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Name of new Star Wars movie announced (15th April, 2019)

The Reading / Listening - Star Wars - Level 3

There is good news for fans of the Star Wars movies. There will be another episode. It will be the ninth film to be made. The name of the new Star Wars movie was announced in Chicago. It is called "The Rise of Skywalker". There is a two-minute trailer of the movie for people to watch. The trailer is now on YouTube. It gives people a taste of what the new movie will be like. The trailer was first posted on Twitter, with the words: "Every generation has a legend." The new film will have an all-star cast. Actor Mark Hamill will play Luke Skywalker, and the late Carrie Fisher will play Princess Leia. Fisher died in 2016, but the filmmakers were able to use previously unseen footage from the movie "The Force Awakens".

The Star Wars movies are among the most successful films ever made. The first one was released in 1977 and was made by the film-maker George Lucas. Over forty years later, they are still hugely popular. Lucas' company Lucasfilm made the first six movies. Disney bought the company in 2012 for just over $4 billion. In 2018, the total value of the Star Wars franchise was estimated to be around $65 billion. Film critic Roger Ebert said the first Star Wars movie changed Hollywood and influenced how movies were made for decades after. The original Star Wars movie began a new generation of films that used a lot of special effects and high-energy action scenes.

Try the same news story at these easier levels:

Star Wars - Level 0, Star Wars - Level 1 or Star Wars - Level 2

Sources

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-47915206
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/official-title-new-star-wars-rise-skywalker-171431869.html
https://io9.gizmodo.com/in-the-jawdropping-first-trailer-for-star-wars-the-ris-1832561630

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Warm-ups

1. STAR WARS: Students walk around the class and talk to other students about Star Wars. Change partners often and share your findings.
2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, talk about these topics or words from the article. What will the article say about them? What can you say about these words and your life?
good news / fans / Star Wars / movie / trailer / generation / legend / cast / filmmaker
successful / popular / value / film critic / Hollywood / decade / special effects / action
Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently.
3. SCIENCE FICTION: Students A strongly believe science fiction is the best movie genre; Students B strongly believe it isn't. Change partners again and talk about your conversations.
4. MOVIE JOBS: What are the good and bad things about these movie jobs? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote.

	Good Things	Bad Things
Actor
Producer
Director
Stunt performer
Make-up artist
Camera operator

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5. FAN: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word "fan". Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories.
6. MOVIES: Rank these with your partner. Put the best kinds of movies at the top. Change partners often and share your rankings.

horror
love story
action
biography
science fiction
comedy
animation
spy movie

Vocabulary

Paragraph 1

1.	fan	a.	All of the people born and living at about the same time.
2.	episode	b.	Told to someone / people about something for the first time.
3.	announced	c.	A separate part of the story in a book, movie, TV show, etc.
4.	trailer	d.	At an earlier time; before.
5.	generation	e.	A person who has a strong interest in or liking for a person, team or thing.
6.	legend	f.	A very short video about a movie or program to let people know what the movie or program is like.
7.	previously	g.	A very, very famous person, especially in a particular job or area.

Paragraph 2

8.	among	h.	Liked by many people.
9.	released	i.	A period of ten years.
10.	hugely	j.	A name used for many different products or businesses.
11.	popular	k.	Made a movie, song, book, phone, etc., available for people to look at, listen to, read or buy.
12.	franchise	l.	The first or earliest.
13.	decade	m.	Being a member or part of a larger group of things or people.
14.	original	n.	Very, very, very.

Before reading / listening

1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if 1-8 below are true (T) or false (F).

The article says there is good news for Star Wars fans. T / F
The next Star Wars movie will be number eight in the series. T / F
There is a 90-secong trailer of the movie on YouTube. T / F
The new movie contains scenes from three other Star Wars movies. T / F
The first Star Wars movie was released over 40 years ago. T / F
Disney bought the makers of Star Wars for $4 billion in 2012. T / F
The Star Wars franchise is thought to be worth nearly $20 billion now. T / F
The first Star Wars movie started a focus in movies on special effects. T / F

2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.

fans
episode
announced
taste
legend
released
hugely
estimated
influenced
generation

brought out
flavor
crop
judged
chapter
affected
followers
extremely
star
made public

3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)

