* Ice Age, scene 5

1. Match the pictures to the words.

12. mammoth

12. sabre-toothed tiger

13. 
    
    sloth

14. squirrel

Do you know their names in the film?

Who's your favourite character?

2. Talk in pairs.

a) Did you see Ice Age last year/last month?

b) Did you like it?

c) What is the film about?

d) Did you see Ice Age 2 yesterday/ last weekend/ last month?

e) Did you like it?

f) What's your favourite film: Ice Age or Ice Age 2?

3. Read the questions. Watch the scene and answer them.

1. What animals did you see in the scene?

2. What kind of human beings were there?

3. Where did the human beings live? In flats, houses, tents or caves?

4. What did the animals want? Did they get it?

5. What's the past of “lose”?

4. Complete with the appropriate form of the verbs in brackets.

1. 
   The boys _________________ (receive) a trophy yesterday because they ___________ (win) the competition. They ____________ (be) very happy.

2. Last weekend number 23 _______________ (finish) last. She __________ (lose) the race and she __________ (be, negative) very happy.

Teacher's Guide:

Material: Ice Age (the first film), worksheets

PROCEDURES

1 Drill pronunciation of all four words (mammoth /`mæm.əθ/, sloth /slowθ/). Students do it individually and pair check. Classcheck and elicit the names of the characters (mammoth - Manfred/Manny; squirrel - its name is not mentioned in the film, but it's Scrat; tiger - Diego; sloth - Sid). Teach “character” and have them vote for the best character through a show of hands.

2 Elicit possible answers. Students chat in pairs. Monitor for the use of simple past and for the pronunciation of the words from #1.

3 Have a volunteer read the questions aloud for the class. Students should focus on these questions while watching the snippet. Show scene 5 from beginning to end (after Diego steps on the baby's necklace, humans run after the tigers) with closed captions. Students discuss their answers in pairs. Classcheck.

Answer Key: 3) a) I saw sabre-toothed tigers and wolves; b) There were pre-historic humans; c) They lived in tents; d) They wanted the baby. No, they didn't.; e) “lost”.

4 Ind. If pressed for time, assign it for homework.

Answer Key:

3. The boys received a trophy yesterday because they won the competition. They were very happy.

4. Last weekend number 23 finished last. She lost the race and she wasn't very happy.

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