movie)
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While-viewing activity 3: Worksheet 4
(Reading activity)
Excerpt 2: Michael was given the remote control and learnt how to use it. He used it
for his work and at home.
Students’ version
Before using the remote control, you have to learn how to use it. Read the instructions
below and answer the questions in complete sentences.
(Adapted from: http://www.universalremote.com/resources/pdfs/wr7_manual.pdf)
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1. If Michael wants to skip quarreling with his wife, which button should he press?
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2. If Michael wants to return to some part of his memory, which button should he
press?
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3. If Michael wants to search for the remote control’s memory for his likeness, what
should he do?
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4. Apart from controlling a person’s life and television, what else do you think the
remote control can be used for? How to use it?
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5. If you could add some new functions on the remote control, what would you add
and why? Can you draw your remote control?
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Teachers’ Version
The worksheet is encouraged to be completed at home as it requires students’
creativity in some questions. Students also need time to draw in the last question.
1. He should press “Skip.”
2. He should press “Previous Channel”
3. He should press “Favourite” and see what are his likeness. When he sees his
preferences, he can press the button to choose.
4. Free answer. Check students’ sentence structure and grammar. Praise students’
work when they have good creativity.
5. Free answer. Check students’ sentence structure and grammar. Teacher should also
check if there is enough and clear labeling of functions on the remote control.
Praise students’ work when they have good creativity.
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While-viewing activity 4: Worksheet 5
(Listening and grammar learning activity)
This activity requires the teacher to explain to students how to describe animals. The
teacher gives an example by describing animals for students to guess. Then students
are required to describe an animal for classmates to guess. When students have
finished writing, students are chosen to speak in front of the class to allow classmates
to guess.
Students’ Version
1. The remote control can change the colour, size and language of a person. But how
can we describe an animal?
a. Use of adjectives
e.g. big, fat, short, long, thin
b. Use of appropriate nouns describing a certain part of body
e.g. Fish: scales, fin, tail, gill
Birds: feathers, wings, legs, beak
Insects: pairs of legs, abdomen
2. Now, let’s play a guessing game! Listen and guess.
Write down the answer:
a. _________________
b. _________________
c. _________________
3. It’s your turn to describe 2 animals for classmates to guess.
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2. _______________________________________________________________
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Teachers’ Version
Teachers have to read out the following description of an animal to allow students to
guess.
2a. What am I?
I am big
I live on land
I have 4 big fat legs
I like playing with water
I like eating bananas
I have a long nose
What am I?
(Answer: Elephant)
b.
What am I?
I am an animal that can fly.
I have 2 black wings
I mostly enjoy flying at night
I usually have a pair of red eyes
Many people are afraid of me
We often hide in caves.
What am I?
(Answer: Bat)
c.
What am I?
I am big
I live in water
I have a big fin.
I have a big mouth with lots of sharp teeth
People usually swim away from me when people see my fin
Many Chinese loves eating me but I am expensive
What am I?
(Answer: Shark)
3. When students describe the 2 animals, teacher has to check whether the
descriptions are correct or not as well as the sentence structure.
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While-viewing activity 5: Worksheet 6
(Grammar practice activity)
Excerpt 3: Michael skipped the time to the day he got promoted and found out the
consequences. He could not stop and skipped another 10 years.
Students’ Version
What are the differences of simple past tense and simple future tense? How do we use
simple past and simple future tense?
Simple Past Tense
We use the simple past tense to talk about things that happened in the past (something
that has already happened)
We use the simple past tense when we see these common expressions:
yesterday,
last night,
a month ago,
last week,
yesterday afternoon, etc
Regular Verbs
Most verbs ( + ed)
walk→walked
play →played
Verbs ending in e (+d)
live →lived
use →used
Verbs ending in a consonant + y
(-y + ied)
(consonant: p, t, r, etc)
cry →cried
carry →carried
Short verbs ending in a vowel + a consonant
(double the consonant + y)
stop →stopped
shop →shopped
Irregular Verbs
No change
cost →cost
put →put
Change the vowel or the consonant
come →came
ring →rang
make →made
sit →sat
Change the whole word
buy →bought
do →did
(vowel: a, e, i, o, u)
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Simple Future Tense
We use future tense to talk about things that we think or hope will happen or to talk
about our plans
There are some common expressions where we need to use the simple future tense:
next week
next year
tomorrow
after an hour
We use “ will /will not + verb ” to present Simple Future Tense
e.g. I will do my homework tomorrow.
She will go home after school.
He will be in China in 2010.
It will be cold this Saturday.