There is good news for fans
It will be the ninth film to
There is a two-minute
The new film will have an
previously unseen
among the most successful
The first one was released
Over forty years later, they are still
estimated to be
films that used a lot of special

in 1977
footage from the movie
effects
films ever made
trailer of the movie
hugely popular
of the Star Wars movies
around $65 billion
all-star cast
be made

Gap fill

Put these words into the spaces in the paragraph below.

taste
play
episode
fans
previously
posted
trailer
late

There is good news for (1) ____________ of the Star Wars movies. There will be another (2) ____________. It will be the ninth film to be made. The name of the new Star Wars movie was announced in Chicago. It is called "The Rise of Skywalker". There is a two-minute (3) ____________ of the movie for people to watch. The trailer is now on YouTube. It gives people a (4) ____________ of what the new movie will be like. The trailer was first (5) ____________ on Twitter, with the words: "Every generation has a legend." The new film will have an all-star cast. Actor Mark Hamill will (6) ____________ Luke Skywalker, and the (7) ____________ Carrie Fisher will play Princess Leia. Fisher died in 2016, but the filmmakers were able to use (8) ____________ unseen footage from the movie "The Force Awakens".

Put these words into the spaces in the paragraph below.

just
generation
released
hugely
effects
decades
among
estimated

The Star Wars movies are (9) ____________ the most successful films ever made. The first one was (10) ____________ in 1977 and was made by the film-maker George Lucas. Over forty years later, they are still (11) ____________ popular. Lucas' company Lucasfilm made the first six movies. Disney bought the company in 2012 for (12) ____________ over $4 billion. In 2018, the total value of the Star Wars franchise was (13) ____________ to be around $65 billion. Film critic Roger Ebert said the first Star Wars movie changed Hollywood and influenced how movies were made for (14) ____________ after. The original Star Wars movie began a new (15) ____________ of films that used a lot of special (16) ____________ and high-energy action scenes.

Listening — Guess the answers. Listen to check.

1) good news for fans of the Star Wars movies. There will ______
     a. be another episodes
     b. be another epics ode
     c. be another epic soda
     d. be another episode
2) It gives people a taste of what the new movie ______
     a. will be like
     b. will be likes
     c. will be liked
     d. will be likely
3) The new film will have an ______
     a. all-star caste
     b. all-star cars
     c. all-star cast
     d. all-star carts
4) Mark Hamill will play Luke Skywalker, and the late Carrie Fisher ______ Leia
     a. will pray Princess
     b. will play Princess
     c. will ply Princess
     d. will ploy Princess
5) the filmmakers were able to use previously ______
     a. onesie footage
     b. once seen footage
     c. unseen footage
     d. unseeing footage

6) The Star Wars movies are among the most successful ______ made
     a. films never
     b. films every
     c. films ever
     d. films even
7) Over forty years later, they are still ______
     a. hugely populate
     b. hugely popular
     c. hugely popularity
     d. hugely polar
8) the total value of the Star Wars franchise was estimated ______ $65 billion
     a. to be abound
     b. to be around
     c. to be a rounds
     d. to be are round
9) changed Hollywood and influenced how movies were made ______ after
     a. for decades
     b. for decadence
     c. four decades
     d. four the decades
10) a new generation of films that used a lot of ______
     a. special effect
     b. specially effects
     c. specially effect
     d. special effects

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

There is good news for fans of the Star Wars movies. There will (1) ___________________. It will be the ninth film to be made. The name of the new Star Wars movie (2) ___________________ Chicago. It is called "The Rise of Skywalker". There is a two-minute trailer of the movie for people to watch. The trailer is now on YouTube. It gives (3) ___________________ of what the new movie will be like. The trailer was first posted on Twitter, with the words: "Every generation (4) ___________________." The new film will have (5) ___________________. Actor Mark Hamill will play Luke Skywalker, and the late Carrie Fisher will play Princess Leia. Fisher died in 2016, but the filmmakers were able to use previously (6) ___________________ the movie "The Force Awakens".

