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Ping Pong(2002)
The Matrix meets Shaolin Soccer in this cracker of a Japanese sports movie.
Certificate
Age group11+ years
Duration100 mins
Ages
11–14
Duration
Short (1-4 activities)
This engaging resource uses the film Ping Pong to explore themes such as stereotyping, ageism, compassion and community. The four-lesson series will challenge students' perceptions around old age while developing key English skills, focusing on persuasive language in reading, writing, speaking and listening.
Lesson One - What is a Pensioner?
Learners explore and challenge the stereotype of a pensioner by developing their skills of argument writing.
Learning objectives:
- Read a wide range of fiction and non-fiction.
- Learn new vocabulary, relating it explicitly to known vocabulary and understanding it with the help of context.
- Make inferences and refer to evidence in the text.
- Understand how language, vocabulary choice, grammar and text structure and organisation, present meaning.
- Draw on new vocabulary and grammatical constructions from reading and use these consciously in writing.
Lesson Two - The Experiences of Les D'Arcy
Focusing on the experiences of Les D'Arcy through different writing styles, students develop both reading and writing skills.
Learning objectives:
- Read a wide range of fiction and non-fiction.
- Learn new vocabulary, relating it explicitly to known vocabulary and understanding it with the help of context.
- Make inferences and refer to evidence in the text.
- Consider how their writing reflects the audiences and purposes for which it is intended.
- Amend vocabulary, grammar and structure to their writing to improve its coherence and overall effectiveness.
- Pay attention to accurate grammar, punctuation and spelling.
- Clip(s) to Use - Clip 1: Les Prepares for China, Clip 2: Les Beats Rune
Lesson Three - Playing is an Honour
This lesson explores why older people would want to be competitive sports people through analysis and writing of newspaper articles.
Learning objectives:
- Consider how their writing reflects theaudiences and purposes for which it is intended.
- Amend vocabulary, grammar and structure to their writing to improve its coherence and overall effectiveness.
- Clip(s) to Use - Clip 3: Sun Prepares for Competition, Clip 4: Sun Loses his Game
Lesson Four - Should the Elderly be Competitive Sports People?
Exploring arguments regarding whether elderly people should be able to play competitive sports, learners go on to fully plan and present a well-structured debate on the subject.
Learning objectives:
- Consider how their writing reflects the audiences and purposes for which it is intended.
- Amend vocabulary, grammar and structure to their writing to improve its coherence and overall effectiveness.
- Clip(s) to Use - Clip 5: Terry and Dorothy
This resource includes
Ping Pong - English 11-14 - Full Lesson Plan
Full lesson outlines and teachers' notes for English 11-14.
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Ping Pong - English 11-14 - Lesson 1
Full lesson outlines and teachers' notes for Ping Pong
Size: 117 KB
Ping Pong - English 11-14 - Lesson 2
Full lesson outlines and teachers' notes for Ping Pong
Size: 427 KB
Ping Pong - English 11-14 - Lesson 3
Full lesson outlines and teachers' notes for Ping Pong
Size: 128 KB
Ping Pong - English 11-14 - Lesson 4
Full lesson outlines and teachers' notes for Ping Pong
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Ping Pong - Clip 1 - Les Prepares for China
Les D'Arcy prepares for the World Table Tennis Championships in China.
Duration: 2:36 mins
Ping Pong - Clip 2 - Les Beats Rune
Les beats Rune Forsberg of Sweden, and we learn about Les from his family.
Duration: 4:18 mins
Ping Pong - Clip 3 - Sun Prepares for Competition
Sun Lao from China gets ready to face his opponents.
Duration: 2:54 mins
Ping Pong - Clip 4 - Sun Loses His Game
Sun crashes out of the competition.
Duration: 0:59 secs
Ping Pong - Clip 5 - Terry and Dorothy
We hear about two more of the competition's older players.
Duration: 9:59 mins
This Resource Supports
- English
- PSHE Education
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