1. Special things happen in our lives. Write 3 things that happened to you when you
were little.
a. _____________________________________________________________
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b. _____________________________________________________________
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c. _____________________________________________________________
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2. What are your plans for your future? Write 3 things that you plan to do when you
grow up.
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b. _____________________________________________________________
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c. _____________________________________________________________
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3. Imagine today is the day that Michael got promoted and became a partner of
Ammer. What happened in the one-year time?
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4. After ten years of today, Michael will become a CEO of his company. What will
happen after ten years from today?
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Teachers’ Version
1. Free answer. Check students’ sentence structure and grammar. Praise students’
work when they have good creativity.
2. Free answer. Check students’ sentence structure and grammar. Praise students’
work when they have good creativity.
4. After 1 year, Ammer started dating with Janine. Alice turned into a male and
changed to work in the Accountings Department. Michael had a new secretary. He
got promoted. He missed 1 year of his children’s growth. His dog died. The
relationship between Michael and his wife turned bad.
(Other answers are acceptable if it is true according to the movie)
5. After ten years, Michael will become the CEO of his company. He and his wife
will get divorced. Then his wife will get married with Bill. His father will die. His
family will get a new dog. His son and daughter will become grown-ups. His son
will work in his company.
(Other answers are acceptable if it is true according to the movie)
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While-viewing activity 6: Worksheet 7
(Writing activity)
Michael wrote a note to Donna and wanted to give it to her. But how to write a note?
A note should be:
1. simple
2. easy to read.
3. short
Here is an example of a note:
Dear Mum,
I want to be the first to wish you a very happy birthday. So I’m sending this card
a little early. I’m really looking forward to our party tonight. It’ll be great to
spend some time with you and Dad! Know that I’m thinking of you on your
special day. We’ll talk in the evening after your birthday party! I love you!
Angela
Now, imagine that you are Michael that had just become a CEO. Write a note to Ben
and Samantha.
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(Teachers have to give instructions before students start to write. Teacher marks
students’ work according to the sentence structure and tenses. Extra mark can be
given to students with creativity.)
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While-viewing activity 7: Worksheet 8
(Characters analysis)
Excerpt 4: Michael regretted using the remote control and wanted to go back. Finally,
he returned to the time when he went to buy a remote control and started to treasure
the time with his family members.
Students’ Version
Choose a character you like most and complete the graph.
(Adapted from Great Graphic Organizers to use with any books Scholastic Inc.)
Changes
What are the changes of
the character?
Description
Describe the character’s
appearance
Character
Behaviour
How does the character
act in the story?
Personality /
Traits
What is the character’s
personality like?
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Changes
What are the changes of the
character?
Description
Describe the character’s
appearance
1. She got divorced with
Michael
2. She got married with
Bill.
1. She had long brown hair at
first.
2. She was pretty with a nice
body shape.
3. She grew old.
4. Her hair became short.
3. She had brown eyes
4. She had curly hair
Character
Donna
Behaviour
How does the character act in
the story?
1. She took care of her children.
2. She did the housework and
cooked for the family.
3. She sometimes argued with
her husband for not spending
enough time with the family.
Personality / Traits
What is the character’s
personality like?
1. She was nice and kind.
2. She was tolerant to her
husband’s behaviour.
3. She was a lovable mother.
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While-viewing activity 8: Worksheet 9
(Writing Activity)
Students’ Version
If you can make a change in your life, what would you choose? Write not less than
200 words.
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Rubrics
Marks will be given for writing tasks based on the following criteria: content,
organization, vocabulary and grammar. The rating will be arranged as below.
1.
2.
Content
Organization
Marks
Grade
Remarks
21-25
Excellent
Main ideas stated clearly and accurately
16-20
Good
Main ideas stated fairly and accurately
11-15
Average
Main ideas somewhat unclear or inaccurate
6-10
Poor
Main ideas not clear or accurate
1-5
Very poor
Main ideas not all clear or accurate
Excellent
Well organized and perfectly coherent
Good
Fairly well organized and generally coherent
11-15
Average
Loosely organized but main ideas clear
6-10
Poor
Ideas disconnected
1-5
Very poor
No organization; incoherent
21-25
Excellent
Very effective choice of words
16-20
Good
Effective choice of words
11-15
Average
21-25
16-20
3.
Vocabulary
6-10
1-5
4.
Grammar
Poor
Very poor
Enough choice of words but misuse some
Limited range; confused use of words
Very limited range;
21-25
Excellent
No errors; full control of complex structure
16-20
Good
Almost no errors; good control of structure
11-15
Average
Some errors; fair control of structure
6-10
Poor
1-5
Very poor
Remarks: There are Bonus 3 marks for creativity..
Many errors; poor control of structure
Dominated by errors; no control of structure