The Star Wars movies are among the most successful (7) ___________________. The first one was released in 1977 and was made by the film-maker George Lucas. Over forty years later, they are (8) ___________________. Lucas' company Lucasfilm made the first six movies. Disney bought the company in 2012 for just over $4 billion. In 2018, the (9) ___________________ the Star Wars franchise was estimated (10) ___________________ $65 billion. Film critic Roger Ebert said the first Star Wars movie changed Hollywood and influenced how movies were made (11) ___________________. The original Star Wars movie began a new generation of films that used a lot (12) ___________________ and high-energy action scenes.

Comprehension questions

What kind of news is there for Star Wars fans?
How many Star Wars movies have already been made?
How long is the trailer for the new Star Wars movie?
What does the trailer say every generation has?
When did the actor Carrie Fisher pass away?
When was the original Star Wars movie released?
What is the name of the company that made the first Star Wars?
How much did Disney buy the Star Wars company for?
How much was the Star Wars franchise worth in 2018?
What kind of effects did the first Star Wars use?

Multiple choice quiz

1) What kind of news is there for Star Wars fans?
a) exciting news
b) good news
c) bad news
d) tragic news
2) How many Star Wars movies have already been made?
a) 5
b) 6
c) 7
d) 8
3) How long is the trailer for the new Star Wars movie?
a) two minutes
b) 90 seconds
c) one minute
d) three minutes
4) What does the trailer say every generation has?
a) trouble
b) a war
c) a legend
d) a star
5) When did the actor Carrie Fisher pass away?
a) earlier this year
b) 2016
c) last year
d) 2017

6) When was the original Star Wars movie released?
a) 1977
b) 1976
c) 1978
d) 1975
7) What is the name of the company that made the first Star Wars?
a) Starfilm
b) Disney
c) Lucasfilm
d) Death Star Productions
8) How much did Disney buy the Star Wars company for?
a) $4 billion
b) $6 billion
c) $8 billion
d) $10 billion
9) How much was the Star Wars franchise worth in 2018?
a) $65 billion
b) $66 billion
c) $63 billion
d) $64 billion
10) What kind of effects did the first Star Wars use?
a) 4D
b) surround sound
c) holograms
d) special effects

Role play

Role A – Science Fiction
You think science fiction is the best movie genre. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their genres. Also, tell the others which is the worst of these (and why): horror, a love story or comedy.

Role B – Horror
You think horror is the best movie genre. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their genres. Also, tell the others which is the worst of these (and why): science fiction, a love story or comedy.

Role C – Love Story
You think a love story is the best movie genre. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their genres. Also, tell the others which is the worst of these (and why): horror, science fiction or comedy.

Role D – Comedy
You think comedy is the best movie genre. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their genres. Also, tell the others which is the worst of these (and why): horror, a love story or science fiction.

After reading / listening

1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionary / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words...

'star'

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

and 'wars'.
________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

• Share your findings with your partners.

• Make questions using the words you found.

• Ask your partner / group your questions.

2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.

•Share your questions with other classmates / groups. •Ask your partner / group your questions.

3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise. Check your answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new, interesting, worth learning…?

4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings.

5. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall how they were used in the text:

most

forty

2012

65

after

lot

news

ninth

two

taste

cast

able

Student survey

Write five GOOD questions about this topic in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

(Please look at page 12 of the PDF to see a photocopiable example of this activity.)

Discussion - Name of new Star Wars movie announced

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

What did you think when you read the headline?
What images are in your mind when you hear the movie name 'Star Wars'?
What do you think of the Star Wars movies?
Do you have a favorite Star Wars movie?
What do you think of science fiction movies?
Do you like movie trailers?
Who is the legend of your generation?
Who is your favourite actor and why?
What do you think of there being nine Star Wars movies?
What do you think of the name of the new movie?

STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

Did you like reading this article? Why/not?
What do you think of when you hear the word 'movie'?
What do you think about what you read?
Why are the Star Wars movies so popular?
How many more Star Wars movies do you think there will be?
What do you think of Disney?
What do you know about Hollywood?
Do you like movies with lots of special effects?
Do you prefer science fiction films or real-life films?
What questions would you like to ask the movie producers?

