Class #2 - Romance

Good afternoon, everyone.

Reminders:

• You need a gmail account; did you make one?
• Record your user name and password somewhere so you don't forget it!

Today's activities:

• Review characteristics of Action/Adventure
• Check on Mission Impossible & Tomb Raider exercises from last week
• Characteristics of Romance genre
• Romance Movies slideshow
• Roman Holiday, a famous romance movie
• Beauty and the Beast listening exercise
• Grammar exercise - Articles - A, An

Roman Holiday

Gregory Peck & Audrey Hepburn in 'Roman Holiday'

At the Mouth of Truth in Rome

About Roman Holiday

Roman Holiday is a 1953 American romantic comedy film directed and produced by William Wyler. It stars Gregory Peck as a reporter and Audrey Hepburn as a royal princess out to see Rome on her own. The movie is famous for featuring famous sightseeing spots in Rome, Italy such as Trevi Fountain and the Mouth of Truth. Hepburn won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance.  From Wikipedia

ローマの休日は1953年アメリカのロマンチックなコメディ映画です。ウィリアム・ワイラーが製作・監督した。記者としてグレゴリーペックと王室の王女としてオードリーヘップバーンを主演。イタリアのローマを表敬訪問した某国の王女と、彼女が滞在先から飛び出し一人でローマ市内に出て知り合った新聞記者との、切ない24時間の恋を描いている。トレビの泉や真実の口など、ローマの名だたる観光スポットを登場させていることでも有名である。 ヘップバーンはベスト女優のアカデミー賞を受賞しました。

** To do the EdPuzzle exercises on a smart phone, you need a smart phone app! (A PC doesn't require the app.)

EdPuzzle class code is: cajzagg

Clip #1

Beauty and the Beast listening exercise
Beauty and the Beast (2016) trailer / PDF / listening exercise

Grammar Exercise - Articles - A, An
Write "a", "an" or nothing in the blanks.

Make a comment in the comment box below. You can comment on ...

• any romance movie
• use your Gmail log-in; be sure to write your name in romaji at the end of your comment
• your comment should be at least 4 sentences long
• make your comment in a paragraph (don't use the Enter key after each sentence)

Here's an example of a good student comment from two years ago (but this one is about a Fantasy movie, not Action Adventure or Romance).

The Fault in Our Stars (2014) trailer



Brooklyn (2015) trailer


The Shape of Water (2017) trailer


Marry Me (2022) trailer

We will start a new speaking format today called Hot Seat.

• Our first Hot Seat participants will be: Tomohiro, Rinka, Sho, Daichi M, Teru

Next week's Hot Seat names will be announced soon.

To Do List
1) Watch all trailers above. You can watch other Romance trailers too if you like.
2) Do the EdPuzzle exercises for Roman Holiday
3) Watch the Beauty and the Beast (2016) trailer and do the listening exercise
4) Write a blog comment about Romance movies
5) Be ready to tell me your Gmail address (in #6 below)
6) Do the A, An grammar exercise