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Lui Pui Yee, DorisTeaching materials on Love ActuallyCopyrights owned by the author

Teaching materials o n Love Actually 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


1. Students watch the second clipping (Appendix V).

2. Students jot down what happen in a particular scene (Appendix VI).

Post-viewing activity

1. Students complete a ‘what if’ worksheet (Appendix VII).

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D. Third clipping


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


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

________________________________________________________________________

Watch the trailer again and complete the questions below.

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http://www.apple.com/trailers/genres/romance/index_abc7.html


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: _____________________________________________________________



________________________________________________________________________

Character 3: _____________________________________________________________



________________________________________________________________________

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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.

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Harry found Mia to help for Christmas party.

Appendix IV – 1 st clipping – While-viewing worksheet

Characters: Harry and Mia

Relationship between

them:

Predict what will happen between them:

Characters: David and Natalie


them:


Characters: Peter, Mark & Juliet


them:


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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.

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Jamie met his new house-keeper, Aurelia.

David and the president of the States met

Natalie.

David declared a strong attitude to the States.

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Appendix VI – 2 nd 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 – 2 nd 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.

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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.

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.

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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.

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?

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Characters: Aurelia & Jamie What happened to them in the end?

What happened to them in the end?

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teaching materials

Documents

poster appendix

love actuallytarget

worksheet appendix

film appendix

clip appendix

final clipping appendix

appendix iib

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