Discussion — Write your own questions

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

(a) ________________

(b) ________________

(c) ________________

(d) ________________

(e) ________________

STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

(f) ________________

(g) ________________

(h) ________________

(i) ________________

(j) ________________

Language — Cloze (Gap-fill)

There is good news for (1) ____ of the Star Wars movies. There will be another episode. It will be the ninth film to be made. The name of the new Star Wars movie was (2) ____ in Chicago. It is called "The Rise of Skywalker". There is a two-minute (3) ____ of the movie for people to watch. The trailer is now on YouTube. It gives people a taste of what the new movie will be (4) ____. The trailer was first posted on Twitter, with the words: "Every generation has a legend." The new film will have an all-star cast. Actor Mark Hamill will play Luke Skywalker, and the (5) ____ Carrie Fisher will play Princess Leia. Fisher died in 2016, but the filmmakers were able to use previously unseen (6) ____ from the movie "The Force Awakens".

The Star Wars movies are among the most successful films (7) ____ made. The first one was released in 1977 and was made by the film-maker George Lucas. Over forty years later, they are still (8) ____ popular. Lucas' company Lucasfilm made the first six movies. Disney bought the company in 2012 for (9) ____ over $4 billion. In 2018, the total value of the Star Wars franchise was estimated to (10) ____ around $65 billion. Film critic Roger Ebert said the first Star Wars movie changed Hollywood and influenced how movies were made for decades (11) ____. The original Star Wars movie began a new generation of films that used a lot of special (12) ____ and high-energy action scenes.

Which of these words go in the above text?

(a) fan (b) fans (c) fun (d) fins
(a) announce (b) announced (c) announces (d) announcing
(a) tracker (b) trawler (c) thriller (d) trailer
(a) likes (b) like (c) liked (d) likely
(a) lately (b) late (c) belated (d) latter
(a) bandage (b) baggage (c) footage (d) adage
(a) never (b) every (c) ever (d) even
(a) huge (b) hugs (c) hugely (d) hug
(a) justice (b) adjust (c) justly (d) just
(a) do (b) have (c) rise (d) be
(a) after (b) later (c) then (d) hence
(a) affects (b) reflects (c) effects (d) infects

Spelling

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Put the text back together

(...) watch. The trailer is now on YouTube. It gives people a taste of what the new movie will be like. The trailer was first
(...) posted on Twitter, with the words: "Every generation has a legend." The new film will have an all-
(...) star cast. Actor Mark Hamill will play Luke Skywalker, and the late Carrie Fisher will play Princess Leia. Fisher died
(...) critic Roger Ebert said the first Star Wars movie changed Hollywood and influenced
(...) in 2016, but the filmmakers were able to use previously unseen footage from the movie "The Force Awakens".
(...) how movies were made for decades after. The original Star Wars movie began a new generation
(...) called "The Rise of Skywalker". There is a two-minute trailer of the movie for people to
(...) released in 1977 and was made by the film-maker George Lucas. Over forty years later, they are still hugely
(...) The Star Wars movies are among the most successful films ever made. The first one was
(...) popular. Lucas' company Lucasfilm made the first six movies. Disney bought the company in 2012 for just
(...) of films that used a lot of special effects and high-energy action scenes.
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(...) over $4 billion. In 2018, the total value of the Star Wars franchise was estimated to be around $65 billion. Film
(...) film to be made. The name of the new Star Wars movie was announced in Chicago. It is

Put the words in the right order

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Circle the correct word (20 pairs)

There is good news for fan / fans of the Star Wars movies. There will be another episode. It will be the nth / ninth film to be made. The name of the new Star Wars movie was announced on / in Chicago. It is called "The Rise of Skywalker". There is a two-minute trailer / trail of the movie for people to watch. The trailer is now on YouTube. It gives people a tasty / taste of what the new movie will be like. The trailer was first posted / posting on Twitter, with the words: "Every generational / generation has a legend." The new film will have an all-star cast / cost. Actor Mark Hamill will play Luke Skywalker, and the lately / late Carrie Fisher will play Princess Leia. Fisher died in 2016, but the filmmakers were able to use previously / previous unseen footage from the movie "The Force Awakens".

