Wolud scene 12 of The Da Vinci Code be suitable for 16 year old students?
I live in Argentina and I teach english as a foreign language I'm having trouble in finding what is motivating for this group in particular Do you think the scene about the Last Supper will catch their attention? What about the language used? Motivation thing I gave them Tim Burton and Johnny Depp's biography and the girls showed interest but boys were soon disconnected from the lesson As I'm teaching simple past if I talk about people from the very very past, they lose interest too Then I made them read Ferrari and McLaren's biography and boys engaged in conversation, not the girls That's why I say it's difficult to "catch their eye" Sorry!!! Burton and Deep's biographIES Ferrari and McLaren biographIES (grammar problem :p) Spelling problems too :o Last month, when Inception was promoted in my country, I saw the advances I must watch that movie I think it's a great one! I love the world of dreams
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I mean no offense, but 16 year olds don't really care much about religion. The movie would interest them though. And by the languange used, if you mean explict content... some things 16 year olds do make explicity look like suitable for new borns. Of course it can be different in your group, maybe, but this is something you should consider. And what was that about motivation? If you want a good teacher-students watchable movie with cool effects, nice story and good philosophy in the plot [perfect combination for 16 year olds] you definately need to see the movie inception. Please add the motivation thing explaination as a additional detail and I can answer better [i'll edit this to answer thst as well]. EDIT: Ok, the motivation thing. Now, you can use philosophy to revert to english classics and so on, I don't know about that. But the reality-questioning format works for both boys and girls,IMO. You can even follow it up with the Matrix triology if you want to. Action-philosophy-thrillers always work for all. You can take salt and psychoanalyse the characters to see how the film-makers used motivation as a double edged weapon in it. You can think up something along these tracks, I am sure. And best of luck with your teaching.
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No. It's too long and complicated and there's too much background information to use. Use instead a shorter more self-contained video. Mr Bean, for example. It's humorous and you can exploit it well. But importantly, remember not to just show the video and sit back. You need to introduce it, prepare the class for it, have them watch it actively and not just passively.
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