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08 March 2010


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The Oscars 2010

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Primary activity

Write a film review

Write a 120 word review of a film you have seen recently, it could be one of the Oscar winners or nominated films.

Make sure you:

  • explain what the film is about
  • comment on the acting/animation
  • say what you liked about it and what you didn’t like about it
  • give your view as to how the film worked
  • grade the film: five stars for a perfect film and one star for a poor one
  • remember not everyone who reads the review will have seen the film so don’t give away the ending!

Email your reviews to Be a reporter and we’ll publish the best ones on the site.

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Maybe you'll write your review on Avatar

Picture: Publicity shot from film company

Find out more

Our fact file on the Oscars

http://www.learnnewsdesk.co.uk

Full list of winners 2010

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film

Lesson pack on Avatar and the film industry

http://www.learnnewsdesk.co.uk

Teachers' notes

Primary lesson objectives

  • write recounts based on subject, topic or personal experience
  • to develop a journalistic style
  • to select the appropriate style and form to suit a specific purpose and audience, drawing on knowledge of different non-fiction texts
  • describe an object, person or setting in a way that includes relevant details and is accurate and evocative
  • make telling use of descriptive detail

Primary curriculum links

Year 5 - Creating and shaping texts
Reflect independently and critically on their own writing and edit and improve it
Experiment with different narrative form and styles to write their own stories
Adapt non-narrative forms and styles to write fiction or factual texts, including poems
Year 6 - Creating and shaping texts
Use different narrative techniques to engage and entertain the reader
In non-narrative, establish, balance and maintain viewpoints

Glossary

Academy short name for the Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciencies - the group that organises the Oscars

Box office money raised by people paying to go to see the film at the cinema

Cinematography how a film is photographed/filmed in terms of shots and angles etc used to tell the story

Na vi the blue people in Avatar

Nominated named by the members in The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences who vote for the people they want to be in each category of the awards. Then they hold another vote to see who is going to win

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Oscars the world's biggest film awards - the statues given to the winners are called Oscars

Score the music that runs through a whole film

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