The Star Wars movies are among / between the most successful films ever made. The first one is / was released in 1977 and was made by / from the film-maker George Lucas. Over forty years later, they are still hugely / hug popular. Lucas' company Lucasfilm made the first six movies. Disney bought the company in 2012 for just / justly over $4 billion. In 2018, the total value of the Star Wars franchise was estimated to do / be around $65 billion. Film critic Roger Ebert said the first Star Wars movie changed Hollywood and influenced / influence how movies were made for decades after / before. The original Star Wars movie began anew / a new generation of films that used a lot of special effects and high-energy action scenes / sins.

Talk about the connection between each pair of words in italics, and why the correct word is correct.

Insert the vowels (a, e, i, o, u)

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Punctuate the text and add capitals

there is good news for fans of the star wars movies there will be another episode it will be the ninth film to be made the name of the new star wars movie was announced in chicago it is called the rise of skywalker there is a twominute trailer of the movie for people to watch the trailer is now on youtube it gives people a taste of what the new movie will be like the trailer was first posted on twitter with the words every generation has a legend the new film will have an allstar cast actor mark hamill will play luke skywalker and the late carrie fisher will play princess leia fisher died in 2016 but the filmmakers were able to use previously unseen footage from the movie the force awakens

the star wars movies are among the most successful films ever made the first one was released in 1977 and was made by the filmmaker george lucas over forty years later they are still hugely popular lucas company lucasfilm made the first six movies disney bought the company in 2012 for just over 4 billion in 2018 the total value of the star wars franchise was estimated to be around 65 billion film critic roger ebert said the first star wars movie changed hollywood and influenced how movies were made for decades after the original star wars movie began a new generation of films that used a lot of special effects and highenergy action scenes

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

ThereisgoodnewsforfansoftheStarWarsmovies.Therewillbeanother
episode.Itwillbetheninthfilmtobemade.ThenameofthenewStarWars
moviewasannouncedinChicago.Itiscalled"TheRiseofSkywalker".The
reisatwo-minutetrailerofthemovieforpeopletowatch.Thetrailerisn
owonYouTube.Itgivespeopleatasteofwhatthenewmoviewillbelike.T
hetrailerwasfirstpostedonTwitter,withthewords:"Everygenerationh
asalegend."Thenewfilmwillhaveanall-starcast.ActorMarkHamillwil
lplayLukeSkywalker,andthelateCarrieFisherwillplayPrincessLeia.Fis
herdiedin2016,butthefilmmakerswereabletousepreviouslyunseenfo
otagefromthemovie"TheForceAwakens".TheStarWarsmoviesaream
ongthemostsuccessfulfilmsevermade.Thefirstonewasreleasedin19
77andwasmadebythefilm-makerGeorgeLucas.Overfortyyearslater
,theyarestillhugelypopular.Lucas'companyLucasfilmmadethefirstsi
xmovies.Disneyboughtthecompanyin2012forjustover$4billion.In2
018,thetotalvalueoftheStarWarsfranchisewasestimatedtobearound
$65billion.FilmcriticRogerEbertsaidthefirstStarWarsmoviechanged
Hollywoodandinfluencedhowmoviesweremadefordecadesafter.The
originalStarWarsmoviebegananewgenerationoffilmsthatusedalotof
specialeffectsandhigh-energyactionscenes.

Free writing

Write about Star Wars for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner’s paper.

_____________________________________________________________________________

Academic writing

All movies should be about real life. Discuss.

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Homework

1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google's search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.
2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find out more about this news story. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.
3. STAR WARS: Make a poster about Star Wars. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things?
4. MOVIES: Write a magazine article about only making movies about real life. Include imaginary interviews with people who are for and against this.
Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s).
5. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Write a newspaper article about the next stage in this news story. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.
6. LETTER: Write a letter to an expert on Star Wars. Ask him/her three questions about the movies. Give him/her three of your opinions on them. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions.

A Few Additional Activities for Students

Ask your students what they have read, seen or heard about this news in their own language. Students are likely to / may have have encountered this news in their L1 and therefore bring a background knowledge to the classroom.

Get students to role play different characters from this news story.

Ask students to keep track of this news and revisit it to discuss in your next class.

Ask students to male predictions of how this news might develop in the next few days or weeks, and then revisit and discuss in a future class.

Ask students to write a follow-up story to this news.

Students role play a journalist and someone who witnessed or was a part of this news. Perhaps they could make a video of the interview.

Ask students to keep a news journal in English and add this story to their thoughts.

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