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Film title:
Love Actually
Target students:
F.4 average students
Duration:
8 lessons
Lesson plan
A. Pre-viewing activities
1. Show students the poster of the film (Appendix I). Students need to complete a worksheet
(Appendix II).
2. Show students the trailer. Students need to make sense of the trailer with the characters.
Students need to complete a worksheet (Appendix II).
3. Students watch the trailer again and jot down 3 characters that they have impressed by.
(Appendix II)
B. First clipping
While-viewing activities
1. Students watch the first clipping. (Appendix III).
2. Students would need to complete the table (Appendix IV) in order to find out what
relationship between the characters and predict what will happen.
Post-viewing activities
1. Students work in groups of 4, sharing their thoughts and feelings of this clipping to their
groupmates for 1-2 minutes.
C. Second clipping
While-viewing activities
1. Students watch the second clipping (Appendix V).
2. Students jot down what happen in a particular scene (Appendix VI).
Post-viewing activity
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1. Students complete a ‘what if’ worksheet (Appendix VII).
D. Third clipping
While-viewing activities
1. Students will be in groups of 5, watch the third clip (Appendix VIII) for the first time
to pick out their favorite scene. Each group will pick out one scene.
2. Students will watch the clip for the second time and jot down the details of their
favorite scene.
Post-viewing activity
1. One or two group members will be responsible for giving a short summary on their
favorite clip with 3 reasons and if they would like to modify the scene. Other group
members will be responsible for acting out the scene.
E. Final clipping
While-viewing activities
1. Students watch the final clipping (Appendix IX).
2. Students will need to complete a worksheet (Appendix X).
Post-viewing activities
1. Students will be divided into groups of 5. Each group will choose a storyline to
discuss on the characters’ attitudes towards love and how students would react if
they were the characters.
2. Each group will need to come up with one more story line on what kind of love
modes / love values that they would like to have for an additional storyline in Love
Actually.
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Appendix I – Poster
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Appendix II – Worksheet (Pre-viewing)
1. Please write down 2 things that you can think of by relating the film title with the poster.
a.:______________________________________________________________________
b.:______________________________________________________________________
2. Poster usually features the leading actor / actress. There are altogether 10 people on the
poster. Why do you think there are so many people on the poster?
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
After viewing the trailer
Source: http://www.apple.com/trailers/genres/romance/index_abc7.html
3. This film is a comedy / tragedy / science fiction / horror movie / thriller / crime movie /
romance movie / animation. *Circle as appropriate.
4. What is the film about? Use ONE sentence to wrap up the basic plot.
________________________________________________________________________
5. Name ONE film that have a similar plot
________________________________________________________________________
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Watch the trailer again and complete the questions below.
6. The table below shows the casting of Love Actually. List out 3 characters that most
impress you from the trailer and states why and what they were doing in the trailer.
David
Natalie
Harry
Billy
Jamie
Karen
Daniel
Juliet
Mark
Aurelia
Sam
Peter
Mia
Character 1: _____________________________________________________________
What he/she was doing in the trailer: __________________________________________
Reason why he/she impresses you: ___________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
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Character 2: _____________________________________________________________
What he/she was doing in the trailer: __________________________________________
Reason why he/she impresses you: ___________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
Character 3: _____________________________________________________________
What he/she was doing in the trailer: __________________________________________
Reason why he/she impresses you: ___________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
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Appendix III – First Clipping
Billy was recording a new version of the
song ‘Love is all around’ to ‘Christmas is all
around’ in the studio.
Jamie had a girlfriend.
David met Natalie.
Juliet and Peter got married.
Jamie discovered her girlfriend cheated him.
Jamie was giving his speech in his wife’s
funeral.
Harry found Mia to help for Christmas party.
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Appendix IV – 1st clipping – While-viewing worksheet
Characters:
Relationship
Harry and Mia
between
them:
Predict what will happen between them:
Characters:
Relationship
David and Natalie
between
them:
Predict what will happen between them:
Characters:
Relationship
them:
Predict what will happen between them:
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Peter, Mark & Juliet
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Appendix V – Second Clipping
David was interested in Natalie and they
talked about Natalie’s ex-boyfriend.
Daniel worried about Sam as he stayed in his
bedroom all the time. He therefore talked to
Sam and wanted to know what happened to
him.
Billy was on a music show to promote his
song ‘Christmas is all around’.
Juliet asked Mark to share the wedding video
but Mark appeared to be reluctant to share
the video.
Harry asked Mia about the Christmas party
and Mia responded in a flirtatious way.
Jamie met his new house-keeper, Aurelia.
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David and the president of the States met
Natalie.
David declared a strong attitude to the States.
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Appendix VI – 2nd clipping - What happened? (While-viewing)
While watching the clip, please write down what happened in that scene as you seen from
screen cap from the left column.
Scene
What happen?
What caused Sam to lock himself in the
room all the time?
What ‘important’ message did Billy say?
How did Mark reject Juliet’s request on
sharing the wedding video?
What did Mia say to flirt Harry?
What are the national valuables mentioned
by David? List out 3 examples.
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Appendix VII – 2nd clipping – What if? (Post-viewing)
What if Jamie wasn’t single, would he spend
his Christmas in the cottage?
What if David did not see the president of
United States kissed Natalie, would he still
declare a strong attitude to the States?
What if Harry did not seek help from Mia on
the Christmas party, would there be any
chance that Mia could flirt him?
What if Peter did not ask Mark to be nice to
Juliet, would Mark be saying something
rude to reject Juliet on her request?
What if Sam is the coolest boy in school,
would he be that lack of confidence on his
‘coolest girl in school’?
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Appendix VIII – Third Clipping
Jamie’s novel was blown to the lake. Aurelia
immediately jumped into the lake to get the
papers back.
Juliet suddenly went to Mark’s home to
search for the wedding video. She found it
and watched it, almost all the scenes were
shots of Juliet.
David decided to transfer Natalie to another
unit so that he would not have to see her.
Sam was sad because his ‘coolest girl in
school’ was going back to America. Daniel
tried to work out a solution with him.
Aurelia was going back home and she told
Jamie that she would miss him.
Sam finally thought of a way to get his girl’s
attention. He would learnt to play drums to
give a performance in the Christmas party in
order to catch his girl’s attention.
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Appendix IX – Final Clipping
Karen found out Harry bought a gold
necklace to Mai secretly and she was mad
about it. In the end, Karen forgives Harry.
Billy’s song went to the top on the music
chart in the Christmas week. Billy chose to
stay with his manager on Christmas Eve.
Mark told Juliet that he loved her on
Christmas eve. Finally Juliet gave him a kiss.
David went to find Natalie, searching house
by house. He finally got her and kissed her
on the stage.
Sam finally got his girl’s attention. He
chased her to the airport and even ignored
the securities in the airport. He finally got a
kiss from the girl.
Jamie found Aurelia and proposed in front of
all the people. Aurelia promised to marry
him.
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Appendix X – Final clipping – worksheet
Characters: Harry, Karen & Mia
What happened to them in the end?
Characters: David and Natalie
What happened to them in the end?
Characters: Peter, Mark & Juliet
What happened to them in the end?
Characters: Aurelia & Jamie
What happened to them in the end?
What happened to them in the end?
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