Week 36 2A : Let's talk about television

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 2

Let's talk about

television!

Week 36

When I say movies and series, what do you think of?

What do you find important when you are watching a TV-series?

Story

Characters

Acting

How it is filmed

Scenery

Action

Romance

Comedy

Drama

Mystery

Today's lesson goals

At the end of this lesson,

• you have learned about the different genres in television;
• you can talk about your favourite and least favourite genres in television.

Speaking Assignment

• (Work in pairs).
• Talk about your favourite TV-series 

           * Why is it your favourite TV-series?

           * What is the series about?

           * Who are your favourite characters - describe them.

• 5 minutes
• In English!

What genre is it anyway?

Match the genre with the definition.

A funny television programme intend to make people laugh.

A television programme with serious stories and there is a lot of (emotional) conflict.

A genre of television that puts our heroes into situations that include fighting, gun or swordplay, chase scenes, and incredible stunts.

A genre of television that has elements of the fantastic like magic, supernatural forces with their own fantasy worlds.

A genre of television that deals with imaginative and futuristic stories like outer space and time travel.

Comedy

Drama

Action/ Adventure

Fantasy

Science fiction

A genre of television that wants the people watching on the edge of their seats. There is suspense, mystery and anxiety (=spanning). 

A genre of television that wants to scare people.

A genre of television that follows real events but they tell a story with a message in mind.

A genre in which people don’t ‘act’ but you are following real people.

A genre in which people don’t act but are in some sort of competition with each other. In the end there will be a winner.

Thriller

Horror

Documentary

Reality

Competition

What genre is it anyway?

Watch the short videos and pick what genre fits the series best.

00:56

What genre fits this series?

1. Comedy
2. Drama
3. Thriller
4. Science Fiction

What genre fits this series?

1. Comedy
2. Horror
3. Adventure
4. Fantasy

00:30

What genre fits this series?

1. Comedy
2. Horror
3. Documentary
4. Science Fiction

01:27

What genre fits this series?

1. Comedy
2. Drama
3. Documentary
4. Science Fiction

00:30

What genre fits this series?

1. Comedy
2. Crime drama
3. Thriller
4. Fantasy

Comedy	A funny television programme intend to make people laugh.
Drama	A television programme with serious stories and there is a lot of (emotional) conflict.
Action/ Adventure	A genre of television that puts our heroes into situations that include fighting, gun or swordplay, chase scenes, and incredible stunts.
Fantasy	A genre of television that has elements of the fantastic like magic, supernatural forces with their own fantasy worlds.
Science Fiction	A genre of television that deals with imaginative and futuristic stories like outer space and time travel.
Thriller	A genre of television that wants the people watching on the edge of their seats. There is suspense, mystery and anxiety (=spanning).

Horror	A genre of television that wants to scare people.
Documentary	A genre of television that follows real events but they tell a story with a message in mind.
Reality	A genre in which people don’t ‘act’ but you are following real people.
Competition	A genre in which people don’t act but are in some sort of competition with each other. In the end there will be a winner.

More than one word

There are more ways than one to get your message across.

In the next exercise, match the words that belong together.

Funny

Scary

Nervous

Sad

Mysterious

Exciting

hilarious

Makes me laugh

Amusing

Hysterical

frightening

spooky

terrified

anxious

jumpy

Uneasy

heart-breaking

emotional

keeps me wondering

you don't know what's going to happen.

Action-packed

Sensational

Thrilling

Today's lesson goals

At the end of this lesson,

• you learnt about the different genres in television;
• you can talk about your favourite and least favourite genres in television.

I can use the vocabulary of this lesson in a conversation.

1. Yes!
2. A little.
3. No.

I can have a conversation about genres of television.

1. Yes!
2. A little
3. No